Register Now: Webinar on Shared Decision-Making With Low Health Literacy Patients

Registration is open now for a webinar on December 9 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET that will address how clinicians can effectively engage patients who have limited health literacy skills in shared decision-making. Shared decision-making occurs when a health care provider and a patient work together to make a health care decision that is best for the patient. Research shows that implementation of shared decision-making in clinical practice increases patient satisfaction, enhances patient understanding of their treatment options and increases their involvement in decisions about their care. Yet shared decision-making has not been widely adopted in clinical practice and can be particularly challenging to implement with patients who have limited literacy skills. The webinar will be accredited for continuing education for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and certified health education specialists. Determination of continuing education credit through Professional Education Services Group is pending. The webinar is offered via AHRQ’s SHARE Approach initiative, a five-step process for shared decision-making.

The SHARE Approach | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

The SHARE Approach

A five-step process for shared decision making that includes exploring and comparing the benefits, harms, and risks of each option through meaningful dialogue about what matters most to the patient.

RELATED AHRQ RESOURCES

For Patients

• Patient Decision Aids from the Effective Health Care Program
• Treatment Option Summaries from the Effective Health Care Program
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Patient and Clinician Resources
• Patient Question Builder
• Questions Are The Answer Campaign

For Health Professionals

• Treatment Option Summaries from the Effective Health Care Program
• CME/CE Activities from the Effective Health Care Program
• Eisenberg Center Conference Series of Shared Decision Making Topics
• Guide to Patient & Family Engagement in Hospitals
• AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

Health Care Innovations Exchange

• Profiles on  Shared Decision Making
• Profiles on  Using Decision Aids in Shared Decision Making

National Guideline ClearinghouseTM

• Shared Decision Making in Guidelines

AHRQ’s SHARE Approach is a five-step process for shared decision making that includes exploring and comparing the benefits, harms, and risks of each option through meaningful dialogue about what matters most to the patient.

Step 1: Seek your patient's participation.
Step 2: Help your patient explore and compare treatment options.
Step 3: Assess your patient's values and preferences.
Step 4: Reach a decision with your patient.
Step 5: Evaluate your patient's decision.

SHARE Approach Webinars

AHRQ offers accredited Webinars on topics related to the implementation of patient-centered outcomes research in shared decision making.

SHARE Approach Tools

The SHARE Approach tools are a collection of references guides, posters, and other resources, all designed to support AHRQ’s SHARE Approach implementation. Tools in this collection include:

• Step-by-step tips and sample talking points for implementing the SHARE Approach with patients.
• Tips to communicate with patients who may come from different cultures or have limited skills in language or understanding of numbers and using the Teach-Back technique to enhance shared decision making.
• An implementation guide for clinical practice teams.
• A brief for administrators and other senior leaders outlining the benefits of using shared decision making.

SHARE Approach Workshop

The SHARE Approach Workshop is a one-day, accredited train-the-trainer program developed by AHRQ to help health care professionals work with patients to make the best possible health care decisions together.

This training focuses on how to engage patients in their health care decision making and how to use patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) information tools and resources (e.g., patient decision aids) to help patients understand their treatment options and to explore their own values and preferences.

Participating physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, certified diabetes educators, certified health educators, and pharmacists will earn seven hours of continuing medical education credits/continuing education units (CME/CE).

• Register for a SHARE Approach Workshop 
• Learn more about the SHARE Approach Workshop

An AHRQ Knowledge Transfer project

The SHARE Approach has been developed as part of AHRQ's Knowledge Transfer Program under a project entitled, "Educating the Educators: Developing Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Tools for the People Who Educate Consumers, Patients, and Caregivers."

Page last reviewed September 2015

Internet Citation: The SHARE Approach. September 2015. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/shareddecisionmaking/index.html