Module 201

Interpreting remotely in the healthcare setting

eLearning Remote face to face

This course is intended for professionally trained interpreters with knowledge or experience working in the healthcare setting.

The course aims to provide the essential knowledge and skills to help interpreters provide more effective remote interpreting services when working in the healthcare setting.

Prerequisites

This course is intended only for professionally trained interpreters with knowledge or experience working in the healthcare setting.

Learning outcomes

Participants after completing the course will:

gain knowledge of the proficiency expected from professional interpreters and gain strategies to align expectations
gain technical and essential knowledge on how to deliver remote interpreting services professionally
understand the limitations of remote interpreting and how to address them
gain know-how to proactively work with health practitioners during pre-briefing, the interpreting session and debriefing session
be aware of the importance of and strategies for self-care.

Duration

E-Learning online self-paced learning = 4 hours.

Remote face-to-face training via video conferencing = 1.5 hours. This is an abridged version facilitated by an educator via Zoom.

eLearning course

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Remote face to face course

This module is available as a 2 hour remote trainer facilitated face to face course.

Next course

Wednesday 29th April, 2026, 0900-1100

Delivered via Zoom

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I reminded clinicians to inform patients that everything said in the session will be interpreted

After I attended the training, I had to provide three interpreting sessions today. I politely initiated the pre-brief & structuring with the clinicians (to establish the objectives, consecutive interpreting process, a cue to pause and allow interpreting); I reminded clinicians to inform patients that everything said in the session will be interpreted. I did these with clinicians in 3 different sessions and they all appreciated it. They thanked me for helping them understand and I believe that it resulted in a good outcomes for the patients and good patients’ experiences as well.

eCALD Remote Learner

Great course, enhanced what we already know

Great course, enhanced what we already know and are doing and at the same time highlighted to the new challenges that we will be facing in this new era of interpreting. Its a huge learning curve for everyone involved so staying calm , communicating, clarifying is the key to the success of everyone involved. Thank you for taking the time to go through this with us, much appreciated.

eCALD Remote Learner

The eCALD trainer did a great job.

The eCALD trainer did a great job. Thanks for offering this free training session. It will be important for the times ahead and it never hurts for interpreters to refresh their knowledge and professional development.

eCALD Remote Learner

Complete the course with the strong feeling of great fulfilment

The eCALD trainer was presiding over the 1.5 hrs long session so easy & comfortably that all of the attendees were able to complete the course with the strong feeling of great fufilment & worthwhile doing sign up the course at the end.

eCALD Remote Learner

The course was interactive and informative.

eCALD Online Learner

This is a thoroughly designed training course for interpreters

This is a thoroughly designed training course for interpreters which covers a lot of practical issues that we have met during the practice. We may not need or have the opportunity to apply all the things we have learnt in this course in our practice, but with the awareness, it will make interpreters feel more of control of our job. It also gives us more confidence to do our job better, and our communications with the HPs and patients will be smoother.

eCALD Online Learner

Its good to learn this skill especially at time of such a high demand

I was quite ignorant about this ZOOM-oriented setting, so had a bit of wiggling. But now have a better idea how it works. Its good to learn this skill especially at time of such a high demand of this kind of meeting/ communication in community as well. Thanks.

eCALD Remote Learner

Awesome in field-like experience

After the training session on how to practise interpreting remotely online, not only did I a hang of how to set up the online system, including the " Zoom App ", also having a first but awesome in field-like experience while we're being asked to point out any dialogue or behaviour were practicing against "The Code of Ethics" of interpreting in two of prospective demonstration scenes.

eCALD Remote Learner