Audit Proposal- Diabetic Patients` Lack of Knowledge or & Education about their Condition & Its Complications
Introduction: background about the selected assessment method, rational for the audit, aim and objectives, supported by relevant evidence from literature
Proposed method should include
Patients characteristics and team involved. Inclusion and exceptions
Participants (team involved in data collection)
How you will invite your team to participate in this clinical audit
Data collected:
What are the audit criteria and what is the standard for each criterion with appropriate reference (i.e. clear definition of each criterion and each standard; how each criterion will be checked and expressed; and how many times data will be collected, and who will collect the data).
The number of patient records that you need to collect the data from.
Will it be mono or multi-centre audit?
How data will be analysed, or how you will compare between the criteria and the recommended standard. N: B Standard are generally coming from Nice Guidelines, or any other high evidence-based papers.
Discussion
Why this specific audit is important?
What could be the potential reasons or the problems in practice that might lead to poor practice.
What kind of changes in practice that you and your team might consider in case your proposed audit criteria is not meeting the standard? Your suggestion should be supported by evidence from literature?