Item 2: The material does not include information or content that distracts from its purpose (P)Topic: Word Choice & Style We would like to acknowledge the raters from Abt Associates, AHRQ, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Northwestern University who helped to establish the reliability of the PEMAT; Allyson Ross Davies for her guidance on instrument development; and Ken Carlson and Mark Spranca from Abt Associates for their valuable engagement with the reliability and validity testing of the PEMAT. H��W]�ۺ}7����5+���ܦA��h�E�W���ʒ#�����=C�eK�k,�5Mr8sx���u�0�qS_}��e�����]��bL�,0凌���lC�}��U�9A2L�a䄞5��ܸ�;nbM��K?�'Nm�+������^�8i��j�G)���]A:1��Ǯ8 ̮8Ħ(N�'�g�r�L`������2˙Ng��a� �e���ꋵv ; Eva Powell, M.S.W., CPHQ; Dean Schillinger, M.D.    Item 1: The material makes its purpose completely evident (P and A/V) The goal of the TEMPtEd was to assist health care professionals in evaluating printed education materials that they wished to provide to patients . Patients will participate in a therapeutic education program designed to educate them about their disease and self-management strategies. 4110045833 We have designed the Patient Education and Motivation Tool (PEMT), an interactive computer-based educational program based on behavioral, cognitive, and humanistic learning theories. This document was produced under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under Contract No. It relates to building capacity for patient safety education, programme planning and design of the courses.    Item 12: The material uses visual cues (e.g., arrows, boxes, bullets, bold, larger font, highlighting) to draw attention to key points (P and A/V) 0 It is designed as a guide to help determine whether patients will be able to understand and act on information. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.027https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5085258/, Internet Citation: The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) and User’s Guide.    Item 18: The material uses illustrations and photographs that are clear and uncluttered (P and A/V) ̧�RLjbqS2�S,w�\/ ��e��{�9�a�+vދN����e��L�(��(�At�)D 0DQ֍� )�=;���. Patient Educ Couns 2014;96(3):395-403.    Item 14: The material allows the user to hear the words clearly (e.g., not too fast, not garbled) (A/V)Topic: Use of Visual Aids Adobe InDesign 15.0 (Macintosh) The authors assume full responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the ideas presented. Patient Health Literacy ... Education Tool 70 150 Too sweetened soda, orange juice, or a glass of milk. Scoring guide that provide suggested scores, rating, and comments and recommendations section 3. Assessment Grid. ArialMT It can also help the clinic staff members identify explanations and communication strategies that are most commonly understood by patients. Adobe InDesign 15.0 (Macintosh) Before implementing any patient education techniques, clinicians must assess a patient’s current knowledge level. Listed below are key topics and items that ideally should be covered in patient education materials for asthma. Patient Education Tools CHAMPS has created an expansive on-line library of resources, documents, and reference materials for clinicians to use when interacting with patients. PatientPass Checklist.indd The physician who uses a variety of strategies (e.g., verbal messages, printed materials, computerized information) and involves staff in patient education efforts is most likely to be a successful patient educator [3].    Item 4: Medical terms are used only to familiarize audience with the terms. Further explanation of tool . PDF/X-1:2001 Focus on what your patient needs to know, not on what is nice to know. Use of a formal assessment tool such as the Aid to Capacity Evaluation improves accuracy in determining a patient's decision-making capacity. converted What is the highest level of education that you have completed?    Item 26: The material uses visual aids whenever they could make it easier to act on the instructions (P)Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Printable Materials (PEMAT-P)Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Audiovisual Materials (PEMAT-A/V). Separate tools are available for use with print and audiovisual materials. https://www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/patient-education/pemat.html.    Item 8: The material breaks or "chunks" information into short sections (P and A/V) Evaluation worksheet for evaluator to complete 2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Patient education is more than what the clinician says or does; patient education is what the learner learns, and this should be carefully noted in the medical chart. The importance of practice-based evidence to process evaluation encompasses staff education as well as patient education. It's a comprehensive program for supporting quality heart failure care, including a library of tools and resources to help improve processes and maximize effectiveness.    Item 17: The material's visual aids have clear titles or captions (P)