![The Audit Cycle The Audit Cycle](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/The-Audit-Cycle.png)
The Audit Cycle
Contents
ToggleThe Audit Cycle
Objectives
By the end of these revision notes, you should:
What is Clinical Audit?
Clinical audits are methods used to systematically examine, reflect and implement change to improve patient care. Clinical audit is a key pillar of clinical governance.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence describe audit as:
a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through a systematic review against explicit criteria and the implementation of change.
What is the Audit Cycle?
The audit cycle describes the six key steps that should form any audit. These are:
Subscribe to access ALL revision notes and cheat sheets!
We provide a wide range of revision notes and cheat sheets to help you study and prepare for exams! To access all we have to offer, head over and subscribe to ExamineDental now to supercharge your revision!
Step 1 - Identify the issue
![The Audit Cycle hidden content3](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden_content3.jpg)
Step 2 - Set the standard
![The Audit Cycle hidden content3](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden_content3.jpg)
Step 3 - Collect the data
![The Audit Cycle hidden content2](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden_content2.jpg)
Step 4 - Analyse the data
![The Audit Cycle hidden content3](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden_content3.jpg)
Step 5 - Implement change
![The Audit Cycle hidden content2](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden_content2.jpg)
Step 6 - Re-audit
![The Audit Cycle hidden content2](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden_content2.jpg)
Example of an audit
Example
![The Audit Cycle hidden content](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden_content.jpg)
Summary
![The Audit Cycle hidden content2](https://ik.imagekit.io/jyy03hx08/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden_content2.jpg)