Assessing the Informed Consent Skills of Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Informed consent (IC) is an essential component of shared medical decision making between patients and providers in emergency medicine (EM). The basic components required for adequate consent are well described, yet little is published investigating whether EM residents demonstrate adequate IC skills.

Objective

The objectives were to assess the ability of EM residents to obtain IC for an invasive emergency procedure using a novel assessment tool and to assess reliability and validity of the tool.

Methods

This was an observational study in which participants were initially blinded to the primary objectives of the study. Each participant conducted a video-recorded history and physical examination with a standardized patient, requiring tube thoracostomy due to

SUBMITTER: Binstadt ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001726 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature