The Knowledge Levels of Medical Specialty Students on Informed Consent
Project no. 32121 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2024
Summary
<p>Within the project's scope, we aimed to assess the knowledge levels of medical specialty students regarding informed consent in medical practices, raise their awareness, and propose recommendations for integrating legal responsibility training into specialty education programs.</p><p>During the project, a voluntary survey was conducted among medical specialty students in the fields of basic, clinical, and surgical sciences. The data were analyzed using SPSS v25 statistical software. A knowledge level was deemed "sufficient" if 85% of the questions on informed consent were answered correctly.</p><p>A total of 608 medical specialty students voluntarily participated in the study. Of the participants, 47,9% were female, 52,1% were male, and mean age was 28.03±2.38 years. Among the students, 56,3% were from clinical sciences, 38,3% from surgical sciences, and 5,4% from basic sciences. According to medical science disciplines, knowledge levels regarding informed consent were found insufficient based on both individual and total scores. The results indicated that only forensic medicine students achieved sufficient competency levels in all individual and total evaluations, while none of the specialties within basic medical sciences reached sufficient levels.</p><p>Today, issues related to informed consent are among the most critical topics in medical malpractice cases. It is believed that integrating clinical competencies, particularly those related to informed consent, into the core training curricula of medical specialties could protect physicians and healthcare institutions against future claims and cases of medical malpractice.</p>