title: How to do it: making audit work.
abstract: The orthodontic Audit Working Party of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England, in collaboration with the Centre for Medical Education, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee developed an audit project entitled 'Clinical Audit: Scenarios for Evaluation and Study'. The aim of the project was to contribute to the construction of clinical guidelines for orthodontists. This article, the first of a short series, describes the background to and general results of the study. Further articles will study individual aspects of the project.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Education, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019230:Dental Audit; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development; D012606:Scotland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom