The development and implementation of the SWEET Peer Review Programme for pediatric diabetes centres.
This paper describes the background to the development, implementation, and subsequent management of a programme of peer review of Pediatric Diabetes Centres belonging to the SWEET Group The paper summarizes the overall purpose of the programme, lists the principles upon which the programme is founded, and sets out the intended outcomes of the programme Details are given of the way in which the programme is delivered and summarizes the key findings from the 16 centres reviewed to date Finally the paper highlights the feedback that has been received from those who have been reviewed and those who have acted as reviewers and discusses ways in which the programme can be further developed in the future.
SWEET Peer Review Programme, Independent Consultant, Kent, UK.
Stephen
S
Parsons
SWEET Peer Review Programme, Independent Consultant, Leicestershire, UK.
Sheridan
S
Waldron
Department of General Paediatrics, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Fiona
F
Campbell
Scharf Mauro Pinto, Diabetes Centre, Curitiba, Brazil.
Mauro S
MS
Pinto
Diabetes and Endocrine Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Prague-Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
Zdenek
Z
Sumnik
Department of Paediatrics and Diabetes Centre, "P and A Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Andriani
A
Gerasimidi-Vazeou
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care
Benefits to clinical outcomes; Clinical leadership; Peer review; Quality assurance