title: What is a quality improvement project?
abstract: This article outlines the why, what and how of quality improvement with the aim of encouraging readers to move 'beyond audit' to undertake high calibre quality improvement projects within their daily work. It also provides a framework for presenting, publishing and disseminating quality improvement findings.
authors.affiliation: Curriculum Innovation and Development, UCL Medical School, London, UK. deborah.gill@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mountford
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*