Bathsheba Matoke

• Within the HIPAA scope, I research and interprete disease prognosis, management and outcome to the Swahili speaking patients and families during home visits. Translate and clarify the doctor's orders to the patient and family and deliberate the feedback to the healthare providers.
• Translated documents about treatment directions and help Swahili speaking patients fill out medical forms.
• Served as medical Swahili Vs. English interpreter for patients and staff clinical encounters by delivering accurate, skilled interpretations to facilitate effective communication.
• Equips healthcare providers with cultural information to promote appropriate provision of health services.

Scheduled home visits to provide continued care: Counsels on disease, prognosis; give realistic hope; educating the patient on self-care; and getting feedback from patients. These are done in Swahili;. I then document the process; and report the situation to the home healthcare providers, the primary care physician, and the pharmacist in English. I then report the state of the patient to the family in Swahili.

English, Reading and English as a Second Language Teacher. Including the teaching assignment, I interpreted, and translated school enrollment forms, interpreted and communicated to Swahili speaking parents the criteria for enrollment and the student expectations. I was the school building Swahili interpreter and translator during student teacher conferences, parent teacher conferences and district pyramid meetings as well as third party meetings with the school police.

Considering the HIPAA regulations, I accompanied the school nurse in her classroom visits to interpret medical information and gave clarification to the Swahili speaker concerning mandatory immunization and vaccinations on record; which included what, when and where to take shots. The preparation needed and the side effects.

I translated to Swahili and interpreted the Covid 19 virus information; the prevention measures, what to do at home if infection is suspected, the available vaccines and how to improve immunity.