The need to establish conditions for safe irradiation was noted in Poland back in 1986 in the Atomic Law, but for over 16 years no regulations regarding this aspect were passed. The radiological incident in Bialystok (Poland) in 2001 undeniably accelerated the implementation of new legal regulations. Nevertheless, in the absence of national guidelines until 2002, most health care institutions r...

Objectives This study explores how medical graduates and their workplace supervisors perceive the value of a structured clinical audit program (CAP) undertaken during medical school. Methods Medical students at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle complete a structured clinical audit program in their final year of medical school.  Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 Notre Dame...

OBJECTIVE To assess falls prevention practices in Australian hospitals and implement interventions to promote best practice. DESIGN A multi-site audit using eight evidence-based audit criteria. Following a baseline audit, barriers to compliance were identified and targeted. Two follow-up audit cycles assessed the sustainability of practice change. SETTING Nine acute care hospitals around Au...

Introduction There are now many definitions of medical audit, varying from that of Working Paper 6, through those of various authors on the topic, to that of a lay member of our health authority who commented that "medical audit is asking the questions the patient would ask if they knew what questions to ask". From these definitions certain key attributes of medical audit may be gleaned. First,...

AIMS This audit provides a comprehensive overview of UK prostate brachytherapy practice in the year 2012, measured against existing standards, immediately before the introduction of new Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) guidelines. This audit allows comparison with European and North American brachytherapy practice and for the impact of the RCR 2012 guidelines to be assessed in the future. ...

OBJECTIVES To explore and describe the views on clinical audit of healthcare purchasers and providers, and in particular the interaction between them, and hence to help the future development of an appropriate interaction between purchasers and providers. DESIGN Semistructured interviews. SETTING Four purchaser and provider pairings in the former Northern Region of the National Health Servi...

& Clinical audit in radiology is not yet universally practised. & The EC Euratom Directive states that clinical audit should be carried out in the field of radiology. & EC Guidelines on Clinical Audit for Medical Radiological Practices are now available. & Much developmental work is required before clinical audit is comprehensively practised throughout Europe.

AIM To investigate whether participation in a clinical audit and education session would improve GP management of patients who smoke. METHODS GPs who participated in an associated smoking cessation research program were invited to complete a three-stage clinical audit. This process included a retrospective self-audit of smoking cessation management practices over the 6 months prior to commenc...