{"id":820,"date":"2019-05-29T21:56:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T01:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.mrctcenter.org\/health-literacy\/?page_id=820"},"modified":"2019-05-29T21:56:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T01:56:07","slug":"interactive-techniques","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.mrctcenter.org\/health-literacy\/tools\/overview\/interactive-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Clinical research\u00a0communications are\u00a0enhanced through in-person, verbal interactions.<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\"\"Research has shown that providing both written and verbal information is more effective than written or verbal information alone (Al-Harthy et al, 2016<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Interactive techniques are particularly important and helpful in the clinical research environment, as they facilitate conversations that can lead potential and enrolled participants to greater clarity about research and their decision to participate.\u00a0 Thus, reviewing plain language materials and effectively using verbal teach-back to check for participant understanding\u00a0are essential to\u00a0determining understanding<\/p>\n

Anyone\u00a0presenting information\u00a0can take on\u00a0the role of a supportive teacher when sharing information so that potential and enrolled participants\u00a0 feel more comfortable asking questions or asking for clarification.<\/p>\n

In this section are tips, as well as examples, of how to apply interactive health literacy techniques in the clinical research context.<\/p>\n

> Teach Back<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

> Paraphrase Testing<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Teach Back<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Teach-back is an interactive, evidence-based best practice for sharing information and checking understanding. It involves participants demonstrating knowledge by \u201cteaching it back\u201d to the person that explained it.<\/p>\n

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Teach-Back Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Share Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use simple terms to describe information in a way that meets the needs of you target audience<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Confirm Understanding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ask the participant to use their own words and repeat\/teach back what they just learned<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Rephrase or Clarify if necessary, and Reconfirm understanding<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the participant does not repeat back the key takeaways as they should have, try to convey the information differently and ask them to teach it back to you again.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Move on and repeat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once the participant has demonstrated adequate understanding, move on to the next topic and continue the teach-back process as necessary[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Teach-back is especially relevant:<\/strong><\/p>\n