Clinical Governance: An International Journal: Volume 14 Issue 1
Table of contents
Chaperone and the intimate examination: A prospective audit in the secondary care setting
B. Jadoon, D. Tucker, V. Miller, V. Rai, B. WhiteThe aim of this paper is to examine an audit to assess compliance with the national standards for intimate examination and to identify areas where changes are required to improve…
Orthopaedic physiotherapy practitioners: Surgical and radiological referral rates
Martin Rabey, Sharon Morgans, Cathy BarrettThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the scepticism that persists among medics regarding appropriateness of some aspects of services provided by extended scope physiotherapists…
Consent for trauma and orthopaedic surgery: patient comprehension
Devendra Mahadevan, Sanjeev GuptaThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of an audit undertaken to assess patients’ understanding of orthopaedic terminology in consent forms.
On the pursuit of clinical excellence
Narinder KapurThe purpose of this paper is to offer a pragmatic definition of clinical excellence.
Feedback in incident reporting – more needed
Abhijit Basu, Deepa Gopinath, Naheed Anjum, Susan HotchkiesThe purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of feedback following adverse clinical incident reporting among trainee doctors in obstetrics and gynaecology within the…
Burden or blessing?: Clinical governance in trauma: a trauma director's perspective
Anthony J. GrabsThe purpose of this paper is to present possible benefits of establishing a national trauma database to assist patient safety and continued clinical excellence in Australia.
The role of the GP trainer: medicolegal aspects
Peter Mackenzie, Sandy AnthonyThe purpose of this paper is to consider the medicolegal aspects of working as a GP trainer.