With the transformation of the "patient-centered"medical model,patient education has become an important part of the holistic nursing care .As an implementation medium of patient education , patient education materials are the premise for the development of patient education .The quality of patient education materials plays a positive role in improving the quality of care .This article summarizes the domestic and international research progress of patient education materials assessment tools ;it also summarizes the currently used international patient education materials assessment tool ;it explores the existing problems in the domestic research .In addition,this article discusses the different characteristics of commonly used international assessment tools , and identifies an applicable patient education materials assessment tool that can be introduced into China so as to guide the domestic research direction in the future.