title: Joint lectureship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore--accurate long-term documentation in surgical audit and evaluation of outcomes.
abstract: The purpose of a surgical audit is to allow a critical assessment of patient care, carried out among peers and in an atmosphere of learning, open discussion, free of recriminations. The results of a surgical unit will hopefully lead to improvement in the quality of care of our patients by reducing the preventable causes of mortality and morbidity. Data from surgical audit can also be used to monitor the teaching programme in a department. It may even allow us to study the cost effectiveness of certain procedures which is obviously very important in this era of diminishing resources and cost containment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012606:Scotland; D012846:Singapore; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards*