Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

2-2021

Academic Year

2020-2021

Abstract

Introduction: Informed consent is a crucial aspect of ethical patient care, yet the increase in surgical complexity presents a challenge in achieve this properly. This study explores the use of an educational video to help standardize the consent process, increase patient retention of information, and promote patient understanding by allowing patients to replay the information remotely as often as needed.

Methods: This is a perspective, survey-based study of adult patients undergoing thyroid surgery. A novel video detailing thyroid surgery containing the standard contents of informed consent was shown to patients after traditional informed consent followed by a survey on their level of comfort of the information before and after the video. Data on patient age, education level, previous surgical experience was collected.

Results: Preliminary data shows that there is an increase in confidence, benefits, and knowledge of risk of the patients’ operation. We expect to find that with the addition of an educational video to the thyroid surgery consent process, patients will report a higher level of satisfaction as well as confidence in regards to their surgery.

Discussion: The process of informed consent has not evolved with the complexity of procedures. The use of multimedia has been demonstrated as a valuable teaching tool in addition to traditional informed. Our study reinforces that there is a place for multimedia, specifically educational videos in informed consent for thyroid surgery as it may help patients better understand their procedure. Future aims of this study include evaluating patient comprehension with the addition of an educational video to informed consent, as well as the creation of more educational videos for head and neck surgery consent.

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English

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