The University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, operates a translation center that can help students prepare for a career involving medical translation and interpretation. The program is open to both graduates and undergraduates, and only a total of 28 students are accepted for the program's online course. The program covers a wide range of skills designed to help students in medical translating, including health-care terminology, memory skills, ethics and multiculturalism. Graduates of the center receive a certificate, either in medical interpreting or interpreting studies.
The Department of Modern Languages at Florida International University offers a Translation and Interpretation Program that helps students prepare to become professional medical interpreters and translators. The program, established in 1980, offers a faculty of thirteen teachers, and offers two different certificates upon completion. Courses dealing with the health-care field that are offered through the program include Web-Based Medical Translation, Practice in Medical Translation, and Translation in Communication Media. The program is also designed to help students improve upon their current jobs.
The University of Georgia's Center for Continuing Education offers a medical translation program for Spanish and English. The program is designed specifically for the medical field, and deals with a wide range of topics, from interpretation ethics and understanding medical terminology to an in-depth understanding of Latino culture. Successful graduates of the program will earn a Certificate of Program Completion. As part of the Center for Continuing Education, the medical translation program is open to health-care professionals, including nurses, pharmacists, social workers and any other professionals involved in the health-care field in some capacity.
Students at the University of Chicago can study to become professional interpreters and translators at the school's Graham School of General Studies. The program offers studies in several different language scenarios, including translating from languages such as German, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. Medical translation is just one of many electives, and there are courses which focus on legal translation and corporate translation as well, providing students with a well-rounded education in their field. Successful students will earn an Achievement Certificate.