Podcast on Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT)

Podcast on Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT)

Podcast on Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 01/29/2014 10:39 AM EST

New Podcast on AHRQ’s PEMAT Available

AHRQ has published the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) and User’s Guide. Now you can listen to podcast on the PEMAT. Hear AHRQ’s Cindy Brach talk about:

• How PEMAT differs from other patient education material assessment tools.
• Using PEMAT to assess usability and actionability of print and audio-visual materials.
• Putting PEMAT into practice, including how to score items and then use these scores to compare patient education materials.

To hear the podcast on Health Literacy Out Loud, go to: www.healthliteracyoutloud.org.

To access the PEMAT and User’s Guide, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/self-mgmt/pemat/index.html.