title: Clinical audit: can we improve further?
abstract: Clinical audit is an important tool for comparing one's practice against existing standards. The authors have analysed the Junior Doctor's understanding of audit by performing a survey and questionnaire from 146 trainees, SpRs and SHOs from nine hospitals. The study showed that 107 (72.8%) performed audit and among those who performed audit, 52 (48.6%) experienced difficulty in obtaining data. This study highlights the importance of support needed to encourage the junior doctors to participate in audit programmes.
authors.affiliation: Cheltenham General Hospital. selvibabu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khashaba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kishore
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramachandiran
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulandaivel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom