Podiatry Paediatric appointment time

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Hello all,

I'm wondering if anyone is please able to inform me what length of time is considered standard for an 'initial' and 'review' appoiment time slot for paediatric clients.

Does this also depend on the age of the child e.g. 12 month old Vs 8 or 12 year old.

If I may, I'd also like to ask what assessment forms other pods may be using.

Thank you all for your precious time!

Mimmy

 

I think it differs based on what you are doing, how you are doing it, your employers expectation and the age of the child.

If it was a new client, in my public job, age of 4, with multiple needs identified, it would be a 60 min appointment with 30 min allocated for reports and referrals. A chunk of that assessment time is taken up with paper work, history taking, informing patients of their rights, gaining permission for who we are going to need to talk to etc. We are also talking about children that always need more than a single service provider and have complex needs.
Return visits are then dependent on what needs to be done, 15-30 min for review, 30-60 for standardised assessment/serial casting/splinting etc as there is time required for set up and clean up.

Privately, 60 minutes for new, 30 min for review. Again, casting/splinting/standardised assessments are 45-60 minutes.

 

I knew that was you staight away Cylie Its the profile pick that gives it away.. You tracked my post down which I wrote before you kindly replied to my initial query.

I do appreciate your feedback to this post and your previous response. It makes sense your appointments are 60 min for an initial as your client base are more complex. Most of the more complex paeds referrals here go straight to the Women's and Children's Hospital in SA so our paeds client base will very unlikely have the multiple needs you contend so well with.

Your response has helped me put it all into perspective so thank you very much for that.

If willing..I'd be most happy to recieve any advise on what best paediatric podiatry assessment to use. I do think its important to have an intial assessment to capture necessary information, help guide management and identify other stake holders.

Most gratified.
Mimmy