Sessions
Teach-back: Making it an Always Event
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Fri
Teach-back: Making it an Always Event
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Fri
Mary Ann Abrams, M.D., M.P.H. is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and GME Quality Improvement Medical Director and Primary Care Physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She led Iowa Health System’s (now UnityPoint Health) health literacy quality initiative and developed health literacy-related interventions and resources including an Always Use Teach-back! Toolkit, a guidebook on Building Health Literate Organizations, and online training. She co-chaired the American Academy of Pediatrics Health Literacy Project Advisory Committee, and was a Pfizer Visiting Professor in Health Literacy. She is co-editor and contributing author to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Plain Language Pediatrics, and has published on implementing health literacy-based interventions, pediatric health literacy, and partnering with patients and adult learners. Dr. Abrams graduated from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, and University of Dayton.