Below is a collection of resources that can be used to practice consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills, and sight translation skills. I am hoping these resources will be useful for healthcare interpreters with all levels of experience – those just starting out and preparing to take their exams or their first assignments, or those with years of experience wanting to brush up on a specific topic. This list is constantly updated as I find new resources and I welcome your suggestions – leave a comment below or get in touch using the Contact tab.

Medical Dialogues and Scenarios

Video and audio-based medical dialogues and role-plays

• Kelly Grzech Henriquez’s channel is a treasure trove of videos with medical scenarios she personally created for medical interpreters to use to practice consecutive interpreting.
• Interpreting in Healthcare: Resources for Practitioners, Healthcare Interpreters and Service Users from The University of Glasgow. These 5 films have been developed directly from the experiences of health care practitioners, interpreters and migrant service users.
• Nursing Simulation Scenarios: These are a series of nursing simulation scenarios created to educate nursing students but are also great resource for interpreters.
• Communication Skills: A Patient-Centered Approach. The first 10 minutes of the video is a simulation of a medical dialogue with a patient complaining of a headache.
• English-Spanish interpreting practice videos
• Chest pain medical dialogue: a simulation of a doctor taking medical history
• Clinical History taking simulation 
• UVa Clinical Skills videos is a collection of videos aimed at medical students, showing clinical procedures and exams. Skip the text description at the beginning and go straight to the video depicting exams/procedures.

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