Associate Professor and Vice-chair for Quality and Risk Management, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Quality Manager, Department of Surgery, Penn Medicine.
MedEdPORTAL. 2020 Oct 1;16:10985. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10985.
The principles of consent are evolving but remain an important part of the surgeon-patient relationship. The goal of this course was a concise, contemporary review of the principles of informed consent that would be favorably received by academic surgeons.
The curriculum consisted of ethicohistorical and legal principles, current requirements, and new consent developments. An anonymous, voluntary evaluation tool was used to assess strengths and opportunities for improvement. A short postcourse quiz was developed to assess understanding.
Eighty-five percent of the surgery department faculty participated. Evaluations were overwhelmingly positive, all elements having weighted averages of greater than 4.5 on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = 5 = ). Furthermore, a majority of respondents for the posttest got the answers correct for all five questions asked on the postcourse quiz.
A proper understanding of informed consent remains critically important in the practice of surgery. This short course updating surgeons on informed consent quantitatively confirms the favorable reception of this approach in terms of attendance and satisfaction, as well as understanding of the material.
同意原则在不断发展,但仍是医患关系的重要组成部分。本课程的目标是简明扼要地回顾知情同意的原则,让学术外科医生们易于接受。
课程内容包括伦理历史和法律原则、当前要求以及新的同意发展。使用匿名、自愿的评估工具来评估优势和改进机会。还开发了一个简短的课后测验来评估理解程度。
85%的外科系教员参与了课程。评估结果非常积极,所有要素的平均加权分数都在 5 分制的 4.5 分以上(1 = 5 = )。此外,对于课后测验,大多数回答者对于五个问题都回答正确。
正确理解知情同意在外科实践中仍然至关重要。本短期课程更新了外科医生对知情同意的理解,从出席和满意度以及对材料的理解方面定量地证实了这种方法的受欢迎程度。