Fahad Najam, Syed Mustafeel Aser Quadri, Mahjabeen Khan, Sina Aziz.
Perception of Informed Consent among Medical Students for Treatment in Out patient Department of a Tertiary Care Center in Karachi.
Ann Abbasi Shaheed Hosp Karachi Med Dent Coll Jan ;21(4):240-4.

Objective: To determine the perception of medical students regarding use of informed consent for management of patients in out patient department in a tertiary care center, Karachi. Methods: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey regarding informed consent among medical students for treatment in out patient department of a tertiary care center, Karachi was done from January to June 2015. The sampling technique used was non-probability random sampling. The sample size was 273 medical students of 4th and final year. Permission was taken from the institute before collection of data. The responses were observed after the informed consent among medical students for treatment in out patient department in a tertiary care center, Karachi. Descriptive analysis was performed using SPSS version 19. A comparative analysis was performed with genders for their perception regarding informed consent by the patients seeking treatment in out patient department. Results: There were 273 respondents. The response rate was 96% based on the availability of the time of the participants. Mean ± SD age of the entire respondents was 19.84 ± 2.42 years. The female participants were 197 (72.2%). The mode of taking informed consent was oral 183 (67%), written 88 (32.2%) and both 2 (0.7%). There were only 94 (34.4%) respondents with a perception that patients have rights to refuse to give history to a medical student. The reflections of medical students if patient refuses to give consent mostly were distress in 197 (72%). Conclusion: Half of the male medical students have perception that informed consent before history taking and examination is not required as an ethical principle. Only one-third of medical students were aware of rights to refuse to give history to medical students. The reflection after refusal of informed consent was distress in two-third of the respondents. Mostly verbal informed consent 67% was the practice among clinical medical students. Keywords: Perception, informed consent, medical students, tertiary care center, out patient

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