'Meaning for meaning': lived experiences of medical interpreters in outpatient pediatric physical therapy sessions.

A qualitative study published in the Journal of Communication in Healthcare explored how medical interpreters experience their role during outpatient pediatric physical therapy sessions. Researchers examined the lived perspectives of interpreters navigating language barriers in this specific clinical context, highlighting challenges and dynamics unique to pediatric PT encounters. The findings offer PT clinicians insight into the interpreter's viewpoint, which may inform more effective collaboration with language access professionals in multilingual outpatient settings.

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