From 2004 to 2024, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded the seven Regional Genetics Networks, the National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics Networks, and the National Genetics Education and Family Support Center.
With the conclusion of funding, the Interpreting for Genetics Resources are no longer supported. The information listed below is for reference only.
Interpreting for Genetics
From 2017 to 2024, NCC worked with Cindy Roat, MPH, a healthcare interpreter trainer and course developer, to develop resources that can help improve genetics communication between healthcare providers and limited-English-proficient patients and their families by improving interpreters’ understanding of the content they are conveying.
Through this partnership, NCC developed training curricula for healthcare interpreters and developed additional resources for healthcare interpreters.
Additional Healthcare Interpreter Resources
Training Materials
NCC developed four curricula to educate healthcare interpreters. Explore the training materials and list of trainers available to teach this training below. The materials were reviewed and/or updated during the Summer of 2024 prior to the conclusion of NCC funding.
If you are interested in using these materials to train interpreters, please contact Cindy Roat at cindy.roat@alumni.williams.edu in order to receive the PowerPoint presentations in PPTX format.
Day 1 Materials
Materials reviewed and/or updated in Summer 2024.
Day 2 Materials
Vocab Exercise Sheet (Blank and Answer Key)
Conversion Exercise Sheet (English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese)
Sight Translation (Behavior Intervention Plan, Checklist)
Materials reviewed and/or updated in Summer 2024.
Day 2 Materials
Vocab Exercise Sheet 1 (Answer Key)
Vocab Exercise Sheet 3 (Blank and Answer Key)
Vocab Exercise Sheet 4-5 (Blank)
Materials reviewed and/or updated in Summer 2024.
Day 1 Materials
Materials reviewed and/or updated in Summer 2024.
Day 2 Materials
Vocab Exercise (Blank and Answer Key)
Conversion Exercise (Blank, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese)Â
Materials reviewed and/or updated in Summer 2024.
Day 1 Materials
Materials reviewed and/or updated in Summer 2024.
Day 2 Materials
Practice Monologue (Blank, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese)
Vocab Exercise (Blank and Answer Key)
Conversion Exercise (Blank, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese)
Materials reviewed and/or updated in Summer 2024.
Last Updated on September 18, 2024