Competency information
Details
Design and carry out clinical audit with relevant supporting information.
Considerations
- The purpose, principles and practice of clinical governance in health organisations, how patients can be involved and the implications of the emergence of the expert patient.
- Different kinds of audit.
- How to identify a topic area, gain the necessary approval and perform a clinical audit.
- Stages in the clinical audit process.
- Criteria for an appropriate area of study and associated standards.
- Ethical considerations.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Perform a clinical audit and produce an audit report. |