NOTIS’s Community Interpreters Division presents:
Interpret sleep-related conditions and treatments with clarity and confidence in medical settings.
Presented by Nada Conner
NOTE: This is a pre-recorded workshop reformatted for on-demand viewing.
Available through September 28, 2029. You can register and complete the quiz anytime until that date.
What is this about? This three-hour course is designed for healthcare interpreters and other language access professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of sleep physiology, disorders, and treatment pathways encountered in medical interpreting settings.
Class Description: Sleep-related issues come up often in medical settings, and interpreters are expected to navigate both technical terminology and sensitive conversations. In this workshop, we will look at basic concepts such as sleep stages, common sleep disorders, and key terminology, with a focus on how they show up in real interpreting encounters. We will also touch on situations that can be more challenging, such as conversations involving PTSD, nightmares, and medication. Participants will also receive three optional practice scenarios based on real-life interpreting situations: a medical visit for insomnia, a pharmacy interaction, and a call with an insurance representative. These supplemental materials provide opportunities for self-directed interpreting practice and application of sleep-related terminology.
By the end of this three-hour workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify mechanisms, engineering, and physiology of sleep: stages of sleep, REM and non-REM sleep, sleep deprivation, dreaming, and dreams
- Be familiar with the most common sleep disorders, including SDB, insomnia, and PTSD-related nightmares
- Recognize treatments and pathways to better sleep, including prescription and over-the-counter sleeping aids, devices, gadgets, and sleep hygiene
- Strengthen medical interpreting skills by practicing real-life healthcare scenarios
- Enhance their interpreting vocabulary and become more proficient in interpreting sessions dealing with sleep disorders
Participants will receive:
- Full presentation content with slides
- Glossary of terms covered in the presentation
- Comprehensive list of source materials
- Practice scenarios for consecutive interpreting, between the provider, pharmacist, insurance representative, and sleep-deprived patient and their family members.
Embedded knowledge-check questions are included throughout the recording to reinforce learning. Participants must complete the accompanying quiz and achieve a score of 80% or higher to meet the completion requirements. The quiz may be retaken as needed.
Cost
$45 NOTIS members, $80 Non-members (Click to Join NOTIS)
Registration
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive it, your registration was not completed.
The confirmation email includes:
- Video link
- Quiz link
- Presentation slides and handouts
- Instructions for receiving a certificate
To receive a certificate:
- Watch the recording (3 hours)
- Complete the 35-question quiz
- Achieve a passing score of 80%
Certificates are issued within five business days.
CE Credits by Organization
| Organization |
Credits |
Notes |
| WA State DSHS |
3 general |
Approval #923 |
| ATA |
3 self-study hours |
May be claimed as ATA CEPs (Category B, Self-study) |
| CCHI |
2.5 instructional hours |
CEAP ID #11137 |
| IMIA / NBCMI |
0.25 CEU |
ID #26-1104) |
Oregon Health Care Interpreters: DSHS-approved CEUs are accepted by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) toward Health Care Interpreter (HCI) credential renewal. See the OHA HCI Renewal Requirements for details.
NOTIS issues certificates of continuing education at the time they are earned. Certificate Records
Please save your certificate for your records after you receive it. Due to an increasing number of requests for replacement copies, NOTIS may charge a certificate reissuance fee in the future.
Nada Conner has 
enjoyed being a language interpreter for over 30 years. She began her interpreting career in the Air Force Training Center in Tripoli, Libya, where she facilitated communications as Arabic interpreter for Libyan Air Force instructors and trainees. Her next career move was Iraq, where she worked on several military construction sites as well as in Baghdad Headquarters. After that, she worked as a Language Assistant for United Nations Protection Forces in Croatia, during the tumultuous period of unrest in the region. Since then, she has been working as a freelance interpreter and translator for district courts throughout Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and beyond. She is a remote interpreter for several large language interpreting agencies, working very hard every day to help LEP’s get the best possible communications outcome and easily access resources that may otherwise be difficult or impossible. A native of Serbia, Nada graduated from University of Belgrade with B.A. degree in languages and literature. She is a certified court interpreter by AOC in Washington State, and also WA DSHS Medical and Social Services authorized interpreter for Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian languages. She lives in Bellingham with five gorgeous rabbits.
Refund Policy
Please note that on-demand workshops provide immediate access to the recording and course materials upon registration.
For this reason, all sales are final, and registrations are nonrefundable and nontransferable.
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