Hosted by Center for Learning and Professional Development

Wed
21
Oct

Tools to Enhance Patient Understanding - Teach Back Workshop

  • Wednesday, October 21, 2026
  • 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756

Registration required

If you are planning on attending, please email carmen.r.perkins-swafford@hitchcock.org to let her know.

Register via email

Overview

Interactive workshop whose goal is to ensure that all who interact with patients are both comfortable and confident using evidence base tools that enhance patient understanding. This one-and-a-half-hour workshop will start with a brief didactic session describing the need and the evidence underlying the teach back method. Learners will be able to describe what teach back is or isn't and will have an opportunity to demonstrate skills in a realistic role play involving communication with a patient. the workshop will be preceded and followed by a brief survey accessing knowledge, attitude and practice regarding the teach back method.

Presenter
Ruth Berggren, MD, MACP, MHCDS
Staff Physician
Infectious Diseases and International Health
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Accreditation

Please see the event registration site for accreditation information.