Description:

Teach Back is a validation method that can be used to see how well participants understood the content of the sessions you have covered, at the same time as validating their training facilitation skills. Participants simply become facilitators for certain sessions, teaching back the content they have learned to another group.

When to Use:

The time required for Teach Back depends on what session content is being covered (e.g. SASA! Root Cause- 50 minutes, etc). It also depends upon the number of participants who will be facilitating a Teach Back session. Groups of 1-4 can facilitate a session, depending on the session’s content—as long as each participant has the chance to demonstrate their facilitation skills. As explained further in the Teach Back Training Facilitation Series of the Staff Skill Building Library, Teach Back can be useful when there is limited time for the number of topics you want to cover in a multi-day training, or when there is a large discrepancy between the skill levels of different participants—and basic topics need to be covered without boring the more advanced participants.

Note: For more information about using Teach Back as a validation method, download Training Validation Methods: A how-to guide for assessing participant learning.