Table 3 Objectives of EwQI evaluations

   1. To measure the extent to which patient care has improved.

   2. To assess the level of increase in professional engagement in clinical quality improvement.

   3. To measure the effectiveness of the initiative in leveraging external commitment to clinical leadership of quality improvement.

   4. To evaluate the increase in competency and infrastructure for quality improvement in the professional bodies.

   5. To assess the policy influence of the initiative.

Objectives of project self-evaluations (primarily reflecting second main EwQI objective – as in Table 1)

   1. To assess the extent to which individual projects achieve measurable improvements in patient care.

   2. To identify the factors facilitating/hindering change.

   3. To evaluate improvement interventions.

   4. To evaluate the proposed audit.

   5. To participate in all aspects of the external evaluation.