Association of Preoperative Disclosure of Resident Roles With Informed Consent for Cataract Surgery in a Teaching Program.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed intraocular surgery. Academic centers have mandates to train the next surgeon generation, but resident roles are often hidden in the consent process.

Objective

To investigate associations of full preoperative disclosure of the resident role with patient consent rates and subjective experience of the consent process.

Design, setting, and participants

Full scripted disclosure of residents' roles in cataract surgery was delivered by the attending surgeon. Qualitative analysis was conducted from recorded interviews of patients postoperatively regarding consent process experience and choice of whether to allow resident participation. Associations were sought regarding demographic characteristics and consent rates.

SUBMITTER: Corwin AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6659148 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature