IMIA promotes unity through the CI Division which stands for Certified Interpreter Division, incorporating CHIs, CMIs as well as those certified by RID, to work together under one roof to further promote certification as essential to professionalization. The IMIA gives complimentary memberships to all who were certified after 2009 as a way to recognize their effort. Just go to http://www.imiaweb.org/members/application.asp note 'CI offer' under notes.
If you are not a US-based Interpreter, take advantage of our I Year free trial! Simply apply at http://www.imiaweb.org/members/application.asp, and under payment notes put 'International 1 Year Trial'. Your application will be approved. Read about it HERE.
Read ISP Interviews conducted by by Cynthia Schenk, IMIA Board Director, ISP IMIA ISP Division Journalist, CEO Medical Interpreters of the North Shore. http://www.imiaweb.org/conferences/default.asp
The National Board has monthly webinars that are a step-by-step guide on how to prepare for the written and oral certification exams, now available for interpreters of Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, and very soon for interpreters in Korean and Vietnamese. http://www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org/necessary-step-patie
