A new medical consent statement will help students to gain work experience in the medical field at Otago and Auckland medical schools. The updated statement will reflect changing times and incorporate a Maori worldview as well. 

Arno spoke with one of the authors of the statement, Professor Warwick Bagg, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland, to find out more. Arno started our interview by asking what the medical consent statement is and why it’s necessary.