Medical Interpreter Training in South Korea: A Competency Alignment Analysis of Selected Certification and Curriculum Documents and a Proposed Interpreter–Nurse Pathway
Na‐Young Kim · 2026
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Description
Na-Young Kim reviews how South Korea trains and certifies people who interpret in medical care. Her 2026 study reads seven public papers, from test rules to course plans. She maps each paper against eight skill areas drawn from world standards for this work. Each area is scored by how fully it links to both teaching and testing, from no link to a full link.
Only three of the eight areas were fully linked in the papers she read. Basic areas such as ethics scored well. Skills like remote work by phone or video, and short note taking, were thin or missing. Kim ends by sketching a joint path for nurses who also train as interpreters.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Na‐Young Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 76 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |