Publishing quality improvement studies: learning to share and sharing to learn

Duncan Wagstaff; Suneetha Ramani Moonesinghe

doi:10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100123

Publishing quality improvement studies: learning to share and sharing to learn

BJA Open. 2023 Feb 3:5:100123. doi: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100123. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Duncan Wagstaff¹, Suneetha Ramani Moonesinghe²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Perioperative Medicine and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.
² Department for Targeted Intervention, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.

Abstract

This editorial welcomes the decision of BJA Open to publish quality improvement (QI) studies. It summarises the current problems with conducting, evaluating, and publishing QI studies. It highlights existing guidance for prospective authors to follow regarding the reporting of QI interventions, their context(s), underlying theories, and evaluation. In so doing, we hope to encourage the publication of more QI studies of sufficient quality to facilitate learning or replication elsewhere.

Keywords: Anaesthesia; Improvement science; Perioperative medicine; Quality improvement; Surgery.

Publication types

Editorial