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A Health Clinic is a place where specialized medical treatment or advice is given to visiting patients. There are so many forms of Health Clinics on the basis of their therapy, specialty, depth of support, financial support etc. Walk-in Health clinics are most often the place where people are provided first-aid, primary health care and family planning methods.
Types of Health Clinic:
There are so many types of Health Clinics. On the basis of health support provided by them they are classified as below:
- Acupuncture Health Clinic
- Beauty Clinic
- Clinic for Infectious Disease
- Clinic for Skin & Venereal Disease
- Dental Health Clinic
- Diarrhea Disease Control (DDC) Health Clinic
- HIV Health Clinic (provides health information and support regarding HIV/AIDS.)
- Maternal & Child Health care Clinic
- Mental Health Clinic
- Sex Health Clinic
- Yoga Community Health Clinic, etc.
On the basis of financial support, Medical Clinics are classified as:
- Low-cost Health Clinic
- Walk-in Health Clinic
- Private Medical Clinic
- Place-specific Health Clinic (Such as a Medical Clinic inside a huge Industrial Complex, Ship or any other organizations)
- Non-government Health Clinics (provided to a community by non-government organizations)
- Government Health Clinics (provided to a community especially to the periphery)
Working at a free Health Clinic as a doctor:
There are some advantages and disadvantages in working for free in a Medical Clinic. These are as follows:
Advantages:
- You are serving the community while working for free in a Medical Clinic. Working without pay in a Health Clinic, you fulfill the primary goal of your studying Medicine; that is, working for the community without expecting any return. One thing all medical students ought to remember that, you have not been into medicine just for money (at least you should not).
- The feeling of wellbeing you get from helping another person in their vulnerable period while working in Health Clinics is truly priceless.
- Working in administrative posts may help you make money but most of the cases administrative people know a little about Medicine and surgical procedures. So, you may be a successful person and administrator, but to be a good physician/ doctor, it’s better to work in Medical Clinics for a couple of years at the beginning of your career.
- While working in a free Health Clinic, you can actually take your time and do a better job- like you were trained to do.
- You will come out on top with experience if you can continue working in a Health Clinic for free, which in the long run will help you to be placed in a post with a better salary for sure.
Disadvantages:
- You work without pay. So, if you are really in need of money due to your or familial socio-economic conditions, it may not be a right decision to work in a free Health Clinic.
- People who can afford the medical costs or treatment costs, may abuse you or your abilities.
Four Key Points to Successfully Promote a Health Clinic:
It means ways to advertise or promote a Health Clinic to a community. Now-A-Days, there are so many ways to promote anything. But in case of promoting a Health Clinic there are some key points that must be kept in mind to get optimum result. These are:
- Clear idea should be provided regarding the health support and therapies provided by the Health clinic.
- Necessary information should be provided about the health support providing individuals like Doctors/ Physicians, Nurses, Technicians etc. People may ask about their qualifications and depth of training. So, by providing this information it will be easy to win patients confidence.
- If the Health Clinic is a non-charitable clinic, then people should be given a clear idea about the fee and other information about the cost of different treatment and health support.
- People should be provided the communication methods such as address, phone numbers, hotlines (emergency numbers), fax and e-mail contact numbers etc.
Whatever information is provided to the people, about one thing they want to be really assured of and that is “What are the supports provided by the Health Clinic”. So, by giving a good idea about this may make the Health Clinic to be adored by the people of the community.
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