The Migrant and Refugee Women’s Health Partnership published the Competency Standards Framework for Clinicians in January 2019, entitled Culturally Responsive Clinical Practice: Working with People from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds. This Framework, below, sets out the standards for all clinical practitioners in Australia when working with interpreters. The Framework is accompanied by a specific Guide for Clinicians Working with Interpreters in Health Care Settings, also below. AUSIT encourages all clinicians around Australia to carefully study this Guide before working with interpreters.
Helen Tebbe’s Medical Interpreting: Improving communication with your patients also provides guidance for physicians and other medical practitioners who need to work with medical interpreters. Special attention is given to the Australian context. The text is available online from ERIC Documents ED426614 and the video can be ordered from Helen.Tebble@monash.edu.au.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to Elders past and present.
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