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Qui audet audit

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Day One

09.30 – 10.00	Registration and Coffee
	Session 1: Introduction
10.00 – 11.00	Working style
	Introductions and objectives
	Objectives for this course
11.00 – 11.15	Coffee/Tea
	Session 2 Whither Internal audit?
11.15 – 12.15	Corporate Governance and Risk Management
	Basics on CG and RM
	Where internal audit fits in to CG and RM
	Objectives of internal audit in NHS
	How does internal audit add value?
	Management perspective
	Audit Committee perspective
	Session 3 The Audit Assignment
12.15 – 13.00	How it all fits together
	What customers think of internal auditors
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
	Session 4 Planning an audit
14.00 – 15.15	The Planning process
	Building relationships - exercise
	Conducting interviews - exercise
	Contracting on the plan - exercise
15.15 – 15.30	Coffee/Tea
	Session 5 Conducting fieldwork, testing and documenting work
15.30– 16.45	NHS standards for internal audit
	Conducting well-constructed testing
	Testing design exercise
	Documenting internal audit work
	More advanced interviewing - exercise
16.45 – 17.00	Summary/Questions

Day Two

	Session 6: Understanding internal control
9.30 – 10.30	Control frameworks
	Risk and internal control – COSO ERM
10.30 - 10.45	Coffee/Tea
	Session 7 Making recommendations that lead to action
10.45 – 12.00	Audit reporting goals
	Change motivation and transition - exercise
	Getting people to change
	Giving feedback exercise
	Session 8 Report writing
12.00 – 13.00	Powerful writing
	Avoiding common errors that let the side down
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
	Session 9 Follow up and evaluation of internal audit effectiveness
14.00 – 14.30	Follow up
	Keeping in touch
	Evaluating internal audit work
14.30 – 15.00	Session 10 Fraud
	Internal audit role and responsibilities
	Session 11 Wrap up
15.00 – 15.30	Confidence check
	Action planning
	Evaluation forms
15.30	Coffee/Tea/Depart

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