Claudio Baracchini, Elsa Azevedo, Uwe Walter, João Sargento-Freitas, Branko Malojcic
Neurosonology Survey in Europe and Beyond
Ultrasound international open
residents frequently delegated task obtaining consent early training american association medical colleges describes obtaining informed consent core entrustable professional activity epa medical school graduates however prior studies demonstrated residents frequently perform task without receiving formal instruction assessment competency study sought understand attending physicians decide delegate obtaining informed consent surgical procedures trainees authors conducted survey attending surgeons universitybased health care system 6 affiliated teaching hospitals octoberdecember 2020 collect data current entrustment practices attendings knowledge experience attitudes surrounding informed consent process summary statistics bivariate analyses applied eightyfive attending surgeons participated response rate 494 diverse specialties practice types years practice fiftyeight 85 682 stated never granted responsibility consent conversation trainee 7481 914 reported typically repeated consent conversation whenever trainee already obtained consent common reasons retained responsibility consent ethical duty 6982 841 patient relationship 6582 793 less half 4082 488 described concerns trainee competency reflecting hypothetical clinical scenarios increased resident competency correspond increased entrustment p 027 062 nearly respondents 8385 977 believed residents receive formal training however 4185 482 felt additional training assessment residents might change current entrustment practices attendings view informed consent ethical professional obligation typically cannot entrusted trainees practice discordant previous literature studying residents perspectives furthermore resident competency play predominant role decision calling question whether informed consent considered epa