Written Consent forms are lengthy and they tend to obscure important clinical details, and are written in a way to serve the interests and safeguard institutions and sponsors. The main challenge of writing an informed consent is to include all the details of the procedure and put it in such a way that the patient understands it thoroughly. In this article, we describe the use of audio-visual recordings to overcome the above said disadvantages and the challenges faced during the recording and solutions to the same.

Keywords: Consent; Video-consent; Adequacy of consent.