Auditmaker
The ACEBCP is pleased to announce the free distribution
of our fantastic clinical audit tool called auditmaker for helping
clinicians to set up a clinical audit database. For those of you
that have not had the pleasure of attending one of our workshops
where Dr. Sepehr Shakib (member of our steering committee and
author of the database) demonstrates the capabilities of this
tool - then listen up! This tool really does make audit easy.
Built on an ACCESS platform the first few screens
of this tool are designed to help you clarify exactly what type
of audit you want to do. To begin with, you are prompted to enter
a title for your audit and then to choose whether it is retrospective,
prospective or both. If this kind of terminology is enough to
frighten you off, don't despair. Simply click on the help menu
and the prompts will help you determine what type of audit you
are going to do. Then the tool asks you to identify what the goals
of your audit are and what outcomes you are interested in. By
the time you have filled out the first half dozen responses you
can generate a draft/outline for your ethics proposal by simply
clicking a button.
The data entry screens are similarly easy to
establish. They include in-built demographic and co-morbidity
menus as well as the ability to add your own personal choices.
But there's more! The tool also has a series of standard reports
that can be printed out which summarise the data that has been
entered to date. So you don't have to wait for 6 or 12 months
to get a statistician to analyse your data you can look at simple
summaries (including means and medians) at the click of a button.
For those of you wanting a more sophisticated analysis the information
in your database can be transported, at any stage, to EXCEL and
then to a package like SPSS for further manipulation.
Sound too good to be true? Well why not register
as a user of this tool and let us know what you think. You might
be wondering "What's in it for us?" All the ACEBCP asks
is that clinicians requesting a copy of the software
accept the following terms and conditions which include giving
the ACEBCP permission to display the title of your audit, together
with your institution's name and the contact details of the principal
auditor/investigator on the ACEBCP website.
Shakib S. Phillips
PA. The Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
generic audit tool: Auditmaker for health professionals.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 9(2):259-63, 2003
May.
System requirements: Access / Excel 97 and above.
PC only - not compatible with MacIntosh
To download your free copy of the Auditmaker program please go to www.auditmaker.org
Once you have downloaded the program, if you are experiencing any problems using the
Auditmaker file please access the Auditmaker Help
File or email help@auditmaker.org for
assistance.
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