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Table 3 Characteristics of articles describing or reviewing the application of clinical audit in veterinary medicine (without reporting clinical audit data)

From: A systematic review of clinical audit in companion animal veterinary medicine

Reference

Summary

Article type

Rayment, 2002 [12]

Discusses clinical audit in human and veterinary medicine

Review

Moore et al., 2003 [47]

Discusses the use of clinical audit and role of continuing education in improving performance

Review

Viner et al., 2005 [17]

Describes implementation of audit in human medicine as a framework for widespread adoption in veterinary medicine

Review

SPVS/PDF MSc veterinary clinical audit group, 2005 [48]

Provides tools and education for veterinarians to perform clinical audit and contribute to national audit

Website

Mair et al., 2005 [49]

Discusses creating a colic database to help create guidelines for performing clinical audit

Editorial

Mair, 2006 [50]

Update on clinical audit in equine practice and role of evidence based medicine in determining standards

Editorial

Mair et al., 2008 [51]

Results from a survey of large animal surgeons to assess the feasibility of creating a national colic database

Survey

Godsall, 2008 [52]

Discusses the benefits of clinical governance and clinical audit in veterinary medicine

News article

Mair, 2009 [19]

Review of clinical governance and clinical audit and proposal for an international equine colic database

Review

Viner, 2009 [53]

Review of clinical audit and its role in clinical governance

Review

Dunn, 2012 [40]

Discusses clinical audit in human and veterinary medicine

Review

Viner, 2012 [54]

Discusses role of clinical governance in veterinary medicine

Book Chapter

O’Neill, 2012 [55]

Describes an electronic database (VetCompass) and a potential role in developing a national level resource for clinical audit

Review

  1. Though the definition of clinical audit was not consistent between papers, they share the common theme of describing a key component of an audit cycle: sustained and ongoing improvement of care