Enjoyed it very much and thought content was relevant and beneficial for junior doctors (opportunities for audits, presentations, teaching etc).".
But the applications are almost endless: transcription of medical records or even remote diagnosis; desktop publishing; filing tax returns; processing insurance claims; updating annual audits; preparing presentations; market research; engineering design work; and so on and on.
Audit data presentation and overview.
Data are reported from a 10-year layered service audit of all presentations to a 'Psychological Assistance Service' for young people (PAS, Newcastle, Australia).
The audit process, from presentation at A&E to discharge at the two hospitals, has also shown that what practitioners believe happens in their department is not borne out by data, most strikingly the recording of the GCS.
The project involved data collection, and evaluation, feedback of results and a suite of targeted educational interventions including audit and feedback, group presentations and academic detailing.
[ 15] The CAPTION project used a suite of interventions including audit, feedback and group presentations, with the principle method of behaviour change being academic detailing.
Which would you prefer: death by hanging, an IRS audit or making a presentation to a sharp, knowledgeable audience?
MATE functionality can be categorised under two broad headings: (1) structured data capture, presentation and audit, and (2) advanced evidence-based decision support.
More widely, presentation of audit findings at academic and clinical meetings will raise awareness and prompt other professionals to reflect on their own practice.
