The International Medical Interpreters Association is a US-based international organization committed to the advancement of professional medical interpreters as the best practice to equitable language access to health care for linguistically diverse patients.
The IMIA is proud to offer numerous professional enrichment and educational programs, so there is something for everyone!
Here are some of the forthcoming lifelong learning webinars:What Doctors Learn That Interpreters Should Know – Breaking Bad News
Keep Me on My Toes: On Going Education for Staff Interpreters
Standardized Post-Secondary Interpreter Education: Essential to Professionalization
Standardized Post-Secondary Interpreter Education: Essential to Professionalization
They also run Medical Terminology Boot Camps for Interpreters in several US cities.
http://www.imiaweb.org/ conferences/bootcampseries. asp.
http://www.imiaweb.org/