Junior Doctor ‘Clinical Audit’ and ‘Quality Improvement
Project’ of the Year
Call for Entries – 2017 Competitions
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 and is now in its 8th year. All abstracts are
independently assessed and successful entrants are shortlisted for a Finals Day
where posters are displayed. The 2016 Finals Day took place in November 2016
and the quality of posters was exceptional.
In 2013 the competition was extended to include quality improvement projects and
once again there will be two categories in 2017 – ‘clinical audit projects’ and
‘quality improvement projects’. To clarify, we classify clinical audit projects as
standards-based initiatives that measure care against best practice.
Both competitions offer 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards, plus there is the additional
‘Martin Ferris’ Award for clinical audit entries. As in previous years, all winners will
be invited to showcase their work after the competition, via a range of opportunities
(e.g. presenting their work at a forthcoming national conference, creating a case
study of their work for the CASC website).
Details of both competitions are provided within this document and this includes full
information on competition rules and how to submit your work.
The format for both competitions is as follows:
1) All entries must be submitted by the end of August 2017
2) Initial judging will take place in September and we aim to contact all finalists
by no later than 29th September 2017
3) Finalists will then be invited to attend the Finals Day conference in Leicester
in November. This will include presentations from 2016 winners.
All finalists will receive a 25% reduction on the Finals Day conference delegate fee.
Expert judging panels will assess all entries. Submissions should be emailed to
[email protected] Submission guidelines are located overleaf.
Entries received after 31st August will not be accepted.
GUIDELINES FOR THE CLINICAL AUDIT OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
All submissions should include the following:
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All submissions should be completed on the attached form, if you cannot
use the form provided you must adopt the suggested sub-headings
(electronic copies are available via www.clinicalauditsupport.com)
Submissions should include: title, author details (name, job title,
organisation), 3 summary bullet points, aim and objectives of work
described, methods used, results and/or expected benefits, conclusions
Maximum 800 words (longer submissions will not be reviewed)
Submissions will be reviewed based on criteria as follows: contribution to
clinical audit, knowledge and practice, originality, completeness,
comprehensiveness, clarity of aims and objectives, methods, results,
conclusions and the impact of the project on improving patient care
Format for entry: when emailing please name your word document
“Junior Doctor CAOTY” and your full name.
Guidance for the Clinical Audit Project that you submit:1. The audit project must be current – i.e. started no later than 2015
2. It must be a standards-based clinical audit (as opposed to research/other
quality improvement projects)
3. The topic selected is appropriate and relevant
4. The clinical 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 established by a group
of local stakeholders. Failure to follow the above may result in the submission
being rejected, regardless of content.
All entries should be emailed to [email protected]. Deadline for
submission is 31st August 2017 and accepted authors will be notified by 29th
September. Only one entry per competition per junior doctor. N.B. Junior
doctors are classified as Foundation Year 1&2 and Specialist Registrars.
GUIDELINES FOR THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF
THE YEAR COMPETITION
All submissions should include the following:
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All submissions should be completed on the attached form, if you cannot
use the form provided you must adopt the suggested sub-headings
(electronic copies are available via www.clinicalauditsupport.com)
Submissions should include: title, author details (name, job title,
organisation), 3 summary bullet points, aim and objectives of work
described, methods used, results and/or expected benefits, conclusions
Maximum 800 words (longer submissions will not be reviewed)
Submissions will be reviewed based on criteria as follows: originality,
completeness, comprehensiveness, clarity of aim and objectives,
methods/approaches used and description of how the project has been
carried out, results, conclusions, improvements in patient care, impact of the
project, ability of others to replicate the project
Format for entry: when emailing please name your word document
“Junior Doctor QIPOTY” and your full name.
Guidance for the Quality Improvement Project that you submit:1. The project must be current – i.e. started no later than 2015
2. It must NOT be or incorporate a standards-based clinical audit or
research project. Beyond these limitations, authors are free to submit any
work that they have undertaken. As a broad guideline projects may adopt:
Model for Improvement methodology, LEAN techniques, follow the PDSA
cycle, relate to patient safety and risk management techniques – Root
Cause Analysis, Significant Event Audit, incorporate patient survey work,
look at service re-design, etc.
3. The topic selected is appropriate and relevant
4. Details of how the project has been carried out must be clearly specified
5. Results must be clearly displayed
6. The quality improvement project must demonstrate tangible improvements
7. The quality improvement project should be replicable and other NHS
organisations should be able to duplicate the improvement project
All entries should be emailed to [email protected]. Deadline for
submission is 31st August 2017 and accepted authors will be notified by 29th
September. Only one entry per competition per junior doctor. N.B. Junior
doctors are classified as Foundation Year 1&2 and Specialist Registrars.
Junior Doctor 2017 Competition – Submission Form
Complete this form to enter your project
Title: ________________________________________________
The competition I wish to enter for is: Clinical Audit / Quality Improvement
(please delete one)
Authors Names:
Authors Job Titles:
Organisation:
Contact telephone number:
Email Address:
Summary (3 bullet points):
Aim and Objectives:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
Send to: [email protected] (name file as per instructions). Before
submitting we encourage you to check local information governance arrangements.