A Practical Guide to Informed Consent

	Toolkit Contents

	Introduction What is Informed Consent? Why Do We Need to Improve It? How Can This Guide Help You? Background Requirements for Informed Consent Understanding the Barriers to Informed Consent Understanding the Impact of Health Literacy on Informed Consent Evolving Best Practices in Informed Consent How to Improve Your Informed Consent [1] Gain Organizational Consensus [TOOL 1A] Staff Training Slides [2] Assess Status & Prioritize Needs Survey and Questionnaire Mini-Study, Audit, or Inventory [TOOL 2A] Survey to Assess the Status [TOOL 2B] Audit for Measuring Compliance [3] Improve Your Written Consent Forms and Other Educational Materials [TOOL 3A] Style Guide [TOOL 3B] Checklist For Assessing the Informed Consent Form [TOOL 3C] Patient Pretest [4] Improve Your Consent Process [TOOL 4A] Checklist for Patients Appendicies [A] Evidence Review: Informed Consent in Practice [B] Barriers to Effective Informed Consent [C] Sample Consent Forms References Resources Authors/Reviewers



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	TOOL 1A
	Staff Training PowerPoint Presentation
	TOOL 2A
	Survey to Assess Status
	TOOL 2B
	Audit for Measuring Compliance
	TOOL 3A
	Style Guide
	TOOL 3B
	Checklist For Assessing the Informed Consent Form
	TOOL 4A
	Checklist For Patients
	Appendix C
	Sample Cesarean Section Consent Form 1
	Appendix C
	Sample Cesarean Section Consent Form 2
	Appendix C
	Sample Diagnostic Procedures Consent Form 1
	Appendix C
	Sample Diagnostic Procedures Consent Form 2



	Developed with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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