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=== Clinic Team === | === Clinic Team === | ||
Having a good team is clearly important for a clinic to work well. This includes:
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* Ensuring staff are committed and interested in clubfoot
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* Having the same staff each week and over time, for consistency and parent relationships
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* Ensuring that all staff are trained in the Ponseti method
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* Making sure each staff member understands their roles:
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** Leader / Coordinator
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** Preparing Supplies
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** Assessment and Treatment - Casting, Tenotomies, Bracing | |||
** Parent Education and Support, including Follow-Up
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** Appointment Scheduling
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=== Space === | |||
Having enough space for different clinic functions is important. The key functions for which space is needed are | |||
==== Waiting Area ==== | |||
* This is a good place for parent interaction and education. Can parents be encouraged to chat to others so that they can be encouraged and learn about the next stage of treatment? Often a grass area outside is just as good as a seated area inside. As long as it’s not raining! | |||
==== Assessment and Treatment ==== | |||
* Casting, Tenotomies, Bracing | |||
* Some clinics have nice areas outside that work well which is fine too! | |||
==== Parent Education and Support ==== | |||
* Remember sometimes confidentiality will be needed | |||
==== Record Storage ==== | |||
* Patient records should be stored so that they are organized and confidential | |||
==== Supplies Storage and Set-Up ==== | |||
* Supplies should be easily accessed before and during clinics | |||
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Considerations Clinic Set Up[edit | edit source]
Clinic Days[edit | edit source]
Having a set clubfoot clinic day each week helps in many ways:
- Ensures availability of team members
- Enhances sensitization and awareness efforts
- Makes appointment scheduling easier
- Easier for referral sources to refer.
- Allows mothers to meet and support each other
Clinic Team[edit | edit source]
Having a good team is clearly important for a clinic to work well. This includes:
- Ensuring staff are committed and interested in clubfoot
- Having the same staff each week and over time, for consistency and parent relationships
- Ensuring that all staff are trained in the Ponseti method
- Making sure each staff member understands their roles:
- Leader / Coordinator
- Preparing Supplies
- Assessment and Treatment - Casting, Tenotomies, Bracing
- Parent Education and Support, including Follow-Up
- Appointment Scheduling
Space[edit | edit source]
Having enough space for different clinic functions is important. The key functions for which space is needed are
Waiting Area[edit | edit source]
- This is a good place for parent interaction and education. Can parents be encouraged to chat to others so that they can be encouraged and learn about the next stage of treatment? Often a grass area outside is just as good as a seated area inside. As long as it’s not raining!
Assessment and Treatment[edit | edit source]
- Casting, Tenotomies, Bracing
- Some clinics have nice areas outside that work well which is fine too!
Parent Education and Support[edit | edit source]
- Remember sometimes confidentiality will be needed
Record Storage[edit | edit source]
- Patient records should be stored so that they are organized and confidential
Supplies Storage and Set-Up[edit | edit source]
- Supplies should be easily accessed before and during clinics