Clinical examination is a planned complex of medical measures to monitor the health status of schoolchildren. The purpose of this event is the timely detection of sick children, as well as the prevention of morbidity.
Every year, schoolchildren undergo medical examination. Many children in school have health problems:
- incorrect posture, - rachiocampsis, - deterioration of vision, - gastritis, - headaches, etc. Parents do not always manage to find out in time that their child is unwell. School clinical examination reveals diseases in children with the subsequent appointment of treatment, and those who have been diagnosed with chronic diseases during the examination are registered with the appropriate specialist.
Comprehensive inspection
The school medical examination involves doctors such as a surgeon, neuropathologist, orthopedist, pediatrician, dentist, for girls from the age of fourteen, a gynecologist is invited. Also, during the clinical examination, blood is taken from children for analysis of hemoglobin and glucose. Mandatory stages of the examination are fluorography, cardiogram, ultrasound of the thyroid gland and general medical questioning.
Through the examination, doctors can determine the appropriate level of physical activity for the child in physical education lessons, if necessary, the students are divided into medical groups. The first (main) group includes students with good health and normal physical development, the second - children with poor physical fitness, as well as those who are shown physical education under the special supervision of a teacher. There is also a third (special) group for children with severe diseases. A special course of medical physical education has been developed for them, since they are not able to fulfill the usual curriculum.
Benefits of medical examination at school
According to the law, medical examination in educational institutions is free of charge. It is convenient to conduct examinations within the walls of the school - children can receive medical care without leaving the walls of the institution, without being distracted from the learning process. Medical workers pay attention to a large number of children at once, since they are not distracted by other patients, if this were happening in the clinic.
Practice shows that during school clinical examination, children communicate more calmly with a doctor in a familiar environment, when classmates and peers are nearby.
Flaws:
- parents are not present at the medical examination, and the child is not always able to adequately answer the doctor's questions and voice his complaints;
- parents learn medical recommendations not from the doctor himself, but from the school nurse or the child, the information is often distorted.
It is important for parents never to refuse medical examination of children, since a timely examination prevents the development of serious diseases.
