Medical Interpretapes© are simulated language lab exercises designed to help the medical interpreter build his/her skills at home.

Based on techniques and insights from the Agnese Haury Institute—the longest-running Spanish/English professional interpreter training program in the country—Medical Interpretapes© draws on the experience of working interpreters and uses authentic, real-world scenarios to provide self-study materials that will have the broadest possible application and the maximum effect for the student.

Medical Interpretapes© presents five doctor-patient interviews for practice in consecutive interpretation. Each interview focuses on different health issues prevalent in the United States:

• Asthma
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Heart Attack Predisposition
• Colon Cancer and Colonoscopy
• Blood Pressure and Stroke

In addition, each interview is rendered by a Federally Certified Court Interpreter (with an accompanying transcript) to enable self-critique and analysis.

Medical Interpretapes© also presents a brief medical overview for each of the five conditions, in both English and Spanish, providing the interpreter with:

• Greater grasp of specialized terminology in use than can be gained from a glossary.
• Beginning conceptual background to help make better sense of the conditions as discussed between doctor and patient.

In addition, each of the five medical overviews is recorded to allow for simultaneous interpretation practice.

To order your copy of the Interpretapes© Medical Edition, please follow the steps below:

Order by Regular Mail or Fax

1. Please download the order form
2. Fill out the order form
3. Select your form of payment
   If paying by check or money order, please make it out to:

   The University of Arizona

4. Send order form and form of payment to the following address:

   The University of Arizona
   National Center for Interpretation
   PO Box 210432
   Tucson AZ 85721-0432

5. Send order form and form of payment to the following fax number:

   (520) 624-8130

Order by Phone

1. Please contact us at (520) 621-3615

   Note: We cannot process checks over the phone.