Study Guide – Clinical Audit

General comments

Audit may -

• Be seen as a threat.
• Be seen as an unpleasant, time-consuming distraction from day-to-day practice.
• Antagonise if introduced in an insensitive way.
• Give the impression of implied criticism.

Audit must -

• Assist staff.
• Be effective at improving care.
• Not be a menace or a means of discipline.
• Have a clear purpose.

     Tip: use the no-blame approach

• Respect the individual skills of staff - they know their own jobs better than anybody else.
• Create an atmosphere in which mistakes can be admitted without blame.
• Audit in the right atmosphere can be fun!

 

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Now have a go! Look at: Try doing a fun audit...

 

If you're doing Summative Assessment, look at: Audit and Summative Assessment

 

For further information look at: Other resources

 

 

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Last update: 16 February 2007