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2026 Summer Medical Interpreter Series: Level 2: Ethics, Skills Improvement and Practical Study

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2026 Summer Medical Interpreter Series: Level 2: Ethics, Skills Improvement and Practical Study

Location

Mountain Area Health Education Center
Pisgah Room
121 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803-2868

Dates & Times

Jul 8, 2026 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

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Please note: This course is only for individuals who have completed Interpreter Training Level 1 and have access to their Level 1/Series Foundations manual.

This is the second class in the 2026 Summer Medical Interpreter Series (see series dates below). This one-day class reviews and addresses technical and ethical challenges that may arise while practicing the skills taught in Level 1: Foundations of Professional Interpretation in Health and Human Services. Participants will engage in intense ethical problem-solving, basing their actions on the NCIHC's National Standards of Practice for Interpreters in Health Care.

Participants will learn the second phase of their plan of study begun in Level 1, which outlines how to write a fair role play, participate both as interpreter and active listener, rate an interpretation, and provide constructive feedback in a kind manner that is useful to the student for improving skills.

Students who speak languages other than Spanish will write role plays in English and will interpret into their target languages, if two or more students who speak that language are present. Parroting exercises in English will be utilized when only one student is present who speaks a language other than Spanish. Participants will practice positioning when interpreting in person, transparency, memory building, replication of style and tone, and pre-session delivery.

2026 Summer Medical Interpreter Series:
44.25 Contact Hours

July 1 & 2 - Level 1: Foundations of Professional Interpretation in Health & Human Services
July 8 - Level 2: Ethics, Skills Improvement and Practical Study
July 9 & 10 - Level 3: Spanish Interpreter: Introduction to Anatomy/Physiology & Medical Terminology
July 15 - Level 4: Ethics & Standards of Practice; Sight Translation and Introduction to Simultaneous Interpretation
July 16 - Overview of National Professional Medical Interpreter Certification Exams

Please click here to view all courses in this series. Register for the full series on the Level 1 event page by June 17, 2026!

Audience

Only bilingual individuals who have completed Interpreter Training Level 1 and have access to their Level 1/Series Foundations manual are eligible for registration.

Objectives

Upon completion of Level 2, the participant will be able to:

check Demonstrate the ability to for improving memory through parroting
check Continue developing a plan of study to improve and maintain skills, to assist in professional development, and to meet the requirements of certification in professional medical interpretation
check Compare Principles and Standards of Practice from NCIHC
check Write and deliver an effective pre-session
check Identify ethical challenges in medical interpretation

Fees

Cancellation Policy

Early Registration Fee

$200.00

Applies 1/21/26–7/1/26

Early Registration Fee - Non-profit, School, or Governmental Employees

$180.00

Applies 1/21/26–7/1/26

Early Registration Fee - Students

$100.00

Applies 1/21/26–7/1/26

Registration Fee

$215.00

Applies 7/2/26–7/8/26

Registration Fee - Non-profit, School, or Governmental Employees

$195.00

Applies 7/2/26–7/8/26

Registration Fee - Students

$115.00

Applies 7/2/26–7/8/26

Available Credits

CEU .700

The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.70 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.

Contact Hours 6.500

MAHEC designates this live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 6.50 Contact Hours.

Speakers

Daniel Holcombe, BA, MA, PhD

Sessions

2026 Summer Medical Interpreter Series: Level 2: Ethics, Skills Improvement and Practical Study

7/8 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Additional Resources

Cancellation Policy

MAHEC has a pay-up-front policy for all CE programs. The only exceptions will be for pre-approved programs where an individual payment plan is appropriate. Registrations received without accompanying payment will not be processed and participants who have not paid the course fee will not be admitted into the program.

Unless otherwise noted in course materials, the following cancellation policy applies to all programs:

  • Cancellations must be in writing (fax, email, or mail).
  • Cancellations received more than two weeks prior to the event will receive 100% refund.
  • Cancellations received between two weeks and five full business days prior to the first day of the event are refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee.
  • No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than five full business days prior to the event.
  • No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
  • Transfers/substitute(s) are welcome (please notify us in advance of the program).
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