Clinical audit in physiotherapy: from theory into practice

Part 1 Development of clinical audit in healthcare: introduction of clinical audit within the National Health Service; evolution of clinical audit; defining clinical audit; basic requirements for clinical audit in physiotherapy; clinical audit methods; completing the audit cycle. Part 2 Integrating clinical audit into physiotherapy practice: from theory into practice; making audit work; structure audit in physiotherapy; process audit in physiotherapy; outcome measurement; outcome audit in physiotherapy; role of the physiotherapist in multiprofessional audit; moving towards interface and inter-agency audit; involving patients, carers and their representatives in clinical audit; looking toward the future.

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This text on clinical audit in physiotherapy has three main themes: why is it necessary?; what does it mean in practice?; and how do we get started? The examples relate clinical audit to the real world of the clinic, giving practitioners the confidence to implement their own schemes.