The teach-back method involves patients repeating back what they understand, in their own words, so that discharge providers can confirm comprehension and correct misunderstandings.
All medical professionals, from doctors, to nurses, to counselors, and all those in between, have a responsibility to teach patients vital self-care skills and to confirm comprehension of the messages they deliver.
A pilot survey was first conducted with 30 local Army Soldiers to confirm comprehension of study questions and determine time required to complete the survey.
Usability testing confirmed user comprehension and acceptability of the queries, response sets, and interface.
Having patients translate back the question to a bilingual observer would have further confirmed their comprehension and appropriateness of response.
These questions were revised for the 2010 wave of the CAMH Monitor survey based on pretesting which confirmed item comprehension and feasibility.
The recall difficulties along with the unawareness of comprehension deficits found in the present study emphasize the importance of communicative strategies to confirm patient comprehension before discharge.
In some instances participants watch professors who have video-recorded their face-to-face class lectures and posted them online, accompanied by tests to confirm student comprehension.
When the judge again addressed Chapo, asking him to confirm his comprehension, he said, "Yes, I understand very well".
These 39 students also underwent a cognitive debriefing to confirm their comprehension of the instrument items.
Following informed consent, research assistants will administer a short 10-question evaluation to the mothers and their partners to confirm their comprehension of the document.
