Purpose

This assessment is designed to introduce you to all aspects of the clinical audit process. Part A is a critical review of evidence on your chosen topic to assist you in developing a clinical bottom line. Part B is designed to step you through all aspects of the clinical audit design process. This description seems very mundane but I want to encourage you that this is where you take a deep dive into your chosen topic and develop some useful expertise to implement it in practice.

Task details

Part A: Is a literature review for best practice recommendations, this includes a description of your search strategy locating evidence and the results of this search, including the use of a table.

Part B: Includes your Clinical audit plan.

Assignment total words = 4000

Instructions

Part A

• Systematic evaluation of the evidence quality of the evidence
  • Size of the clinical trial / meta-analysis etc.
  • How well they were conducted to eliminate bias
  • Level of evidence i vi
  • Consistency: were findings consistent across the studies, are they replicable?
  • Clinical impact potential benefit compared with other management options
  • Generalisability how well does the evidence match the intended procedure setting (i.e. hospital/community etc.)
  • Applicability is it relevant to the Australian Health Care system? Do you have the resources to undertake the recommendations?
• Describe the hierarchy of the evidence using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) hierarchy of evidence, construct a table to report your findings.
• Synthesise your findings to provide a set of best practice recommendations that include Grades of recommendation (from JBI) for each item.
• Conclusion: Summarise the main ideas presented in your report. Bring together the main ideas presented in the critique of the evidence.

Part B

• Overview outline the practice performance you are measuring:
  • Including audit setting and for whom? (Patient group/hospital/ward/unit)
  • Intended aim of your clinical audit (usually comparing practice to best practice recommendations made above)
  • Membership of clinical audit team This section identifies the necessary stakeholders.
• Aim of an audit
• Set target level of performance
• Storage of audit data
• Collecting and analysing data develop a report of the results
• Making improvements

You will be required to reference both part A and B using APA 7 referencing.

Please use this title page for all submissions in CQI Title Page Template

Resources and readings relevant to the assessment

Resources and readings relevant to the assessment are all on the LMS

Assessement 3 Exemplar 1 and Assessment 3 Exemplar 2 and Assessment 3 Exemplar 3

Assessment 3: Clinical Audit Template

JBI Levels of Evidence Supporting Documents

best prac nipple care sheet.pdf

This is older but a great resource to get you going, How to Write a Lit Reivew.

Assessment criteria

Assessment 3 Rubric