Joyce Yeung
University of Birmingham, UK
Title: Patient recruitment and consent in difficult populations
Biography
Biography: Joyce Yeung
Abstract
Good clinical practice and informed consent from patients are key pillars to the conduct of clinical trials. It is the responsibility of all researchers to ensure that the process of informed consent gives patients clear explanation of facts, implications, potential benefits and drawbacks of participating in a study. Clinical trials that involve patients who are acutely ill and receiving treatment can present a significant challenge to the researcher. Research in emergency medicine and critical care can pose many questions. When is the best time to approach patients or relatives? What is the best approach? How much information should be given? Should be approach next of kin? Who are personal consultee and professional legal representative? Should we retrospectively inform and consent patients who took part in research study? Drawing on past my own and my colleagues past experiences, I will present examples of recruitment strategies used in recruiting patients to emergency medicine, resuscitation, critical care and obstetric studies. I will discuss the waiver of consent for emergency medicine research. I will also highlight potential issues and pitfalls that can be avoided by taking correct steps in planning and protocol development stage.
