Spoken and Sign Language Interpreting in Healthcare Settings

This course opens for enrollment on May 1, 2025 and closes on May 30, 2025.

Description: Despite the enormous similarities in our work, sign language and spoken language interpreters often have minimal professional interaction with each other. While co-teaming is more common in some settings, such as medical environments, opportunities for spoken language interpreters and sign language interpreters to team together can be rare. When they arise, both interpreters may be unfamiliar with the co-interpreting process and expectations of the other. This webshop provides an overview of the co-interpreting process, professional norms, and some considerations regarding power and privilege that ASL interpreters should be aware of, particularly those of us who are white and/or have privilege related to citizenship status or being L1 English users.

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand the importance of cultural humility when co-teaming with a spoken language interpreter
• Identify pre, during, and post assignment controls when working with a spoken language interpreter
• Explore how the fields of ASL interpreting and spoken language interpreting overlap and diverge

Time commitment

This webshop will require about 90 minutes of work. You must invest at least 75 minutes or more. There are no set meeting times. All work must be completed by 11:59pm on May 31. You can take this course at anytime during the month of May as long as you complete the work by May 31 to get a certificate and/or CEUs.

Course Outline:

• Resources and Support
• Pre-assessment
• Introduction: Working with Spoken Language Interpreters
• The Interpreting Process
• Additional considerations
• Post-assessment

Technology requirements

Our webshops and modules are offered through Canvas, an online learning management system.

• You must have high-speed internet access and a tablet or computer that supports:
• Ability to work online and type or video record discussion posts.
• Ability to record videos.
• Ability to upload videos to YouTube for sharing with others in Canvas.
• Ability to access streamed video content.

Enroll

There is no cost to access this offering

A link to the course will become available on May 1st.

Webshops are offered on demand once opened.

All our self-directed tracks are open enrollment which means it is not limited to a specific number of participants.

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CEUs

To be eligible for CEUs you must complete the pre-assessment, watch all the videos, complete self-reflection activities and quizzes, and complete the post-assessment by 11:59pm on May 31.

St. Catherine University is a RID-approved CMP sponsor. This webshop is approved for .15 professional studies and PPO CEUs.

CEUs will be posted by June 20, 2025.