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01-11-2018 | Editorials

Audit and feedback: to tell or not to tell? That is not the question

Author: Simon Whyte, MBBS, FRCA, FRCPC

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 11/2018

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In the interests of improving patient safety and quality of care, physicians have, in recent years, been encouraged to embrace reflective practices that include receiving and responding to feedback on aspects of performance. An extensive body of literature provides education, advice, and some evidence on what to measure, including how and how often to do so.1 Much debated is how best to provide these data to physicians in a way that will be received as being constructive, non-punitive, and most likely to engage them in using the information to change practices that may improve patients’ experiences and outcomes.2 …

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Title: Audit and feedback: to tell or not to tell? That is not the question
Author: Simon Whyte, MBBS, FRCA, FRCPC
Publication date: 01-11-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 11/2018
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1206-z

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