Rose-Danielle Ngoumou, Yves Bertrand Djouda Feudjio
The management of rare disease patients from a grassroot perspective: the role of patients' organizations in the global recognition of rare diseases in Cameroon
The Pan African medical journal
although obtaining medical consent important skill many residents may knowledge gaps understanding key concepts informed consent may lack awareness serious procedural risks objective study see formal education makes difference anesthesiology residents ability obtain informed consent thirtyfour firstyear anesthesiology residents ca1s randomized either control group study group control group learned obtain consent general anesthesia current way observing senior residents faculty study group received additional formal education included video narrated lecture quiz afterwards groups observed obtaining informed consent patients receiving general anesthesia investigators used checklist consisting 10 important items resident fulfill proper informed consent minimize bias neither control group study group shown checklist overall study group significantly better control group fulfilling 10 items checklist median 090 vs 070 p 001 statistical differences 4 key components identifying persons anesthesia team 765 vs 59 p 0001 explaining general anesthesia necessary 824 vs 353 p 0134 explaining risks benefits general anesthesia 941 vs 471 p 0066 discussing risks benefits blood transfusion 7059 vs 294 p 0381 study shows formal instruction informed consent enhances residents ability obtain informed consent