I recently took over as divisional lead for clinical audit in my hospital. I noticed, that there seems to be - mildly spoken - a lack of enthusiasm for quality improvement and audit, with the latter really having become a tick box exercise to progress at the ARCP. I am not sure if this is generally the same throughout the NHS in England or specific to our hospital/postgraduate deanery.
I have done quite an extensive literature research on the subject and have come up with a survey regarding "Audit knowledge, attitudes and barriers".
I was wondering if anybody - particularly trainees would be interested to help me distribute this survey in different hospitals and if interested help in the analysis of the data afterwards. A similar, slightly adapted questionnaire could also be distributed amongst final year medical students.
Identifying issues is the first step to improve the situation.
Best wishes,
Immo
Dear Asim,
thank you for your reply. I appreciate it. The project is quite specific to the training of junior doctors in England. You are listed as outside the UK. Nevertheless, if you contact me directly, we can see if a similar survey may be feasible in your institution/environment.
Best wishes,
Immo
You may wish to see Guide to involving junior doctors in clinical audit at www.hqip.org.uk. Our experience is that junior doctors' attitudes are shaped by the attitude toward clinical audit in the organisation as a whole.
Hi, F2 currently based in London. I'm interested. Have experienced the tick box fatigue first hand.
I have seen the the HQIP guidance and do agree with Nancy's statement regarding attitudes towards audit being shaped by the organisation as a whole. As "organisation" I do regard the wider NHS, though. Trainees have been formed/influenced in various hospitals through their careers, the lack of enthusiasm here seems to be something that is not limited to trainees who have come from a certain hospital or postgraduate school of medicine.
I have sent a message to Lauren and Mohammed regarding the project.
Could anybody else who is interested please send me a contact email via Researchgate messenger, I shall send more information out about the project after the Easter break.