Audits workshop

The standard is the level of care to be achieved for any particular criterion and is usually expressed as a:

• Number

• Percentage

• Ratio

• All of the above

Question 2: Which of these conditions would be appropriate to aim for a standard of 100% for the 1st Audit

• Septic shock

• SLE outpatient

• Peptic ulcer

• Stable angina

Which of the following is true when carrying out an audit?  

• Team approach

• Always setting 100% standard

• Topic has a vague guideline

• Being ethical

(True or false):  Clinical audits focus on generation of knowledge

• True

• False

(True or False): Being ethical means that you should maintain patient confidentiality at all times

• True

• False

(True or False): Clincal audits can be written up for publishing and can be presented at conferences

• True

• False

How to document your clinical audit or make it official so it can be added to your NHS profile?

• Written copy of the audit

• Letter from the supervising consultant

• Signature of the consultant

• All of the above

All of the above are wrong regarding the validity of colonial audits except?

• Needs to be supervised by a consultant

• Needs to be published 

•  Need to reach successful rate

• All of the above

What are the most effective two elements for conducting a successful audit?

• Audit leader - retrospective data collection

• Environment - structured program

• retrospective - prospective data collection

• Audit leader - environment

What are the responsibilities of the audit leader?

• Creating and implementing a strategy for both audit and research

• setting priorities for audit

• only implementing an audit program

• All of the above