CHI case studies
CHI · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The CHI™ (Certified Healthcare Interpreter™) credential is CCHI's language-specific performance certification, offered for Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin interpreters. Unlike CCHI's knowledge-based CoreCHI™ credential, which is open to interpreters of every language, the CHI™ exams focus on testing interpreting skills and abilities, with additional emphasis placed on all modes of interpreting in a healthcare encounter, sight translation, and healthcare document translation. The CHI case studies are 5 cases and about 2,646 words.
1The Nondisclosure Request at Intake
You are the Spanish interpreter for a 34-year-old patient at an outpatient behavioral health clinic. He thinks I'm at work.
529 words, about 3 min2The Number That Changes the Dose
In a pediatric urgent care, you interpret for a Spanish-speaking mother and an English-speaking physician. The physician says: 'Tell mom to give 5 milliliters of the liquid every 6 hours, no more than 4 doses in 24 hours.' The mother responds in Spanish: '¿Cinco mililitros?
527 words, about 3 min3Sight Translation of a Consent Form Under Time Pressure
You are asked to sight translate a two-page English informed-consent form into Spanish for a patient before an urgent procedure. The patient is a 58-year-old Spanish speaker with a grade-school education who says she reads 'un poco.' The procedure is scheduled in 15 minutes.
496 words, about 2 min4Translating a Discharge Instruction With a Null-Subject Ambiguity
You are asked to translate a one-page English discharge instruction into Spanish for a patient going home after a fall. The source text includes: 'Take the blood thinner as directed.
556 words, about 3 min5The Family Member Who Wants to 'Help'
In an oncology clinic, you are assigned to interpret for a 61-year-old Mandarin-speaking patient during a discussion of a new diagnosis. The patient's adult daughter, who speaks fluent English, is present and begins answering the physician's questions for her mother and adding explanations of her own ('She doesn't really understand, let me explain it to her').
538 words, about 3 min