Using the Teach-Back Technique: A Reference Guide for Health Care Providers

The teach-back communication approach enlists both demonstration and querying techniques to determine if a patient fully understands a particular concept or process. This short resources outlines in checklist format both an approach to using teach-back with patients as well as tips for employing the technique. These guidelines, developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, will be most useful to PRAXIS users seeing patients in a clinical capacity. References and links to additional information are included.

For more on the effectiveness of teach-back in clinical conversations with individuals with COPD: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0017896912469575.