Please join us for our CBSSM seminar scheduled for Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 3-4 pm, NCRC Building 16, Room 266C. Alan Tait, PhD, will present a talk entitled, “Informing the uninformed: Strategies to improve the process of informed consent.”

Summary: The doctrine of informed consent centers on the bioethical principle of self-determination, yet many patients and research subjects do not understand the information provided and have difficulties making informed decisions. This presentation will describe some of the barriers to understanding and discuss different strategies to improve the informed consent process.

Dr. Tait is the Department of Anesthesiology Endowed Professor of Clinical Research. He serves as the Director of Clinical Research and is the Chair of the Anesthesiology Clinical Research Committee. Dr. Tait is also a member of the Institutional Review Board and the Medical School Admissions Executive Committee, and is the Chair of the Research Committee for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.