Study Guide – Clinical Audit

Swindon/Bath GP Day Release Course

This study guide is designed for those who have little or no experience of clinical audit in a General Practice setting.

Although originally produced for GP Registrars, the principles should be equally relevant to any healthcare worker interested in doing an audit.

I hope it's helpful - please let me know how I can improve it.

Contents:

Introduction

Why audit?

Deciding what to audit

Setting criteria

Setting standards

Getting the data

Looking at your results

Implementing change

"Closing the loop"

General comments

Other resources

 

Try doing a fun audit...

Sample fun audit

Audit and Summative Assessment

 


On to next page: Introduction


Do you have to teach others about audit?

See my PowerPoint presentation with tips on how to teach about audit. This was presented at the Clinical Audit 2004 conference on 18 February 2004.

Statistics

You don't need to know anything about statistics to perform medical audit.

This is a pity, as I've recently published a book on medical statistics! It's written in the same, easy-to-follow format as this website.

Click on Medical Statistics Made Easy for further information and an order form. It may take a minute to download.

 

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