Have you successfully completed your studies in the field of dentistry and would you like to delve into this interesting field and start your practice immediately? Is the process of preparing new dental clinics very confusing and strange to you? If yes, then make sure that you have all the equipment, tools and supplies to start your dental practice, in addition, you should consider providing other necessities before starting your practice.
In the following lines, we will address a set of basic requirements for establishing a new distinctive dental clinic that will satisfy your ambition, including:
Before planning which dental equipment is best suited for you or purchasing it, you should be aware of your basic needs to create an ideal dental clinic and this includes:
- Personal requirements
- The amount of investment and spending
- Does it represent a partnership in your clinic or is it yours alone?
Let's talk in detail about these needs one by one.
Anticipate your next lifestyle as a dentist. If you are a recent graduate, it is important to understand your needs and work on them to the fullest. Choose locations near educational and recreational centers as this may increase your chance of reaching patients easily. Make sure you are in urban areas rather than urban areas. remote.
- Try to connect with people and create key contacts, gain more people and acquaintances.
- Select a unique and suitable location for your new clinic.
Spending generally depends on your financial liquidity, of course, you will not have the same budget as the clinics and prestigious medical centers, for example, it depends on whether you will choose a dental chair worth between a thousand dollars and five thousand dollars, and similarly you can choose the rest Equipment and other dental clinic supplies in the same budget.
You must take into account many factors that may occur in the future in your clinic, for example, the high costs of maintenance, you must determine from the beginning, do you have enough budget for the entire clinic or do you want to use a partner? This is a purely personal decision, but having a partner will reduce the financial burden that you will have to face in a lot of situations, so most of the newly graduated doctors prefer to open a new clinic in partnership with someone or people.
As you determine the appropriate location you are considering for your new dental clinic, keep in mind some of the following tips:
- Make the location of your clinic near a shopping center or a famous shopping complex or in one of the crowded streets that contain shops and various facilities.
- Find a place suitable for your clinic, close to a distinguished hospital or dental lab.
- After choosing the location of the clinic, evaluate the size of your clinic and allocate specific spaces for everything intended to serve individual patients such as a separate waiting area for patients, space for your assistants and other newly graduated doctors and nurses who assist you, a place for officials and receptionists, a place for dental equipment, a place for surgical devices, etc.
Do not neglect to think about the overall design of your clinic including the ventilation system that ensures the air quality inside the clinic, noise pollution, dental equipment cabinets, etc.
Try to create a luxurious and cost-effective clinic according to your suitability and the number of expected patients you have, note that in the locating stage you should search for doctors in your field in the area next to their services and the extent of patient satisfaction with them, so you can determine the number of expected patients for your medical clinic.
Install suitable and good quality lights, which help enhance the accuracy of your lighting system for successful advanced dental surgeries.
Apply suitable paints or wallpapers to make your clinic look more spacious and comfortable, choose designs that are easy to clean and cost effective.
Ensure that there is a parking garage near your clinic with enough parking space for both you and your patients.
Consider the following design strategies in addition to the above requirements:
- The number of employees you will hire
- Enough space for surgery
- Determine a plan to expand your clinic if you want at any time
- Determine a spacious place with a large seating capacity in the waiting area or reception hall
- Select the types of dental equipment to purchase
- Make your reception area lively with attractive posters, TV, music, coffee table, magazines, etc.
Remember the following important points while hiring suitable and well-qualified personnel for your dental clinic:
- Ask relevant questions related to their job profile, qualifications, experience, reasons for leaving their previous jobs, etc.
- Test their readiness for the job and measure their ability to perform multiple jobs.
- Ensure their means of communication is very important while performing surgeries or interacting with patients.
- Train your employees according to your learning needs and capabilities.
- Offer decent rewards to your employees and raise their salaries according to their performance.
- Assign more employees as per your requirements.
- Conduct a comprehensive and permanent evaluation of your employees.
- After fulfilling the above conditions, track your actual performance in your work through the following means:
- Measure and determine the extent of your development at work and gain new experiences in your clinic every three or six months.
- Record the financial position of your clinic twice throughout the year.
- Calculate the difference between expenses and net income.
- Evaluate your consultation fee and other fees based on your surgery and treatment.
- Define flexibility rights related to average fees, working hours, planning treatment methods, etc.
- Maintaining patient records in order to facilitate the follow-up of their treatment stages, and in the future if they come to you again to treat a problem.
