The status of acquiring written informed consent to clinical practice of medical students in our department of anesthesiology
Tsujimoto, S.; Kaminoh, Y.; Tashiro, C.
Masui. Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology 54(7): 818-821
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4892 PMID: 16026071 Document Number: 591515
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 1,531 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.