Join and participate in the national certification process. Participate as:
1) National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters Board member
2) National Board Task Force member
3) Subject Matter Experts
4) Pilot participants for National Board written and oral exams
to learn more go to www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org

"My real goal is to engage in an electronic dialogue with whomever wants to comment on issues surrounding language access and obstacles facing limited English speakers in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. Specifically, how can a modern society provide adequate tools and resources to welcome and integrate newly arrived immigrants so that "language" never creates a barrier to being understood. And as most of us know in emergency first respondent or critical healthcare encounters, often the difference between life and death is being understood." Louis F. Provenzano, President and COO of Language Line Services. Go to www.louisprovenzano.com

Please click here to read Breaking Language Barrier White Paper

The IMIA is working on a new publication to serve as a primer on the ethical dilemmas that medical interpreters face and to expound on the common ethical principles of the many published Codes of Ethics for Medical Interpreters. Stay tuned.

The 2009 IMIA Conference has been set to be on October 9-11, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge MA and our theme is: Global Perspectives on Professional Medical Interpreters. For more information, please go to http://www.imiaweb.org/conferences/scheduleataglance.asp for a schedule at a glance.
Sponsorship opportunities
http://www.imiaweb.org/conferences/sponsors09.asp

Please help us spread the word by posting training noticeson the national interpreter training directory at http://www.imiaweb.org/education/trainingnotices.asp. Any student or  training organization can post a training, free of charge at the link above by going to the link that says 'post a training.' Viewers can they search for interpreter educational programs by language, category or state. Help others find where you were trained by ensuring that all training programs nationwide are represented in this directory.

Corporate Members can search the directory by name, language, and state: The IMIA is proud to have the only national registry of medical interpreters in the US. It includes over 1,900 interpreters in over 80 languages, and each profile includes  training, general education, work experience, references, and even their resume, if they wish to upload it. It is of great use to our corporate members who rely on it to search interpreters, and also for our interpreters who get work by being identified in this registry.  

Reach 1,900 members when you post an event! All organizations are encouraged to upload their own event on the IMIA Interpreter Events Calendar! This helps members stay informed of all the events related to interpreting and translation. Count on the IMIA Calendar to have the most updated interpreter event information at http://www.imiaweb.org/events/default.asp