Necessity and suggestions for healthcare interpreting system - in terms of community-based integrated care system

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26670257
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Fujita Health University
• Principal Investigator: HATTORI SHINOBU 藤田保健衛生大学, 保健学研究科, 准教授 (40321012)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 菅沼 太陽 東京女子医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (00328379)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 医療通訳者 / コンピテンス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Researched the current situation of healthcare interpreting in Japan as well as overseas, aiming for establishment of accreditation system and better system to secure performance of healthcare interpreters, who can solve the language problems which become the biggest barriers when foreign people coming to Japan or foreign residents visiting hospitals. Conducted a survey for healthcare interpreters to reveal their acquired competence through interpreting and as a result, it was found that contents of the training program should be differentiated depending on the nationality of interpreters in order for the program to work effectively. Unfortunately, suggestions to the local governments have not fully made yet, although it seems to be true that healthcare interpreters should play a role in multi-occupational cooperation in community-based integrated care system.

Free Research Field

医療通訳