Ken McLean states that a ‘basic lack of awareness of basic audit Methodology' is ‘especially concerning as the ability to carry out a full audit once every 5 years is a requirement for revalidation'.1
As part of the Appraisal Team in Kent and Medway, closely involved in the preparation of GPs for revalidation, I would like to draw attention to the GMC Guidelines for supporting information for appraisal and revalidation. It uses a clinical audit as one of five examples of supporting information that can be used in the section ‘Quality Improvement Activity'. It may well be that certain members feel that a full audit cycle is the only way to demonstrate quality improvement but the requirements for revalidation can include various other methods of reviewing and assessing one's practice and how one is improving year on year.
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