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Ignorance is not safe for patients: Patient consent to involvement in teaching of medical students
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Ignorance is not safe for patients: Patient consent to involvement in teaching of medical students
Wednesday 1 February 2023, 12:00 AM
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Consent in patient care was an issue when the health and disability commissioner considered the case of a woman who was distressed to find out students were present during a procedure in hospital. Morag McDowell discusses the lessons to be learned
Several important obligations arise when a patient becomes involved in a teaching situation. Right 9 of the Code of Health and Disability Services Con, Morag McDowell 2022, Morag McDowell 2022 [Image: Lance Lawson Photography]
References
- Bagg W, Adams J, Anderson L, et al. Medical Students and informed consent: A consensus statement prepared by the Faculties of Medical and Health Science of the Universities of Auckland and Otago, chief medical officers of District Health Boards, New Zealand Medical Students’ Association and the Medical Council of New Zealand. NZ Med J 2015;128,1414:27–35.
- Malpas PJ, Bagg W, Yielder J et al. Medical students, sensitive examinations and patient consent: a qualitative review. NZ Med J 2018;131,1482:29–37.
- Bhoopatkar H, Campos CFC, Malpas PJ, et al. Adherence to a national consensus statement on informed consent: medical students’ experience of obtaining informed consent from patients for sensitive examinations. NZ Med J 2022;135,1555:10–18.
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