Adolescent consent for research and sensitive services — OSCE communication station

Station objectives

1. Present a research study developmentally and obtain age-appropriate assent; recognise when a waiver of parental permission is justified. [2] [6]
2. Run a sensitive-services consent encounter: time alone, conditional confidentiality, bedside capacity assessment. [14] [11]
3. Override confidentiality ethically when a safety threshold is crossed. [11] [10]
4. Protect sensitive content and study data across records, portals and billing. [12] [11]