Advanced Clinical Audit
Overview
The course provides an in depth guide into undertaking audit at a more advanced level and learners who complete the workshop will confidently be able to facilitate their own projects and support audit work of healthcare colleagues. The workshop is highly interactive and challenging and learners will learn key concepts that healthcare professionals commonly become confused with – e.g. difference between audit and research, how to devise appropriate criteria and standards, etc. All delegates who attend the session will receive a resource folder relevant to the workshop.
Who should attend?
The Advanced Clinical Audit course is perfect for professionals who have a basic understanding of the clinical audit process and who want to learn more. The course would also suit staff who have recently started to work in the field of clinical audit or clinical governance.
Course content
- Definitions of clinical audit and how it differs from research
- Advice on how to select suitable topics for audit
- Guidance on how to identify evidence for best practice
- Full explanations of criteria and standards
- Devising data collection tools and relevant sampling techniques
- How to analyse data
- Advice on implementing changes
- The importance of re-audit
- Writing a clinical audit report
Forms of delivery
The session can be tailor made to meet your requirements and take place within your organisation. Alternately, delegates can attend the national course in Leicester which is run on a quarterly basis.
Numbers of delegates
Tailor made and national courses are limited to a maximum of 12 delegates.
Length of course
The course lasts for a total time of 6 hours and therefore takes place over one day.
Accreditation
The course is accredited by the Open College Network and learners who successfully complete the course attain 1 credit at Level 3. Assessment for accreditation is based on a short written assessment at the end of the training session.
KSF requirements
The course will relate directly to several KSF dimensions – C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, IK1, IK2, IK3, G1, G2, G5 and G6.
Costs
We charge £150 plus VAT (£172.50) for attending the Leicester-based course. There is a 10% discount for group bookings (two delegates or more). Costs for in-house delivery of this course are available on request.