In this 1-hour performance-based asynchronous course, you will explore interpreting in postpartum care across both routine and complex patient scenarios. We will focus on standard postpartum teaching, including breastfeeding, pumping, maternal recovery, and newborn care. You will be introduced to the terminology used in these encounters through consecutive interpreting practice and a specialized postpartum care glossary.

This is the first in a two-part series built on real patient stories. Two women share their postpartum experiences, one following a vaginal birth and one following an emergency C-section. These stories bring the terminology and clinical concepts to life, helping you understand the joy and stress of interpreting in postpartum care settings.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

•  Identify and define at least 10 key terms related to postpartum care, including maternal recovery, feeding, and newborn screening, during guided terminology activities.
• Differentiate between routine and complex postpartum care scenarios by listing at least 2 clinical features of each, based on case examples presented in the training.
• Accurately interpret a postpartum care dialogue using consecutive interpreting during practice vignettes, demonstrating message completeness and appropriate terminology use.
• Compile a minimum of 15 postpartum-related terms to add to a personal glossary and demonstrate correct usage during interpreting exercises.
• Analyze at least one interpreting challenge from a postpartum scenario and describe one strategy used to manage meaning, terminology.
• Describe one way in which interpreter performance can impact patient understanding or outcomes, using an example from a patient story presented in the session.

• Common signs and symptoms associated with non-complex postpartum care patients
• Routine newborn treatments and screening tests
• Breastfeeding and bottle feeding terminology
• Prevention and follow up recommendations for mothers and newborns