MD in Community Medicine
Master
In Nashik
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Master
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Nashik
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MD in Community Medicine
The overall goal of training programme is to produce a competent public health specialist
who can function as a leader of health team and is able to provide effective health care at
the primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
COURSE CONTENTS.
Health Systems in India and The World - Historical Perspective
1. History of Public Health in India
History of Health Services in India
Indigenous Systems of Medicines in India
Bhore Committee's and other "Committee Reports on Health Services,
Health care and Health Professional Education in India.
National Health Policy
An update of achievements of the country vis-à-vis the Health for all
Indicators
2. History of Public Health in the World
Influence of the various systems of Medicine i.e. Chinese, Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, Geek etc.
Concepts in Public Health
· Disease Control
· Health Promotion
· Social Engineering
· Health for All
3. Primary Health Care
Concepts of Primary Health Care
Principles of Primary Health Care
Elements of Primary Health Care
Models of Delivery of Primary Health Care
Current status of Primary Health care the world over
4. The Health Care System in India - Structure and Function
Central Level
State Level
District Level
Taluka Level
Primary Health Centre Level
Village Level
Urban Level
SOCIO- CULTURAL DIMENSION IN HEALTH
1. Principles of Sociology and the Behavioral Sciences
Concepts of Sociology and Behavioral Sciences
Influence of Social and Cultural Factors on Health and Disease
Social Structures and Social Organisation
2. Principles of Social Psychology
Principles of psychology
Principles of behavioral sciences
Principles of social anthropology
3. Application of Sociology in Health and Development
Social Problems in Health and Disease
Use of Sociology in addressing problems in Health and Disease
PRINICIPLES OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Curriculum Planning, Educational objectives
Principles of Learning
Teaching/ Learning methods
Teaching skills including Micro Teaching
Preparation and Use of Teaching Aids and Learning Research Materials.
Methods of Evaluation
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND
COMMUNICATION.
1. Principles of IEC Health Education
Objectives of Health Education
Content of Health Education
2. Communication Skills
Principles of Communication
Communication blocks
Body Language
3. The use of Media for IEC
4. Practice (Methods) of IEC and its application in Community Health
5. Evaluation of impact
PRINICIPLES OF NUTRITION AND APPLIED NUTRITION
1. Nutrients, Daily Requirements, Balanced Diet, Primordial Prevention of Lifestyle
related disease.
Classification of Foods
Daily Requirements of Nutrients
Balanced Diet
Nutritional Profiles of Major Foods
2. Nutritional Deficiencies
Nutritional Requirements
Protein Energy Malnutrition
Vitamin Deficiencies
Mineral Deficiencies
Deficiencies of Trace elements
3. Assessment of Nutritional status in a community and approach to a programme
Assessment of an Individual's Nutritional Status
Assessment of Community Nutritional Status
4. Nutritional Programmes in India - Critical Review
Nutritional Problems in India
Programmes to combat these problems
Nutritional Surveillance
Social Problems in Nutrition
5. Other Aspects of Nutritional
Food Borne Disease
Food Hygiene
Food Adulteration including PFA Act
PRINICPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
1. Water
Sources of water
Water Pollution
Purification of water
Water Quality Standards
Water borne disease - Epidemiology and Control - Investigation of
outbreak of water borne disease and report including water testing
2. Air
Indices of thermal comfort
Air Pollution including monitoring
Effects of air pollution and prevention and control
Ventilation
3. Housing including domestic and industrial housing standards
4. Noise and noise pollution
5. Radiation
6. Meteorological Environment including temperature, humidity and rainfall
7. Lighting
8. Disposal of Waste and Sanitation
Sources and Classification of wastes
Disposal of Solid Wastes
Excreta Disposal
Sewage Disposal
Health Care and Hospital Waste Management
9. Environmental Pollution
Sources of Environmental Pollution
Monitoring of Environmental Pollution
Prevention and Management of Environmental Pollution
10. Medical Entomology
Insecta: Mosquito, Flies, Lice, Fleas and Bugs
Arachnida: Ticks and Mites
Crustacea: Cyclops
Identification of the arthropods
Diseases transmitted by arthropods
Control of Arthropods and Disease borne by them
Insecticides and Insecticide Resistance
Rodents and Anti-Rodent Measures
Integrated Vector Control
MATERNAL HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (RCH)
1. Common Maternal and child health problems at an individual level
Antenatal Care
Risk Approach
Antenatal visits
Preventive services
Intranetal Care
Postnatal Care
Care of the mother
Child Health Problems
Low Birth Weight
Growth and Development
Childhood Infections
Care of the infant
2. Genetics and Health
Common genetic problems
Management of Genetic Problems
Preventive and Social Measures in Genetics
3. Structure of MCH and Family Welfare services in India
Problems of Maternal Health in India
Delivery of Maternal and Child Health Services
Trends in the MCH services
MCH related programmes in India eg.RCH,CSSM,ICDS
Family Planning
Methods of family planning
Indicators of MCH care
4. Demographic Trends in India
Demographic Cycle
Trends in the world
Demography related indicators
Demographic trends in India
5. School Health services
Objectives
Components of school health services
Planning for school health services
Care of handicapped children
Behavioral and Learning Problems in Children
6. Social Paediatrics
Juvenile Delinquency
Child Abuse
Child Labour
Street Children
Child Guidance Clinic
Child Marriage
Child Placement
PRINICIPLES AND APPLICATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS IN HEALTH
RESEARCH
1. Research Methodology
2. Principles of Epidemiology
3. Epidemiologic Studies
Descriptive
Analytical
Experimental
BIOSTATISTICS
Collection/ Organisation of data / Measurement scales
Presentation of data
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of variability
Sampling and planning of health survey
Probability, Normal distribution and inductive statistics
Estimating population values
Tests of significance (Parametric/Non-parametric including qualitative methods)
Analysis of variance
Association, correlation and Regression
Vital statistics
Evaluation of health and measurement of morbidity / mortality
Life table and its uses
Use of computers
Census
PRINCIPLES OF TROPICAL MEDICINE
1. Infectious and non Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Respiratory Diseases such as Small Pox, Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps,
Rubella, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Influenza, Tuberculosis, ARI etc.
Intestinal Infections such as Poliomyelitis, Hepatitis, Food Poisoning,
cholera, Enteric Fevers, Amoebiasis, Worm Infestations etc.
Arthropod Borne Infections such as Malaria, Filaria, Dengue and others
Zoonotic Diseases such as Brucellosis, Rickettsial Diseases, Parasitic
Surface Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance
Non-Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance
Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, blindness, accidents, cancers
Emerging and reemerging disease
NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES
The origin, historical development, interventions, current state and critique of the
different National Health Programmes: National Family Welfare Programme (NFWP)
National Tuberculosis Control Programme
National Leprosy Eradication Programme
National Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Programme
National Malaria Eradiation Programme
National Filariasis Control Programme
National Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) Control Programme
National AIDS Control Programme
National Guinea Worm Eradication Programme
National Kala Azar Control Programme
National Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Control Programme
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Programme
National Programme for the Control of Blindness
National Cancer Control Programme
National Mental Health Programme
National Diabetes Control Programme
Child Survival and Safe Motherhood (CSSM)
Reproductive Child Health (RCH)
Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)
National Water Supply and Sanitation Programme
Minimum Needs Programme
National Rural Health Mission
The implementation of NHPS at a programme level and in the community
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
1. Principles of Mental Health
Types, Causes and Warning signals of Mental Illness
Preventive aspects of mental Health
2. The Approach to Mental Health Problems in a Community
Primary Health Care approach to mental health problems
Mental Health Services in the country
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
1. Principles of Occupational Health
Occupational Environment
Occupational Hazards
Absenteeism
Problems of Industrialization
Health Protection of Workers
Prevention of Occupational Disease
2. Legislation in Occupational Health
Factories Act
Employees State Insurance Act
Workmen's Compensation Act
Mines Act
Plantation Labour Act
3. Basics of Industrial Toxicology
4. Principles of Industrial Psychology
5. Basics of Ergonomics
HEALTH CARE OF THE AGED AND THE DISABLED
1. Community Geriatrics
Implications of demographic charges in Indian Population
Health Problems of the aged
Preventive Health Services for the aged
2. The Disabled and Rehabilitation
Problem of disabled in the country
Types of disabilities and their management
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Community Based Rehabilitation
Health Care of Tribal people
VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN HEALTH
Role of the Voluntary Sector in Health
Activities undertaken by Vos in the Health Sector
Activities of specific Vos in Health
Innovative Approaches in the Voluntary Effort in Health
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTARTION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT
1. Principles of Planning and Evaluation
Plan Formulation
Execution
Evaluation
Planning Cycle
2. Health Management
Methods and Techniques of Health Management
Behavioral Sciences in Management
Quantitative Methods in Health Management
3. Basics of Health Systems Research
4. Basics of Health Economics
5. Basics of Health Information Systems
RECENT ADVANCES AND TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST
1. Rational drug policy, Nutrition Policy, Health Policy, Population Policy
2. Computers in Health
3. Agricultural Medicine and Plantation Health
4. Introduction to Counseling
5. Community Ophthalmology
6. Qualitative Research and Operational Research
7. Disaster Management and Public health emergencies
8. Nosocomial Infection and Hospital Infection Control
9. Other Free Topics
COURSE CONTENTS FOR PRACTICALS
1. Microbiology applied to Public Health (Dept.of Microbiology)
Hands off experience in staining techniques and interpretation of:
Leishmann stain
Grams Stain
JSB Stain
Alberts Stain
Ziehl-Neilson Stain
Peripheral blood examination of Thick and Thin Smears and Reporting
Collection and Dispatch of Samples to Laboratory
Experience in the collection, examination and interpretation of simple
laboratory tests on blood, stool and urine.
Interpretation of commonly used serological tests such as
Widal/HIV/Hepatitis B/VDRL/Viral Antibody Titres
2. Medical Entomology
Collection of mosquitoes/fleas/ticks/other
Hands on experience on mounting and reporting
Entomological Survey
3. Public Health Chemistry
Interaction of Commonly used tests with reference water solutions / water
purifiers
4. Epidemiological Exercises and Case Studies (including family studies) to
illustrate principles and practice of community Health
Statistical Exercises to illustrate Principles and Practice
Investigation of an Outbreak of a disease and Measures to control
5. Exercises in Public Health Administration
Planning Exercises
VED Analysis etc
Beneficiary Need Analysis
Preparation of Annual Plan
Budgeting at the PHC level
Supervision of a PHC/SC
Requirement of Vaccines, Medicines, Stationary at the PHC level
Organisation of a Family Welfare Camp
Conduction of an Immunization Camp
6. Diet and Nutritional Survey of a Community
Collection and Dispatch of Food Samples
7. Study of Environment and its influence on health in
Work Places
House-hold
Community
This includes the study of air pollution, noise pollution, temperature,
humidity and other meteorological factors and their effect on health.
8. Study of sanitation problems to illustrate the principles and practice of community
health
9. Environment Sanitation
Collection of Water Samples / Analysis / Reporting
Analysis of physical, chemical and microbiological quality of water
Study of Waste Management Methods
Adaptation of water supply methods and waste disposal methods to an
industry or Plantation setting
Study of Requirement of Water in Urban and Rural Setting
10. Visits/ Postings to the following institutions
District Health Office
District Hospital
Taluka Hospital
PHC/ SC/CHC
ICDS office / Anganwadi Centre
Public Health Laboratory
Sewage Treatment Plant
Visit to Local Ward Office
Infectious disease Hospital
Malaria/DTC/Filaria units
Visit to factory/Inspectorate of factories/ visit to Industry
Home for the aged
Blindness Rehabilitation schools
Deaf and Dumb schools
Spastic society
Physically Handicapped Centre
Market Place
Slaughter Home
Hotel
Milk Dairy
Food and Beverages Processing Units
Posting to Obstetric and Gynecology
1. Obstetrics (Urban and Rural Health Centres)
Antenatal Care
High Risk pregnancy
Intranetal care - The Management of normal Labour
Postnatal Care
Family Welfare
2. Gynecology
Adolescent Health
Reproductive Tract Infections
Cancer of the reproductive tract especially Carcinoma cervix
Posting to Paediatrics (Hospital and ICDS)
1. Paediatric Infectious diseases
2. Nutrition problems
3. Immunization
4. Neonatal Problems
5. Growth and development monitoring
Students doing MD Community Medicine can be allowed to do one semester / Posting in
Obst Gynace / Medicine / Paediatric in 2nd Year.
MD in Community Medicine