This programme equips nurses and midwives with the necessary skills to plan and implement a clinical audit in their practice and enable them to deliver evidence of improved performance for safer and better care for patients and improved quality service. Participants will be provided with an overview of clinical audit and be informed about each stage in the clinical audit cycle: topic selection, standards development, data collection, data analysis, reporting, implementing changes and re-audit. There will be an emphasis on continuous quality and safety improvement in healthcare.
Definitions of clinical audit; The role of audit in continuous quality mprovement. The 5 stages of clinical audit:
- Preparing for audit and chhosing topics
- Selecting criteria for the audit
- Measuring Performance
- Making Improvements
- Sustaining improvements
Note: On completion of this course a certificate of attendance in a digital form and will be sent by email to each participant. Please note places are limited and must be booked in advance; you need a reliable computer and internet access and please ensure a correct email is provided when registering.