How the Teach-Back Method helps me in the voiceover industry
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The Teach-Back Method helps me in the voiceover industry.
What is the Teach-Back Method?\\xa0 The teach-back method, as it relates to pharmacy, is a technique that confirms that a patient understands their medications and health information before leaving the pharmacy.\\xa0 Using their own words, the patient repeats what they heard the pharmacist say.\\xa0 We, as pharmacists, use plain language, and this is a shame-free activity that reinforces patient education.
What problem does the teach-back method solve?\\xa0 Some patients walk away from the pharmacy counter confused about their prescriptions.\\xa0 Pharmacists who use the Teach-Back Method can improve patient comprehension and information retention.\\xa0
What does the Teach-Back Method look like, using an example?\\xa0 You show a patient how to use her Advair Diskus inhaler.\\xa0 The directions for use are lengthy.\\xa0 Once you finish, you ask her to tell you how she plans to use the inhaler.\\xa0 When she explains the directions for using the inhaler back to you, she might forget something.\\xa0 Sometimes, larger amounts of information lead to less recall or incorrect recall.\\xa0 We want our patients to manage their medication independently.\\xa0 The Teach-Back-Method gives pharmacists a chance to reteach or modify teaching if needed before the patient leaves the pharmacy so the patient feels confident.\\xa0 The Teach-Back Method helps pharmacists confirm a patients\\u2019 understanding before they leave the pharmacy. \\xa0
Over the last 3 years, I have learned more about performance and recording, editing, and producing audio files than I ever thought I would learn!\\xa0 I have had one-on-one coaching, participated in webinars, gone to conferences, and more.\\xa0 There has been a lot to learn, and I am still learning.\\xa0
After coaching sessions, I often ask for a couple of minutes to \\u201cteach back\\u201d what I learned and go over the plan for moving forward.\\xa0 Two examples I used in this episode were talking to my audiobook editor about Pozotron and coaching with Sean Pratt.\\xa0
Using the Teach-Back Method as a pharmacist helped my patients understand their medications and health information.\\xa0 On the flip side, as a student in the voiceover (VO) industry, I understand techniques and acquire skills faster because of the Teach-Back Method. \\xa0
I love using what I know from being a pharmacist to help me with my VO journey!
Mentioned in this episode
Peggy Yen\\u2019s article, Use and Effectiveness of the Teach-Back Method in Patient Education and Health Outcomes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590951/
Episode 83 of The Pharmacist\\u2019s Voice Podcast, Interview with Sean Pratt
Sean Pratt is a nonfiction audiobook narration coach.
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