The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) announced the launch of its back-to-school campaign, from 27 August until 7 September.
The 12-day campaign features activities to be held at six healthcare centres namely Al Wakrah, Omar bin Al Khattab, Muaither, Al Wajbah, Qatar University and Umm Slal in addition to all public schools and kindergartens.
The Back To School campaign aims to reach the largest possible segment of the community and targets all school students of all ages, their parents and all public school employees.
The campaign also aims to highlight the achievements of the PHCC in transforming conventional school clinics into smart clinics, in line with the recent developments in the health services they provide the public.
Smart clinics
The PHCC ‘smart clinics’ aim to provide remarkable and integrated nursing and health care centred on the health of students, where the school nurses work as health care coordinators and links between the school clinic and health institutions in the country – the PHCC healthcare centres, Sidra Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) – to provide the best level of healthcare.
The campaign will feature different activities to highlight the themes of the smart clinic in all public schools, including educational lectures, awareness and educational materials that will be published through electronic links to allow the user to easily access them.
As part of the PHCC’s keenness on the continuity of services provided, all school clinics have been linked electronically to the health file management network, which provides quick access to patient records when needed, and ensures that health information is accurate, complete and up-to-date, allowing school nurses to follow up and document the health services provided to students.
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