Foundation doctors' audits : effective or not?

Abstract

Editor, The UK Foundation Programme (FP) curriculum recommends that Foundation doctors (FD) develop experience in ‘managing, analysing and presenting at least one quality improvement project and using the results to improve patient care’ While the Maltese FP follows the UKFP recommendations, little emphasis is placed on completion of the audit cycle. The authors devised a questionnaire to assess the proportion of audits performed by FDs at Mater Dei Hospital (MDH) that completed the audit cycle, implementing changes in clinical practice.