
Audit and feedback (A&F), continued
○ Growing recognition that evidence has not changed for decades
○ Dramatic increase in trials of A&F
■ 25% (75/293) of all A&F trials (since the 1970s) were published between 2016-20
○ 15 best practices established (Brehaut 2016)
○ Formation of the A&F Metalab to build a cumulative science
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