Methodological issues

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1 Which, if any, of the following audit designs/approaches is used?
(a) Case note review      
(b) Critical incident discussion      
(c) Critical incident monitoring      
(d) Routine data monitoring      
(e) Criterion based topic audit      
(f) Other      
2 (a) Are the standards made explicit?      
(b) Are the standards implicit?      
3 Is the process of standard setting described?      
4 (a) Were the standards taken from external sources (for example, medical reports)?      
(b) Were the standards adapted from external sources?      
(c) Were the standards developed by the authors?      
5 Was the audit based on aggregated data?      
6 Is the data collection method one that can be used by most clinicians?      
7 Are the methods described well enough for you to repeat the audit?      
8 (a) Are the results compared explicitly with standards?      
(b) Are the results compared implicitly with standards?      

Ref: A form to help learn and teach about assessing medical audit papers: BMJ 1991;303:1520-2