Being the parent or guardian of a sick child is frustrating for multiple reasons, especially if your child is sick at school. This can lead to unexpected inconveniences at home and childcare, loss of work, and the worry of getting a same-day doctor’s appointment.
Fortunately, an increase in school-based clinics has been making impacts for both students and parents by offering easy-to-access and affordable healthcare.
In this blog, St. George School Based Clinic’s Amanda Hile-PA-C, chats about the importance of school-based clinics and where they are a necessity for maintaining health and wellness in the school halls.
What is a school-based clinic?
Most school-based health clinics offer primary and preventive care not only for students but care for the student’s families and school staff within our communities. Services are affordable and offered on a sliding fee scale, so patients don’t have to feel overwhelmed by costs.
These services allow students who are not feeling well at school to be checked and treated by a healthcare professional without leaving the school.
While school-based clinics primarily offer healthcare to the students and residents of our communities, they can also reduce the inequalities surrounding healthcare and provide better health outcomes for the area.
What services are offered?
Our services include comprehensive physical examinations, immunizations, treatment of acute illness, reproductive healthcare, dental, and management of chronic conditions.
Typically, we see students coming in to be treated for headaches, sore throat, stomach ache, and many other illnesses. We’re able to provide them with care and give them the option to go back to class.
And because we don’t see just students, folks within the communities can stop in the clinic to be treated for the same illnesses.
We also work to educate folks who come to the clinic about healthy measures to take, the importance of preventative care and much more.
When is the St. George School-Based Clinic open?
Tucker Valley Elementary/Middle School (TVEMS) School-Based Health Clinic is located at 138 Crestview Drive in Hambleton, WV. The clinic is open from 7:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. until noon on Saturdays.
For more information, please call 304-478-6000.