Learning Objectives
Students should be able to:
- Understand the types of incidental and secondary findings, including the difference between anticipatable and unanticipatable incidental findings, and the relevance of these differences to the informed consent process.
- Identify the ethical and practical challenges to the informed consent process raised by incidental and secondary findings.
- Describe key elements of informed consent regarding incidental and secondary findings in the clinical, research, and DTC contexts.
- Describe recommendations for improving informed consent regarding incidental and secondary findings in each of these contexts.
Download module here.
Download the Background module on informed consent here.
Listen to "Episode 3: Anticipate and Communicate", an episode of Ethically Sound, a podcast of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
