Urgent peds assessment clinic Needs assessment

Urgent Pediatric Assessment Clinic Need Assessment

There is a new Urgent Pediatric Assessment Clinic at VGH for pediatric patients with non emergent but urgent to semi urgent issues. It exists mainly to reduce repeat visitors to ER for pediatric patients with rapid opportunity for peds review, to possibly start decanting paediatric patients from ER, and to provide an ambulatory learning experience for Family Practice trainees, medical students, and Pediatric Trainees. The on call pediatricians would like to engage with primary care colleagues on this topic. If you never see pediatric patients at all (eg geriatric practice), please do not do the survey.

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* 1. If you had access to refer patients to an Urgent Paediatrics Assessment clinic that would see children and youth within 2 days to 3 weeks for only medical issues and not anything to do with development, mental health or behaviour, how often would you use it in the average month?

very often (twice a week)

often (once a month)

sometimes (once every few months)

Rarely (once or twice a year)

Never

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* 2. Currently if I have a pediatric patient who needs to be seen within 48 hours to 3 weeks, my action is usually to :

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* 3. My concerns about an urgent pediatric assessment clinic are :

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* 4. Rate the following statement: “I consider it a problem getting pediatric patients seen rapidly for a medical problem without a long wait for an office visit or a long wait in the ER for on call person."

0 (Not true at all)

100 (Very true)

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* 5. I would love to have access to an urgent pediatric assessment clinic for my patients, understanding that it does not replace the role of community pediatrician offices

0 (not at all interested)

100 (really enthusiastic)

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* 6. Any additional comments:

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* 7. My office is located in:

Westshore/Esquimalt

Victoria or Oak Bay

Saanich

Sooke

other