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Literacy in AI Translation for Healthcare Settings
Ref. LAIHS
Are you a healthcare provider working with migrant patients? Or perhaps you are involved in public health messaging? If you want to ensure that nothing is lost in translation, this course is for you!
- Duration: 5 hours
- Effort: 5 hours
- Pace: Self paced
- Languages: English
What you will learn
- Evaluate different translation technologies powered by artificial intelligence (e.g., Google Translate, SayHi, ChatGPT) as well as the translations they produce.
- Identify potential risks and sources of mistranslations.
- Assess the appropriateness of these technologies in various healthcare settings.
- Apply strategies to improve translation quality according to your needs.
- Develop multilingual health communication strategies and policies for high-stakes scenarios.
Description
Globalization and migration have made societies increasingly multilingual. Many migrants lack sufficient proficiency in the host country’s language to understand public health guidelines or exchange critical health information with medical staff. To overcome language barriers, healthcare providers and institutions often rely on AI-powered translation tools such as Google Translate or ChatGPT. However, the improper use of these tools can compromise sensitive patient data and lead to mistranslations that distort critical meanings, putting migrant patients' health and lives at risk.
Enhancing AI translation literacy among frontline healthcare professionals and content developers is key for delivering inclusive health services and ensuring equitable access to health information for all, regardless of the language they speak.
With the knowledge of experts in multilingual health communication, this course will equip you with essential skills to optimize the responsible use of AI translation tools when creating and sharing public health information or interacting with migrant patients.
Format
This course is divided into 3 modules that contain video tutorials filled with practical examples, innovative activities, downloadable resources created by experts in multilingual health communication. At the end of the course, the participants have to take a final quizz.
Assessment and certification
To obtain certification, participants must correctly answer 10 questions in the final quiz with a score of 80% or higher.
Course plan
1. Migration and Language Barriers in Healthcare Settings
2. AI-driven translation technologies: fundamentals
3. How and when (not to use) AI-driven translation technologies
2. AI-driven translation technologies: fundamentals
3. How and when (not to use) AI-driven translation technologies
Course team
Organizations
Production Team
Filipa Gonçalves
Daria Rosa
Carlota Madureira
Rita Menezes
Daniela Rodrigues
Partners
License
License for the course content
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.