Objective: Informed consent is an ethical concept defined in law, which is applied in all health-care institutions. Informed consent is also one of the reasons for the medical intervention to be legally appropriate. The aim of this study is to evaluate the attitudes and experiences of emergency medicine physicians about informed consent in invasive procedures and their level of knowledge about informed consent in our country.
Materials and
Methods: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive survey study and was conducted on emergency medicine residents and specialists actively working in emergency services. A total of 429 emergency medicine physicians participated in our study. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 25.0 (SPSS, version 25) program for the data obtained in the study. P<0.05 was considered significant.

Results: A total of 244 (56.9%) emergency assistants and 185 (43.1%) emergency specialists participated in the study. 60.8% of the emergency medicine physicians participating in the study were male and 39.22% were female. The number of physicians who obtained informed consent for invasive procedures is not sufficient. The number of physicians who knew that informed consent should be obtained in invasive procedures was not sufficient. The general knowledge level of physicians about informed consent was not sufficient.

Conclusion: The rate of emergency medicine physicians who know the necessity of obtaining informed consent in invasive procedures is higher than the rate of physicians who obtained informed consent. Although some emergency medicine physicians know that informed consent is required for invasive procedures, they do not receive informed consent.