The Impact of Teaching Internal Medicine Residents About Decision-Making Capacity

[...]capacity assessments are often conceptualized as a psychiatric topic and thus may be missing from general medical training. [...]to ensure that the ethical standards of informed consent are being upheld, it is important that all physicians are capable of assessing patients’ decision-making capa...

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Published in:Academic psychiatry 2020-06, Vol.44 (3), p.340-343
Main Authors: Chaffkin, Jessica, Wasser, Tobias
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Change
Behavioral Objectives
Consultation Programs
Curricula
Decision Making
Didacticism
Education
Education, Medical, Graduate
Educational Case Report
Electronic health records
Ethics
Hospitals
Humans
Informed consent
Internal medicine
Internship and Residency
Intervention
Likert scale
Likert Scales
Measurement Techniques
Medical Education
Medical records
Medical Services
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Older people
Patients
Physicians
Pretests Posttests
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Self sufficiency
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Significance
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Trainees
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Summary:[...]capacity assessments are often conceptualized as a psychiatric topic and thus may be missing from general medical training. [...]to ensure that the ethical standards of informed consent are being upheld, it is important that all physicians are capable of assessing patients’ decision-making capacity. Implementation Curriculum Prior to implementation of this session, there was no formal educational didactic dedicated to capacity assessments for internal medicine residents. [...]this course introduced the concept of decision-making capacity, guided residents through the essential features of a capacity assessment, provided case examples, and allowed time for questions and discussion. Since this session became part of the existing educational structure, there was no additional advertisement or incentive to attend.
ISSN:1042-9670
1545-7230
DOI:10.1007/s40596-020-01219-8