Dear Interpreter Colleague,
Welcome! Thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey.
We invite you to share your opinion on the revised
National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health Care. Your feedback will help us understand how well the code reflects values, challenges, and expectations within our profession. Will it be useful in guiding your professional actions and decision-making? Is it relevant?
We value your honest and thoughtful responses.
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How We Got Here In 2024 we gathered feedback from interpreters, trainers, managers, and supervisors of interpreters who provide interpreting services in healthcare settings across the United States. We also heard from patients, their families and clinicians. We read scholarly viewpoints on ethics and reviewed several codes of ethics and standards of practice.
Based on all the information gathered, we revised the documents.
What’s New
- Recognizes health care interpreting as a practice profession requiring both technical and interpersonal skills
- Emphasizes interpersonal and intercultural skills needed for managing social and intercultural communication dynamics
- Focuses on an Outcome-Based Ethical approach to decision making, and understanding the reasons for the standards.
- Emphasizes critical and reflective thinking for thoughtful decision-making and professional growth.
- Combines Values, Principles, and Standards in the same document to support principled ethical reasoning.
- Provides more examples by adding links to examples.
Survey Details
- Open to all interpreters regardless of experience level, specialization, or employment status
- Approximately 20 questions taking about 20 minutes to complete
- All responses are confidential and anonymous. Participation is voluntary - you may skip questions or stop at any time.
- Your honest feedback is key to creating a code of ethics that genuinely supports interpreters practicing in healthcare settings.
Please click on the link to read the updated National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health Care before answering the survey questions. https://draft.ncihc.org/