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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back_quickstart_brochure.pdf
September 15, 2016 - Implementation Quick Start Guide: Teach-back (Half-page)
Implementation
Quick Start Guide
Teach-back … Why Use Teach-Back? … staff about teach-
back.
•• This 1-page handout explains the
goal of teach-back, the teach-back … Why Use Teach-Back? … Tools for Teach-Back
Resources Needed To Implement Teach-back
Implementing Teach-Back
Step 1.
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/health-literacy.html
March 01, 2022 - More Adults Report Always Being Asked To Teach Back Providers' Instructions
More adults report … always being asked to teach back providers' instructions (PDF, 133 KB)
For more information, go to … Related Resources
Use the Teach-Back Method: Tool #5 , from the AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions … Teach-Back from the Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients … Tool 6: Using the Teach-Back Technique: A Reference Guide for Health Care Providers from the SHARE
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/video/cus-teach-back-inpatient-medical-guide.pdf
June 02, 2025 - TeamSTEPPS Video Debrief Guide: CUS and Teach-Back on Inpatient Medical Unit
TeamSTEPPS Video Debrief … Guide: CUS and Teach-Back on
Inpatient Medical Unit
Video Objective
To demonstrate the use of CUS … and Teach-Back techniques to ensure patient safety. … TeamSTEPPS Tool or Concept
CUS Tool and Teach-Back Method. … How was the Teach-Back Method used in the video?
Discussion Answers
1.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/teachback-infographic.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Data Infographic: More adults report always being asked to teach back providers' instructions (
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August 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Video: Applying CUS and Teach Back in Inpatient Setting
YouTube embedded video … : https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/M-w9wFEuPFc
TeamSTEPPS: Applying CUS and Teach Back in Inpatient … created by the University of Rochester Medical Center, demonstrates the use of the TeamSTEPPS CUS and Teach … Back tools.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/teachback-video.html
May 01, 2017 - Teach-Back Strategy: Video
Patient and Family Engagement for Primary Care
In 2015, the Agency … In this Webinar, Kelly Smith, Ph.D., describes the Teach-Back intervention, which is one strategy of
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/teachback.html
February 01, 2023 - What Is Teach-Back? … You ask them to teach it back . … Why Use Teach-Back? … How Do We Implement Teach-Back? … Materials for Teach-Back
To get started, first download and review these documents:
Teach-Back
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/pfepc-fullguide-appc-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The Teach-Back QSG has six stages.
1. … Teach-Back Interactive Module
The Teach-back interactive module is a self-directed, self-paced learning … activity that provides an overview of teach-back, case presentations of
how to effectively use teach-back … Teach-Back Training Toolkit
The training toolkit provides slides, role play scenarios to practice teach … In addition, a Teach-Back Tips job aid can be used
as a training handout.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back-slides-final508.pptx
June 02, 2025 - Today we’re going to talk about Teach-Back.
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What is Teach-Back? … You ask them to teach it back to you. … One clinician described her experience with teach-back, “I remember my first reaction to teach-back was … Document your use of teach-back by [insert procedure for documenting teach-back].
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What tools are available … What is patient satisfaction with teach-back?
What is clinician satisfaction with teach-back?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-health-literacy.pdf
March 01, 2019 - If patients cannot teach the
information back correctly, providers have to instruct them again using … Teach-Back Method
If patient teaches
back correctly
and there’s more
to explain
If patient doesn … ’t teach back correctly
Ask patients to teach back in their
own words. … It includes several strategies,
including teach-back. … A video of a real doctor using
teach-back is available.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/faq.html
April 01, 2018 - Return to Contents
Teach-Back
1. What if my patient can’t teach back after several attempts? … What if my patient is offended by being asked to teach back? … I don’t have time to do teach-back.
Teach-back may take more time in the beginning. … Teach-back is just a slight shift to an open-ended question. … Who else can use teach-back besides clinicians?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44875/psn-pdf
March 02, 2016 - "Teach-back" from a patient's perspective.
March 2, 2016
Miller S, Lattanzio M, Cohen S. … "Teach-back" from a patient's perspective. Nursing (Brux). 2016;46(2):63-4. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teach-back-patients-perspective
The teach-back method, having patients … This commentary describes an initiative that
embedded teach-back into standard nursing activities and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teach-back-patients-perspective
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-comprehension-emergency-department-care-and-instructions-are-patients-aware-when-they
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/diabetes-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Key Findings for Teach-Back:
• Teach-back has not been proven to
improve Hemoglobin A1c levels or … ,” “teach-back,” “teach back,” and other related terms. … Teach-back is in a formative stage in that enhanced
definitions and typologies of teach-back methods … After teach-
back, score was 16. … -
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“Diabetes”)
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OR Teachback
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/faqs-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Teach-Back
1. What if my patient can’t teach back after several attempts? … What if my patient is offended by being asked to teach back? … I don’t have time to do teach-back.
Teach-back may take more time in the beginning. … Teach-back
is just a slight shift to an open-ended question. … Who else can use teach-back besides clinicians?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/pfepc-fullguide-final508.pdf
April 01, 2018 - What Is Teach-Back? … Why Use Teach-Back? … While teach-back may take more time in the beginning, clinicians who use
teach-back find that taking … The Teach-Back QSG has six stages.
1. … Teach-Back Interactive Module
The Teach-back interactive module is a self-directed, self-paced learning
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_1_IDEAL_chklst_508.docx
January 01, 2010 - back. … Use teach back. … Use teach back. … Use teach back to check if the patient understands the information given. … Use teach back (ask them to repeat what the medicine is, when to take it, and how to take it).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_1_IDEAL_chklst_508.pdf
January 01, 2010 - back … Use teach back. … Use teach back. … • Use teach back to check if the patient
understands the information given. … Use teach back (ask them to repeat
what the medicine is, when to take it, and
how to take it).
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/index.html
September 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS 3.0 and have facilitator's guides to enable discussion of the video:
Applying CUS and Teach … Applying CUS and Teach Back in Inpatient Setting NEW
This video, created by the University of Rochester … Medical Center, demonstrates the use of the TeamSTEPPS CUS and Teach Back tools. … Check Back (Long-Term Care)
Check back ensures that information is communicated accurately. … Use these TeamSTEPPs techniques to teach medical office staff how to intervene on behalf of patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846170/psn-pdf
March 15, 2023 - Interventions at the Individual Provider Level
Utilize the teach-back method
Effective provider-patient … Utilizing the teach-back method during counseling is one of the most effective ways of ensuring that … Patient counseling, including teach-back, written directions for the patient, and smartphone medication … In Case 1, using teach-back to assess and improve the patient’s understanding of his medications could … The SHARE Approach—Using the teach-Back Technique: A Reference Guide for Health Care
Providers.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46624/psn-pdf
November 29, 2017 - patients and recommend communication training for postgraduate physicians that includes tools like teach … -
back. … through-patients-eyes-understanding-and-promoting-patient-centered-care
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teach-back-patients-perspective … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teach-back-patients-perspective
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/adverse-events-near-misses-and-errors