Activities involving a process through which a registered medical practitioner reviews evidence relating to their practice and plans improvements, such as:
- Audit or quality improvement project relative to their scope of practice (may be a local, regional, national, or international audit/quality improvement):
- Comparing processes or patient/healthcare outcomes with best practice
- Audit of departmental outcomes including information on where they fit within a team
- Audit of performance in an area of practice measured against that of their peers
- Taking an aspect of practice and comparing performance to national standards
- Review of critical incidents/significant events
- Review of compliments and complaints
- Practice visits to review registered medical practitioner’s performance
- Performance appraisal
- Multisource Feedback (e.g., 360 appraisals/feedback)
- Structured feedback from colleagues/patients/students
- Patient satisfaction survey
RCPI Courses available on this topic
Fundamentals of Quality Improvement
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