Dear All,
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Prior to surgery what do you discuss with your patients as part of your consent procedure and how do you evidence it? I have had several reports from expert witnesses (orthopaedic surgeons) about the work of podiatric surgeons that criticise the podiatric surgeon for not offering patients a choice of who does their surgery - each allegation is along the lines of "... patient A was not offered a second opinion by a fully qualified orthopaedic surgeon" or "... patient B was not made aware that Mr A was a surgical podiatrist and thus not a doctor, blah blah blah...".
- Do you offer patients a choice to have surgery by an orthopaedic surgeon instead of continuing to have surgery with you?
- Does your local orthopaedic department offer their patients a similar choice prior to having surgery with them?
- How do you make patients aware of your qualifications and how do you evidence this?
UK law is clearly different from US (and elsewhere), but it would be nice to hear how our colleagues around the world approach initial patient consultations and how you evidence your consent procedures so feel free to comment - I would appreciate everybody's viewpoint on this. If there any orthopods reading this, the same applies.
Thank you.
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