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Always Use Teach-Back!

The Always Use Teach-Back! tools can be used to confirm patient understanding of care instructions by asking patients to repeat the instructions using their own words.

The Always Use Teach-Back! tools can be used by anyone sharing important information in clinical and non-clinical settings. 

  • Teach-back is asking a person, in a caring way, to explain back in their own words what they need to know or do.
  • Always Events™ are “aspects of the patient and family experience that should always occur when patients interact with health care professionals and the delivery system.”

The tools are available at teachbacktraining.org

 

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