Bilingual Health Workforce seeking to strengthen their non-native language proficiency, medical interpreting skills or medical terminology knowledge can find plenty of training with REACH-reaching diversity.

Below is an example of training available to healthcare staff members

The Role of the Healthcare Interpreter: a knowledge based training for bilingual employees functioning in dual-role positions

• purpose and role of healthcare interpreters
• Healthcare Interpreter’s modes, protocols, and standards   of Ethics
• culture and communication
• basic medical terminology
• building cultural competence to encourage healthy nutrition
• steps to cultural competence that can guide to understanding cultural values around nutrition and food choices
• how to elicit information from a cultural diverse client in order to make counseling relevant