NCIHC Presents Members of Advisory Committee for National Standards for Healthcare Interpreter Training Programs

by NITA Administrator ~ February 28, 2010

The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) today announces the members of their Advisory Committee for its National Standards for Training project, stepping forward in the development of national standards for training healthcare interpreters. The 10 national experts on the committee were selected for their expertise in the development of curricula in interpreter training and/or the education/training of interpreters. The group is charged with drafting standards for healthcare interpreter training programs, drawing upon background research commissioned by the NCIHC as well as input from focus groups conducted at conferences held around the country.

The NCIHC National Standards for Healthcare Interpreter Training Programs Advisory Committee members are: Marjory Bancroft, MA, (Director, Cross-Cultural Communications, Columbia, Maryland), Eduardo Berinstein, Interpreter/Trainer (Boston, Massachusetts), Nora Goodfriend-Koven (City College of San Francisco), Katherine Langan, PhD (Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa), Marilyn Mochel, RN (Healthy House, Merced, California), Elizabeth Nguyen, MA (Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles), Robert Pollard, PhD (University of Rochester, New York), Barbara Rayes, Interpreter/Trainer (Phoenix, Arizona), Agustin Servin de la Mora (Florida Institute of Interpretation and Translation), and Laurie Swabey, PhD (College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota)

Please visit the NCIHC website for more information about the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) and the National Standards for Training project.