[The status of acquiring written informed consent to clinical practice of medical students in our department of anesthesiology].

BACKGROUND

There is no information on the acquisition status of the written informed consent to clinical anesthesia practice of medical students.

METHODS

The contents of the clinical practice were divided into three categories: No.1 (the minor procedures such as mask-and-bag ventilation, blood drawing, drug administration), No.2 (only the visit), No.3 (non-cooperation). We asked the patient to chose one of them. From the written informed consents given by 1531 patients scheduled for operation, we analyzed the degree of the cooperation and the relation between the cooperation and the patient background.

RESULTS

Although 78% of patients agreed to cooperate in some way (No.1 or No.2), there were only 15% of patients who allowed students to perform minor procedures.

CONCLUSIONS

The results showed that clinical practice in anesthesiology can not be performed properly by only the visit. For a meaningful clinical practice in anesthesiology to be performed, it will be useful to use high-fidelity human patient simulator (HF-PS) actively and campaign for the cooperation and the understanding of the general pablic about medical education.