Clinical Audit
Level: Professional Development
By successfully completing this course, you will:
- Gain skills and knowledge in Clinical Audit to expand an existing practice, as a foundation qualification towards further studies, or for personal interest
- Be awarded the BSY Professional Certificate of Merit
- Be eligible to become a member of AHCP (Association of Complementary Practitioners)
You can study this course from the comfort of your own home; in your own time and at your own pace; with helpful support and encouragement from our friendly tutors.
Course overview
This course is designed for all healthcare professionals, from any discipline, who want to learn how to conduct clinical audits. It can also be used as ‘best practice’ by complementary therapists, counsellors, education staff, charity workers etc. Clinical audit is an important skill which ensures the delivery of high quality care, and ultimately impacts on the clients’/patients’ experiences. Many audit topics, such as record-keeping, infection control and hygiene and client/patient satisfaction are relevant to many different professionals. The course explains in simple language how to conduct an audit step by step, and gives you practical and useful tips. It encourages you to begin to design and develop your own clinical audit and explains the potential pitfalls you may encounter and how to avoid them. This comprehensive course is a great starting point for anyone who wants to get a clinical audit started in the workplace.
Syllabus
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Lesson One
- Introduction
- Clinical Audit
- Definition
- Other Audits
- Who Can Benefit?
- Why Is Clinical Audit Important?
- The Clinical Audit Cycle
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Lesson Two
- Setting the Scene
- The History of Clinical Audit
- Clinical Governance
- The Kennedy Report and Clinical Audit
- KeyFactors in Promoting a Successful Audit
- Setting the Scene
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Lesson Three
- Misconceptions about Clinical Audit
- Surveys/Questionnaires
- Data Collection
- GP Contracts and QOF
- Service Evaluation
- Monitoring
- Significant Event Audit
- Baseline Assessment
- One-off Event
- Research
- Misconceptions about Clinical Audit
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Lesson Four
- Ethics and Clinical Audit
- Confidentiality
- Ethical Considerations for Clinical Audit
- Ethical Approval
- Ethics and Clinical Audit
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Lesson Five
- Selecting Audit Topics
- Where do Audit Topics come from?
- Howto Prioritise Audit Topics
- Setting Aims and Objectives
- Structure of Aims and Objectives
- Selecting Audit Topics
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Lesson Six
- Developing Clinical Audit Criteria and Standards
- Audit Criteria
- Characteristics of Audit Criteria
- Audit Standards
- Audit Exceptions
- Building Audit Exceptions into your Audit Plan
- Developing Clinical Audit Criteria and Standards
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Lesson Seven
- Collecting the Data
- Audit Protocols
- Types of Data
- Methods of Collection
- Sampling Methods and Sizes
- Collecting the Data
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Lesson Eight
- Analysing the Data
- Numerical (Quantitative) Data
- Data Analysis Software
- Free Text (Qualitative) Data
- Presenting Results and Report Writing
- Analysing the Data
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Lesson Nine
- Making Changes
- Barriers to Change
- Implementing Change
- Action Plan
- Re-audit
- Conclusion
- Making Changes
Practical training
No practical training is required to complete this course.
Prerequisites
You do not need to have any additional qualifications before studying this course.
Level
On successful completion of this course, you have received training designed as either a foundation qualification leading to further studies to attain a practitioner level, or professional development to gain additional skills and knowledge to expand the practice of the existing therapist.
Certification
On successful completion students will receive the following award: The BSY Professional Certificate of Merit in Clinical Audit.
Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons.
You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.
At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then arrive for you to continue when it suits you. This allows us to continually assess understanding and competence of the subject.
Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion you will be awarded your BSY certificate.
Enrol now for £55.
To enrol by phone, please call our friendly course advisors on 01409 220 400.
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