Family Practice Team Meeting
Week # 11 - The Technical Aspects of Collaboration
Learning Objectives
- Explore concepts of knowledge translation & readability evaluation methods.
- Develop knowledge related to the creation and evaluation of patient teaching materials to ensure that you are using quality, easy-to-read teaching materials in your future practice.
- Understand the role of health literacy and it's importance in family practice/primary care settings.
Pre-Meeting Activities
Learning Style Assessment
Knowing "HOW" your target audience learns is an important aspect of knowledge translation. Let's begin this week by completing a learning style assessment!
Pre-Survey
After completing the learning style assessment, please complete this short pre-survey!
Required Reading
Patient and Family Education Material Guidelines
Read pages 3-9 and 14-15.
Required Videos
Knowledge Translation
Health literacy and patient safety: Help patients understand
Supplemental Resources
SMOG
Click here for the SMOG (Simple Measure of Gobbledygook) readability formula calculator.
PEMAT User Guide
Click here to view the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) user guide provided by The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ).
PEMAT-P
Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) for Printable Materials
PEMAT - A/V
Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) for Audiovisual Materials