Table 1.
Types of audits and assessments performed at the Department of Experimental Neurology.
For a more detailed description of specific assessments and audits, see Table 2.
Table 2.
Description of the assessments and audits listed in Table 1.
Table 3.
Examples for types of audits and assessments, which were considered, but not performed at the Department of Experimental Neurology.
Fig 1.
This audit workflow describes the four steps performed during an audit in an academic preclinical research environment, but is universally applicable to all areas in which audits are performed. This audit workflow is a practical example of Deming’s PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle, which incorporates the process of continuous improvement.
Fig 2.
Graphical representation of the number of advantages and disadvantages of audits and assessments as perceived by members of the department.
Table 4.
Results of audits and assessments performed in the Department of Experimental Neurology.