Medical Students and informed consent:
Warwick Bagg, John Adams, Lynley Anderson, Phillipa Malpas, Grant Pidgeon, Michael Thorn, David Tulloch, Cathy Zhong, Alan Merry
With increasing numbers of medical students and new learning centres being opened, the parties involved in preparing this statement felt that guidelines explaining the process of patient consent would be helpful for students, patients, and supervising doctors. The statement does not attempt to set standards for informed consent. Rather, it describes in a practical way how the various ethical and legal requirements of consent in New Zealand can and should be met in day-to-day clinical work. The contributing parties believe that the document will help support greater involvement of patients in student learning, which relies on an apprenticeship model under the supervision of registered healthcare professionals.