Presenter: Carmen L. Gonzalez
CEUs: Approved for IMIA/NBCMI 0.15, CCHI 1.5hrs Performance-based CEUs and RID Activity 0.15 CEUs in Professional Studies.
Description:
This session introduces Medical Interpreters to the Workers' Compensation System of California. Medical Interpreters have to understand and learn technical vocabulary and concepts related to industrial injuries to interpret for injured workers who must be evaluated by AME/QME doctors that will rate their disabilities. Besides being knowledgeable in medical vocabulary, interpreters will need to know workplace safety basics, use of tools and machinery, health and ergonomics, pain and injury terms, types of work accidents, job descriptions, functional capacity programs, and specialized acronyms. We will review forms used in the WC System, and practice skill-building exercises for the sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpretation modes.
Objectives:
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Understanding the Worker's Compensation System.
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Learn the terminology required for the different assignments to cover in the Worker's Compensation System.
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Review of the forms used in the Worker's Compensation System.
Bio:
Carmen L. Gonzalez, Spanish Certified Court Interpreter in California, Medical Certified Interpreter, and ATA Certified Translator, graduated from the San Francisco State University Legal/Court Program. She holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and a Business Administrator Degree from the Central American University in Nicaragua, her native country. Carmen has worked as a freelance Spanish Interpreter and Translator in the San Francisco Bay Area for over fifteen years, primarily as an interpreter in Worker’s Compensation. She has been an interpreter trainer for more than five years. She is a Licensed Trainer of The Community Interpreter ©, by Cross Cultural Communications.
Cost:
- CHIA Members: $20
- Non-Members: $40
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Please note: All registrations are final. Refunds and cancellations are not available.
Platform and Recordings:
Zoom recorded webinars will be offered on demand on the provision that the quality of the recording is adequate. CHIA cannot guarantee the availability of on demand viewing.
CEUs:
CEUs for sessions are only available to participants who complete the entire activity. Your viewing will be timestamped to verify participation and issue certificates.
Languages:
All sessions will be presented in English. The content of presentations will apply to both spoken and sign language. Presenters may draw on examples using multiple languages as relevant to their content.
Training level:
The sessions listed are aimed at the working interpreter and applicable to all levels. While students are welcomed to attend all CHIA events, CHIA events are not specifically designed for interpreting students.
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