Informed Consent: Demystifying This Important Document
This course will take you through the background of consent, give you an understanding of why it was created, and provide you with crucial information to apply. In this course, you will learn about this vital step in the medical process to provide a safe healthcare space for your patients.
Covered in this course:
- What regulatory agencies audit consent to treat, and why their audits are important.
- What the categories of consents are, and the differences between implied and informed consent.
- Who has the right to give consent for treatment for an individual patient and what documentation is needed to support that right.
- What the content of a to treatform contains.
- How best to explain a consent to treat.
