Healthcare Interpretation Network

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Healthcare Interpretation Network
www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca
National Standard Guide for Community
Interpreting Services NSGCIS
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• National Standard Guide for Community
  Interpreting Services
• International Standards/other initiatives
• How HIN help interpreters work?

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Elements of professionalization

• Standard Training
• Orientation Facilities
• Community organizations
• Colleges (new standard training-Ontario Sep 2006)
• Standards NSGCIS (Nov. 2007)
• Professional Accreditation
• No designation for CI yet

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National Standard Guide for Community
Interpreting Services

• NSGCIS created by the HIN Policy Committee
• International Medical Interpreters Association -
  IMIA
• California Healthcare Interpreting Association
  -CHIA
• National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare
  NCIHC
• ASTM F2089
• National Accreditation Authority for Translators
  and Interpreters Australia - NAATI
• Austrian Standards Institute. ONORM D 1202
  Translation and interpretation services
• Standards of practice used in training in Canada

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Stakeholders

• Healthcare Interpretation Network - HIN
• Association de lindustrie de la langue
• Language Industry Association AILIA
• Critical Link Canada
• Association of Canadian Corporations in
  Translation and Interpretation ACCTI

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Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee

• Composition of Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee
• National representation
• Multi-sector representation
• Non-profit
• Academia
• Private sector
• Professional Associations
• Government
• Methodology

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Scope

• Specifies the requirements for the provision of
  quality CI services
• Applies to community interpreting only
• Healthcare
• Legal
• Education
• Social services

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Goals

• Promote the highest quality of interpreting when
  adopted for assessment, training, hiring,
  performance monitoring and possible future
  professional recognition.
• Provide clear and consistent definitions of the
  characteristics and competencies of a qualified
  community interpreter
• Educational tool / Common base of understanding
  among interpreting parties

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What does the NSGCIS cover?

• Definitions of interpreting terminology
• Human Resources requirements
• Settings
• Responsibilities of interpreting parties
• Clients
• Interpreting Service Providers
• Interpreters

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What does the NSGCIS cover?

• Annexes
• Professional Standards of Practice and Core
  Ethical Principles
• Language Classification
• Professional Associations
• Healthcare Interpreting
• Legal Interpreting

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HIN recommendations for professionalization

• Wide support of the NSGCIS (clients, ISP,
  interpreters)
• Enforcement of standard training and testing for
  interpreters
• Recognition of CI by the professional
  associations or a regulatory body

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International Standards/other initiatives

• ISO TC37 SC2 WG6
• International Standardization Organization,
  Technical Committee 37, Sub-Committee 2, Working
  group 6
• LICS/CEN 15038
• Language Industry Certification System/European
  Committee for Standardization
• IMIA
• International Medical Interpreters Association
• AILIA
• Language Industry Association

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How HIN help interpreters work

• Unified Code of Ethics
• Unified terminology
• Basic requirements for the provision of the
  service
• Framework for interaction for the interpreting
  parties in terms of rights and responsibilities,
  clarity regarding roles.
• Higher client confidence / Improved service
  performance
• Better access to reference and background material

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For the full text of the NSGCIS Healthcare
Interpretation Network
www.healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca