Junior Doctor Clinical Audit of the Year

Junior Doctor Clinical Audit of the Year Call for Entries – 2012 Competition

Since 2010 the Clinical Audit Support Centre Ltd (CASC) have been responsible for running the annual ‘Junior Doctor Clinical Audit of the Year’ competition. The competition has been a huge success with over 100 entries each year. All abstracts are independently assessed and successful entrants are shortlisted for a Finals Day where posters are displayed. The 2011 Finals Day took place in November 2011 and the quality of posters was exceptional.

As the 2012 competition draws near, the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford are aiming to achieve an unprecedented hat-trick of wins having seen Dr Simon Kreckler et al take 1st prize in 2010 and Dr Maughan et al follow up this success. In 2011 we also introduced the new ‘Martin Ferris’ award for the audit that Martin considers to be the best entry and this will be retained in 2012. The competition has also led to CASC creating an online resource of posters submitted by junior doctors and we now devote one issue of the CASC journal each year to showcasing the work from the competition.

We are delighted to announce that the competition will be running again in 2012. The purpose of this document is to make you aware of the competition and provides details of how junior doctors can enter their work.

The format for the competition is as follows:

1) All entries must be submitted by the end of August 2012 2) Initial judging will take place in September and by 10th October all entrants will have received feedback 3) Finalists will then be invited to attend the relevant conference taking place in Leicester in November 2012 (date to be confirmed). The conference will include presentations from 2010/11 winners.

All finalists will receive a 25% reduction on the conference delegate fee. The winning entry will be selected by the judging panel and announced at the conference. Cash prizes are available to a total of four winning entrants.

All winners will:

 Have their submission published in Clinical Audit Today journal  Be asked to present their audit at the 2013 conference and this includes one free conference place

All submissions should be emailed to [email protected] Submission guidelines are located overleaf. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 st August 2012 (we cannot accept any entries after this date). GUIDELINES FOR THE COMPETITION

All submissions should include the following:

 All submissions should ideally be completed on the attached form, if you cannot use the form we ask that you use the suggested subheadings  All submissions should include: title, author details (name, job title, organisation), 3 bullet points summarising the presentation, objectives of work described, methods used, results and/or expected benefits, conclusions  Maximum 1000 words (longer submissions will not be reviewed)  Submission will be reviewed based on criteria as follows: contribution to clinical audit, knowledge and practice, originality, completeness, comprehensiveness, clarity of objectives, methods, results, conclusions and the impact of the project on improving patient care.  Format: when emailing please name your word document “Junior Doctor CAOTY” and your name.

Guidance for the Clinical Audit Project that you submit:-

1. The audit project must be current – i.e. carried out in 2009-12 2. It must be a clinical audit (as opposed to research/other QA work) 3. The topic selected is appropriate and relevant 4. The audit is focused on improving patient care 5. The criteria and standards are clearly stated, with reference to evidence 6. The sample size is sufficient to generate meaningful results 7. The project follows appropriate clinical audit methodology 8. Results must be clearly displayed 9. Recommendations and action plans have been produced 10.Preferably: a re-audit has been undertaken and the benefits/outcomes of the project can be quantified.

Submissions can relate to small-scale local audits up to regional and national projects. Projects may be based on pre-existing audit templates (e.g. national audits, NICE guidelines, etc) or may relate to new projects where methodology for the audit project has been developed by local stakeholders. Failure to follow the above may result in the submisson being rejected, regardless of content.

All entries should be emailed to [email protected]. Deadline for submission is 31st August 2012 and accepted authors will be notified by 10th September. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER DOCTOR.

Junior Doctor Clinical Audit of the Year – Submission Form Complete this form to enter your clinical audit project

Title: ______

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