A beginners guide for setting up new General Practice

1. SETTING UP GENERAL PRACTICE DR.AVINASH BHONDWE President IMA, PUNE(2008-09)

2. REQUIREMENT FOR G.P. QUALIFICATIONS- CLINIC- BEGINNING QUALITIES SPECIAL SKILLS CONTINUING EDUCATION CHANGING AS PER PROGRESS

3. REQUIREMENT FOR G.P. QUALIFICATIONS

5. Additional Qualifications MD Family Medicine DNB Family Practice FCGP MRCP Family Medicine EMS Diploma CPS- Pediatrics, Gynec,

6. Legal Requirements Registration with Local Authority Shop Act License Professional Tax Registration Bio-Medical Waste Registration Form III C Registers & Case Papers Income Tax

8. SMALL- 200-400 SQ FT

9. LARGE- 1000-1500 SQ FT

10. LOCATION-

11. MARKET

12. IN RESIDENTIAL AREA

13. OUT SIDE CITY

14. VILLAGES

16. DOCTOR’S ROOM

17. LOCATION BUSY LOCALITY OUTSIDE CITY

18. VILLAGE & Small Town Clinics

20. Display of Clinic Board

22. Reception

23. Doctor’s Room

24. Examination Room

25. Dispensing Room

26. Fees Collection

27. Registers & Other Papers

28. Waste Collection,Dustbins

30. BP Apparatus- Mercury type

31. Percussion Hammer

32. Torches

33. ENT Head Mirror

34. Weighing Scale

37. Pulse Oxy meter

39. Stethoscope

40. Emergency Injections

41. Syringes, needles

42. Spirit swabs

43. Gluco-meter

44. Pulse-oxy meter

45. Scalp-veins

48. Budesonide for nebulisations

49. Vaccines- TT, Typhoid, Polio, Triple, Measles,Rabies, Hepatitis A,B, HIB, Varicella( Chickenpox), H1N1

50. Lignocaine

51. Adrenaline, Atropin

52. CPM, Avil

54. Allis

55. Needle Holder

56. Forceps- Toothed & Non Toothed

57. Artery Forceps- Medium & Small, Curved & Straight

58. Needles

59. All Stitches- Mersilk, Blacksilk,Linnen, Catgut all types

60. Surgical Blades & holders

62. Dispensing Drugs Analgesics- Diclofenac,Nimesulide,Ibuprofen Antipyretics- Paracetamol, Aspirin Anti-spasmodic-Dicyclomine Anti allergic- CPM, Cetrizine Anti amebic- Metronidazole, Tinidazole Anti emetic- Metoclopromide, Stemetil, Ondencetron Anti Diarrheals- Seperamide Bronco-dilators- Salbutamol, Theophyllines

64. Anti Platelets- Clopidogrel, Dispersible Aspirin

65. Steroids- Prednisolone, Dexamethazone, Ointments

66. Antibiotic Powders

67. Anti Fungals- Creams, Lotions, Powders

68. Anti Helmenthics-

70. Nurse

71. Sweeper

72. Attendant

73. Compounder

74. Computer Operator or Clerk

75. Accountant

76. Asst. Doctor

78. Advertisements

79. Adevertisement in Lay Press AVOID SUCH ADVT

80. Invitation List Do not invite only Friends & Relatives Invite the People residing around your New Clinic

81. Qualities to Sustain Punctuality & Regularity Confidence Outfit Greetings Socializing Dignity

83. Simplicity

84. Good Listener

85. Compassion

86. Good Adviser

89. Changing Knowledge of Diseases

90. Newer Medicines & Concepts

91. Newer Treatment Modalities

92. Newer Investigations

93. New Diseases

94. Banned Drugs

96. Telemedicine ECGs Confirmation of Diagnosis New Information Patients Data monitoring E- Consultations