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Martin Utley¹, Steve Gallivan, Mary Mills

¹Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, Gower Street, London WCIE 6BT, UK m.utley@ucl.ac.uk

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Area of Science:

Healthcare research methodology
Clinical audit processes
Patient safety studies

Background:

The UK National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEO) requires a structured approach for question identification.
Existing methods may not fully leverage expert knowledge for study design.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a consensus process for NCEO study question identification.
To enhance the efficiency and relevance of NCEO research agendas.

Main Methods:

Facilitated expert panel brainstorming sessions.
A robust voting system to rank candidate research questions.
Iterative refinement based on expert preferences.

Main Results:

Successful application of the process in designing two national studies.
Generation of a prioritized list of research questions aligned with expert consensus.
Demonstrated feasibility and effectiveness of the developed methodology.

Conclusions:

The described consensus process is effective for NCEO study design.
This methodology can improve the identification and prioritization of critical research questions.
Anticipated widespread adoption for future NCEO studies and similar initiatives.