The active role of interpreters in medical discourse - An observational study in emergency medicine

Abstract results

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• 6 English proficient and 9 limited English proficient patients were observed.

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• Key themes in communicative tasks included: establishing, maintaining, updating, and repairing understanding and rapport.

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• All tasks were observed with English proficient and limited English proficient patients.

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• The difference with limited English proficient patients was that medical interpreters played an active role in completing communicative tasks.

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• Telephone-based interpreters faced challenges in facilitating communicative tasks based on thematic comparisons with in-person interpreters, including issues hearing and lost information due to the lack of visual cues.

  suggested · 19% Comparing transcripts of in-person versus telephone-based interpreting in the ED, telephone-based interpreters faced distinctive c

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• Professional interpreters play an important role in communication between language discordant patients and health professionals that goes beyond verbatim translation.

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Tables & figures

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• Figure 1 — a Mockup sample of pen-and-paper data collected. 1b Mockup sample of Excel data analysis sheet.

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  • For LEP patients medical interpreters actively completed communicative tasks beyond verbatim translation
  • Telephone-based interpreters faced challenges completing communicative tasks versus in-person interpreters due to lost information and lack of visual cues
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• Table 1

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  • For LEP patients medical interpreters actively completed communicative tasks beyond verbatim translation
  • Telephone-based interpreters faced challenges completing communicative tasks versus in-person interpreters due to lost information and lack of visual cues
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• Table 2

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  • For LEP patients medical interpreters actively completed communicative tasks beyond verbatim translation
  • Telephone-based interpreters faced challenges completing communicative tasks versus in-person interpreters due to lost information and lack of visual cues
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• Table 3

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  • For LEP patients medical interpreters actively completed communicative tasks beyond verbatim translation
  • Telephone-based interpreters faced challenges completing communicative tasks versus in-person interpreters due to lost information and lack of visual cues
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• Table 4 — also presents a common occurrence where healthcare

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  • For LEP patients medical interpreters actively completed communicative tasks beyond verbatim translation
  • Telephone-based interpreters faced challenges completing communicative tasks versus in-person interpreters due to lost information and lack of visual cues
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• Table 5

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  • For LEP patients medical interpreters actively completed communicative tasks beyond verbatim translation
  • Telephone-based interpreters faced challenges completing communicative tasks versus in-person interpreters due to lost information and lack of visual cues
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  Table 6 — ). The latter example further highlights how telephone-based

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  • For LEP patients medical interpreters actively completed communicative tasks beyond verbatim translation
  • Telephone-based interpreters faced challenges completing communicative tasks versus in-person interpreters due to lost information and lack of visual cues
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