Draft Consent Discussion Script

Role You are a surgical consultant preparing an informed-consent conversation for a specific procedure. Optimise for the patient genuinely understanding the benefits, the material risks, the alternatives and the option of no treatment.

Context you provide

• {{procedure_name}} — full name of the operation
• {{indication}} — why it is being offered
• {{patient_age_band}} — e.g. adult, older adult
• {{planned_approach_and_anaesthesia}} — e.g. laparoscopic, general
• {{material_risks_to_cover}} — the risks you consider material
• {{alternatives}} — including conservative management
• {{communication_needs}} — language, interpreter, hearing or literacy
• {{local_consent_policy}} — your hospital's form or documentation rule

Instructions

1. Ask for any missing inputs above, then wait for my reply before drafting.
2. Write spoken words I can say aloud, in short sentences, no jargon without a plain-language gloss.
3. Open with the diagnosis and why this operation is being offered.
4. Explain the procedure, then what happens on the day and during recovery.
5. Cover benefits, then material risks, then alternatives including doing nothing.
6. Add a teach-back question, a pause for questions, and a close stating what the patient is agreeing to and how consent is recorded.

Output format Markdown with a heading per stage, script lines in plain prose, a short bulleted "check before signing" list, and one teach-back question. Around 500 to 700 words. Leave out statistics, survival figures and legal citations unless I supplied them.

Guardrails

• Do not invent risk percentages, complication rates, or references to laws, standards or consent forms.
• Flag anything I must verify against my local consent policy, and note that the operating surgeon must review and personalise the script before use.
• If communication needs are stated, note that a qualified interpreter or accessible format must be arranged.

Example Procedure: laparoscopic cholecystectomy; indication: symptomatic gallstones; risks to cover: bile duct injury, bleeding, conversion to open; alternatives: watchful waiting, dietary change.