title: Ongoing quality monitoring and enhancement explained.
abstract: The University of Northampton (formerly University College Northampton) was one of five sites selected to pilot ongoing quality monitoring and enhancement (OQME). The process measures the quality of healthcare education programmes provided by academic institutions and clinical learning environments using an integrated and streamlined system. This article describes OQME from a clinical placement perspective.
authors.affiliation: Northamptonshire Healthcare Trust, Northampton.
authors.forename: Justina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryan
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carstairs
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hurst
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahendran
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000379:methods*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011032:Podiatry / Q000193:education; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*