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** 2010 IMIA Membership Special **

If you will be registering for the 2010 IMIA Conference, you qualify for the special $35 1-year membership fee that must be paid at the same time as your conference registration.

Please register for the conference at: http://www.imiaweb.org/conferences/confreg2010.asp and make sure to select "Yes, I am paying for IMIA individual membership (additional fee of $35)"

Please note: When paying by check, please include along with payment the name, address, phone and email of the person the check is for, so that we can approve the correct person.
(Please note: bounced checks will incur a $35 fee)

The Membership Committee extends a warm invitation for you to join us and become regularly involved in activities with other IMIA members around the world.
As an IMIA member, you have many benefits and are linked to local, state, national, and international efforts to advocate for the right of linguistically diverse patients to a competent medical interpreter. You will also find that this is a community of empowerment, where medical interpreters are respected as professionals and as the experts in medical interpreting. For member benefits please go to: http://www.imiaweb.org/members/benefits.asp

Please complete the following form. Required fields in red.

Annual Membership Fee: $50.00
Don't want to have to worry about renewing yearly and want to save?
2 Year Option: $90.00 ($45/yr)
3 Year Option: $120.00 ($40/yr)

* How many years?
1 year - $50
2 years - $90
3 years - $120

* Membership category
Active

ACTIVE members shall be professional medical interpreters currently engaged in the delivery of interpreting services in a medical setting. Active members are required to participate at least in one IMIA activity yearly in order to maintain an active membership. In addition, dues must be paid. Active members are eligible to vote, hold office, and chair committees.

The IMIA was the first organization to author an ethical code of conduct specifically for medical interpreters. Multiple codes of ethics have since followed. A code of ethics is necessary for medical interpreters to maintain standards for the individuals within that profession to adhere to. It brings about accountability, responsibility and trust to the individuals that the profession serves. Please read it carefully. In order for you to join the IMIA you need to pledge to abide by the IMIA code of ethics. (This does not preclude you from abiding to multiple codes of ethics).

IMIA Code of Ethics (established in 1987 and revised in 2006)

Interpreters will maintain confidentiality of all assignment-related information.

Interpreters will select the language and mode of interpretation that most accurately conveys the content and spirit of the messages of their clients.

Interpreters will refrain from accepting assignments beyond their professional skills, language fluency, or level of training.

Interpreters will refrain from accepting an assignment when family or close personal relationships affect impartiality.

Interpreters will not interject personal opinions or counsel patients.

Interpreters will not engage in interpretations that relate to issues outside the provision of health care services unless qualified to do so.

Interpreters will engage in patient advocacy and in the intercultural mediation role of explaining cultural differences/practices to health care providers and patients only when appropriate and necessary for communication purposes, using professional judgment.

Interpreters will use skillful unobtrusive interventions so as not to interfere with the flow of communication in a triadic medical setting.

Interpreters will keep abreast of their evolving languages and medical terminology.

Interpreters will participate in continuing education programs as available.

Interpreters will seek to maintain ties with relevant professional organizations in order to be up-to-date with the latest professional standards and protocols.

Interpreters will refrain from using their position to gain favors from clients.

I agree to abide by the 12 tenets of the IMIA Code of Ethics listed above. I understand that if I am found to be in violation of any of these by the IMIA Ethics Committee, my membership may be terminated.

Are you primarily a telephone interpreter?
Yes     No

Are you primarily a mental health interpreter?
Yes     No

If Yes, have you attended a training program in mental health interpreting?
Yes     No

Are you primarily a 'dual role' medical interpreter?
Yes     No

If Yes, is medical interpreting listed in your job title?
Yes     No

If Yes, is medical interpreting listed in your job description?
Yes     No

Are you a preceptor (a medical interpreter who does on the job new interpreter orientation or supervises and mentors interns)?
Yes     No

Your Resume

Upload your resume (Word and PDF files only)

Do you want this viewable in the member directory?
Yes
No

Associate

ASSOCIATE members shall be individuals other than medical interpreters who support the mission of the organization. Associate members can participate in activities of the association and may serve on committees but are excluded from voting and holding office. This includes interpreter trainers, managers, supervisors, translators, administrators, non-profit advocates and others who are interested in medical interpreting and language access in health care.

Provider

PROVIDER members shall be professionals who help in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability. This includes physicians, specialists, alternative health care practitioners, nurses, nurse assistants, medical assistants, nutritionists, clinical social workers, hospitalists, pharmacists, physician assistants, and other health care professionals.

* Publish personal info (i.e. home address) on website?
Yes
No

* Are you a health care administrator? (coordinator, manager, or director of an interpreter or language access department)
Yes
No

* Do you provide interpreter training services as an instructor or a language coach?
Yes
No

If yes, into and from what languages?

Are you interested in being a mentor to novice Interpreters?
Yes
No

* Are you currently a student?
Yes
No

If yes, what languages?

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* Email address

* Re-enter email address

* Secondary email address

NOTE: Adding this secondary email will NOT mean that you will receive emails twice. It is needed in case you change your email address, so we have the means to notify you that your membership is about to expire or has expired.

* Password for website

* Confirm password

* First name / Middle initial / * Last name

Gender
Male
Female

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Home Address

* Street

* City

* State/Province (if US/Canada is selected)

* Country

* Zip

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Present Employment #1

Company

Job Title

Dept

Present Employment #2

Company

Job Title

Dept

Present Employment #3

Company

Job Title

Dept

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Primary Work Address

Street

City

State

* County (if MA is selected)

Country

Zip

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Phone Numbers

* Home phone

Work phone

Pager

Pager ID

Cell phone

Fax

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Place of Birth

* City of Birth

* Country of Birth

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Education

* What is your highest level of education?

Field of study

Other education information

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Linguistic Data

* What language(s) have you been tested in and deemed qualified to interpret in?

(NOTE: Spoken Languages are listed first and Signed Languages are listed second in these drop down menus - please make sure you are choosing from the correct category)

Language		By which entity?

If your language is not listed, please mark as * Other, and contact IMIAweb@gmail.com.

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* Have you received any formal training in translation/interpretation?
Yes
No

If yes, where and when?

* Are you a member of another association of interpreters/translators?
Yes
No

If yes, name of organizations

If yes, since when?

* Do you currently hold a position in any interpreter association (example: Board, Committee, Chair)?
Yes
No

If yes, name of positions

Do you provide translation services?
Yes
No

If yes, into and from what languages?

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Professional Experience

Name of institution

Email of reference

Address

Position

Dates

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Join a Committee

The IMIA relies on its members to advance the profession. We have always been a grassroots organization that believes each person can and should make a difference. Please see the different committees you can join below. Each committee requires a commitment of a monthly one hour meeting and up to an hour of followup between meetings. Meetings are all by phone so you can participate from the comfort of your home. In order to join a committee you need to read the committee essentials document and sign a disclosure form, see links below.

> View Committee Essentials Document (opens in new window)

> View Board/Committee Disclosure Form (opens in new window)

Click here to see available committees

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Training notices from corporate members
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PAYMENT by Check
If payment by check is necessary, please make checks payable to IMIA. (Please note: bounced checks will incur a $35 fee.) Print and mail this form and payment to:

IMIA
800 Washington St.
Box 271
Boston, MA 02111-1845

Please let us know how you plan to submit your membership payment:
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Additional payment notes

Once your payment is received, you will be approved as a member and you will receive a confirmation email from the IMIA Administrator.

IMPORTANT - To ensure that you receive all correspondence from IMIA, please add info@imiaweb.org to your email address book so your IMIA Correspondence does not get mistaken for SPAM.

* If you would like to submit a paper application, please download one here.