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An Attempt at Self-Audit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. V. Oakes*
Affiliation:
All Saints Hospital, Birmingham
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Medical audit is currently the subject of much discussion, but the breadth and intensity of the debate should not obscure the idea of medical audit as ‘basically a process of self-education’ (Shaw, 1980a). The requirements for audit have been summarized as information, resources and willingness to participate (Shaw, 1980b). I have attempted to devise a simple scheme for self-audit in a general psychiatric setting. The acquisition of appropriate information within the resources of ordinary clinical practice was my aim.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980

References

Shaw, C. D. (1980a) Aspects of audit British Medical Journal, 280, 1443.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Shaw, C. D. (1980b) Aspects of audit British Medical Journal 280, 1511.Google ScholarPubMed
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