Abstract
Recent guidelines recommend that where appropriate, procedures for the development of audit in medicine and professions allied to medicine can be replaced by comprehensive multidisciplinary audit of services. The Royal College of Psychiatrists (1990) suggests that clinical audit, involving the work of other staff in the multidisciplinary team, is preferable to purely medical audit. Given the importance of team work in child psychiatry, it seems appropriate to establish a system of audit which enables all disciplines to be involved.
Highlights
Recent guidelines recommend that where appro priate, procedures for the development of audit in medicine and professions allied to medicine can be replaced by comprehensive multidisciplinary audit of services
Given the importance of team work in child psychiatry, it seems appropriate to establish a system of audit which enables all disciplines to be involved
As our main aims were to observe and evaluate current practice, we found it useful to follow the three main principles developed by Yorkshire (Audit in Yorkshire, 1990): audit is locally based, part of everyday clinical practice; audit is a pragmatic examination of whether best practice is being achieved, rather than research into what best practice ought to be; and audit should be clinically led but should inform the management of services
Summary
The Royal College of Psychiatrists (1990) suggests that clinical audit, involving the work of other staffin the multidisciplinary team, is preferable to purely medical audit. Given the importance of team work in child psychiatry, it seems appropriate to establish a system of audit which enables all disciplines to be involved. The potential advantages of this approach are considerable (Pearce, 1990). They include an ac knowledgement of the work of all the team members, an improvement in the understanding of the contri butions of different disciplines, and the development of a greater sense of cohesion in the team as a whole. As our main aims were to observe and evaluate current practice, we found it useful to follow the three main principles developed by Yorkshire (Audit in Yorkshire, 1990): audit is locally based, part of everyday clinical practice; audit is a pragmatic examination of whether best practice is being achieved, rather than research into what best practice ought to be; and audit should be clinically led but should inform the management of services
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