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Professional practice

Clinical audit

Standard. Measure. Compare. Change. Re-measure.

An audit that stops after data collection has not completed the improvement cycle.

The cycle

  1. Identify the standard
  2. Measure current practice
  3. Compare with the standard
  4. Identify the gap
  5. Implement change
  6. Re-measure

Data collection without re-measurement is a snapshot, not a completed audit.

What to record

Title, problem, context, standard, your role, team, baseline, intervention, measurement, outcome, whether you re-measured, whether improvement was sustained, what you learned. No patient-level data.

How can I evidence this?

Related capabilities: Quality and safety.

Put this into practice