Season 1 Episode 3 - Despina Amanatidou, Healthcare Interpreter, AUSIT Vice President Events & PD
For established languages (such as Greek, Italian, Turkish, etc.) clients with limited linguistic mastery are under the wrong impression that they don't require interpreting services as they can get by. A lot of the clinicians are under the same mistaken impression (as long as someone can tell them their name, nods, says 'Yes' and 'Thank you') and this creates obstacles in the provision of language services. You will never know the difference between getting by and using the services of an ap...