Thornley Peter, Quinn Alyson
Training Programme Director Coventry Foundation Training Scheme, Health Education West Midlands, 213 Hagley Road, Birmingham B16 9RG, UK.
Principal Teaching Fellow, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, UK.
Dent J (Basel). 2017 Nov 10;5(4):31. doi: 10.3390/dj5040031.
Clinical Audit (CA) has been recognized as a useful tool for tool for improving service delivery, clinical governance, and the education and performance of the dental team. This study develops the discussion by investigating its use as an educational tool within UK Dental Foundation Training (DFT). The aim was to investigate the views of Foundation Dentists (FDs) and Training Programme Directors (TPDs) on the CA module in their FD training schemes, to provide insight and recommendations for those supervising and undertaking CA. A literature review was conducted followed by a qualitative research methodology, using group interviews. The interviews were transcribed and thematically analyzed using NVIVO, a Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis tool. CA was found to be a useful tool for teaching management and professionalism and can bring some improvement to clinical practice, but TPDs have doubts about the long-term effects on service delivery. The role of the Educational Supervisor (ES) is discussed and recommendations are given for those supervising and conducting CA.
临床审计（CA）已被公认为是一种用于改善服务提供、临床治理以及牙科团队教育与绩效的有用工具。本研究通过调查其在英国牙科基础培训（DFT）中作为一种教育工具的使用情况，拓展了相关讨论。目的是调查基础牙医（FDs）和培训项目主任（TPDs）对其FD培训计划中CA模块的看法，为那些监督和开展CA的人员提供见解和建议。在进行文献综述之后，采用定性研究方法，进行小组访谈。访谈内容被转录，并使用计算机辅助定性数据分析工具NVIVO进行主题分析。结果发现，CA是一种用于教学管理和职业素养培养的有用工具，并且可以给临床实践带来一些改进，但TPDs对其对服务提供的长期影响存在疑虑。文中讨论了教育督导（ES）的角色，并为那些监督和开展CA的人员给出了建议。
