Description of Healthcare Interpreting Training
The program for Promoting Equity in Healthcare Interpreting has created a series of modules on medical interpreting. These are being offered at no cost to participants and supported by an RSA training grant.
Below is a list of modules in Canvas including the topics, the dates when the modules open and close.
The modules should take about 5 hours to complete and participants will be awarded .5 CEUs by RID in Professional Studies for each module. BEI CEUs may also be available, please check with the relevant CEU authority in your state. There are a total of 15 modules and 7.5 CEUS for completing all of the modules. Participants do not have to complete them all and they will receive 0.5 CEUS per module.
When the enrollment limit is reached, we will post that the module is full here.
Module Names, Topics and Dates
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Module Name |
Module Topic(s) |
Dates |
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PEHI 1 |
Processing Models: ASL Shadowing & Consecutive Interpreting |
5/19/25 - 5/31/25 |
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PEHI 2 |
Orientation to the Body ASL Medical Vocabulary |
6/1/25 - 6/15/25 |
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PEHI 3 |
Language Structures: Restructuring & Semantic Relationships |
6/16/25 - 6/30/25 |
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PEHI 4 |
Integumentary System Skeletal System Muscular System |
7/1/25 - 7/15/25 |
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PEHI 5 |
Fingerspelling Initialisms & Acronyms English Phrasal Verbs |
7/16/25 - 7/31/25 |
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PEHI 6 |
Pharmacology |
8/1/25 - 8/15/25 |
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PEHI 7 |
HIPAA & Sight Translation - Notice of Privacy Practices |
8/16/25 - 8/31/25 |
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PEHI 8 |
Nervous System Endocrine System |
9/1/25 - 9/15/25 |
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PEHI 9 |
Remote Technology & Common Medications |
9/16/25 - 9/30/25 |
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PEHI 10 |
Respiratory System Lymphatic System Immune System |
10/1/25 - 10/15/25 |
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PEHI 11 |
Cohesion & Implicatures |
10/16/25 - 10/31/25 |
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PEHI 12 |
Digestive System Urinary System |
11/1/25 - 11/15/25 |
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PEHI 13 |
Cardiovascular System Self-Assessment |
11/16/25 - 11/30/25 |
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PEHI 14 |
Ethics Pt. 1 & Deaf Centered Interpreting |
12/1/25 - 12/15/25 |
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PEHI 15 |
Ethics Pt. 2 |
12/16/25 - 12/31/25 |
What you'll learn: Module Topics
Instruction and activities suited to those new to healthcare interpreting:
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Self-care
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HIPAA and interpreting
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Self-assessment and team assessment
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Orientation to the human body
Activities and instruction to improve English-to-ASL interpreting through the application of a contrastive linguistics approach
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Model of processing
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Restructuring
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Medical Holonyms and Meronyms
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Superordinates
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Cohesion
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Literal and enriched interpretations
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Implicature
In-depth presentations on medical terminology, diseases, processes, and disorders in body systems
Skeletal, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, and the urinary systems
Pharmacology
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Drug administration
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Dosage information for interpreters
This asynchronous self-directed training can be completed at your own pace - but - each module must be completed within two weeks (14 days), to receive CEUs.
We are a cooperative arrangement between Idaho State University and Gallaudet University, funded by a grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (H160D2100007).
Contact Nicole Hayes, PEHI Project Manager at nicolehayes@isu.edu
CEUs
Interpretek, Inc., an approved RID CMP and ACET sponsor, processes RID CEUs.
RID Activity Code: 0024122560
BEI CEU Information
To receive continuing education credit for holdings of Board of Evaluation of Interpreter (BEI) credentials, please contact the entity responsible for CEUs in the state where your credential is held.
PEHI does not complete requests for BEI CEUs unless by special arrangement with a partnering state agency for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing.
Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission - Board of Evaluation of Interpreters
Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Texas Health and Human Services: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
The contents of this website and self-directed training were developed under a grant (H160D210007) from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474).
The project titled “Promoting Equity in Healthcare Interpreting” is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration, Award Number H160D210007, 84.160D: “Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deafblind Program.” This grant was awarded to Idaho State University in Speciality Area 5, field initiated, in the topic area of interpreting in healthcare (to advance health equity.) The percentage of total costs for this project supported by U.S. Department of Education federal dollars is 100%. Idaho State University’s funding for this project in Year Four is $417,847.00.