Quality Improvement by Peer Review

Peer review is especially effective in inducing change and improvement in practice in the long term as it is relevant, locally based, simple and educational. The original Dutch book from which this book was developed was extremely popular and very well reviewed. The ideas presented in this new book are mainstream and challenging and will help to extend the audit debate as well as to further progress in continuing medical education.

A model for peer review and audit	p. 3
The use of guidelines and criteria in peer review	p. 11
Observing practice and evaluating care in peer review	p. 19
Improvement and change through peer review	p. 26
Effects of peer review: the evidence	p. 34
Conditions for the running of peer review groups	p. 39
Methods for observing and reviewing practice with peers: some principles	p. 47
Developing guidelines and criteria in peer review	p. 62
Peer review by means of audio or video recordings	p. 68
Use of data on clinical performance in peer review	p. 76
Mutual practice observation	p. 81
Structured peer group methods: quality circles, case analysis, and critical incident analysis	p. 89
Managing the peer review process	p. 99
Instruments for review of general consultation skills	p. 112
Instruments for review of patient education	p. 125
Instruments for reviewing performance in common conditions	p. 135
Instruments for evaluating management in general practice	p. 150
References	p. 160
Index	p. 167
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