Training activity information
Details
Discuss with a patient the duration of consent and storage for gametes to include:
- Legal limits of consent
- Consent for posthumous use
- Extension of consent beyond initial storage period and review
Type
Entrustable training activity (ETA)
Evidence requirements
Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee repeatedly, consistently, and effectively over time, in a range of situations. This may include occasions where the trainee has not successfully achieved the outcome of the activity themselves. For example, because it was not appropriate to undertake the task in the circumstances or the trainees recognised their own limitations and sought help or advice to ensure the activity reached an appropriate conclusion.
Reflection at multiple timepoints on the trainee learning journey for this activity.
Considerations
- Incapacity to consent
- Difficult conversations around posthumous use
- UK legal framework for consent and implications after death
- Assessment of ongoing fertility impairment
- Introductions and confirming patient identity
- Communication of complex information to non-experts
- Two-way communication to ensure patient awareness of procedures
- Expectation management
- Awareness of limitations
- Local patient support policy and counselling services
- Acknowledgment of emotional difficulties
- Shared decision making
- HFEA Code of Practice
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 |
Outcome
Practice safely in accordance with the statutory and regulatory framework. |
| # 3 |
Outcome
Explain procedures to patients, facilitating understanding to enable informed consent to be provided. |
| # 4 |
Outcome
Apply and adapt skills to communicate effectively with patients and the multidisciplinary team. |