Download NTRUHS MBBS 3rd Year Part-1 Community Medicine Syllabus

Download NTRUHS (DR. N.T.R UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES) MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) 3rd Year Part-1 Community Medicine Syllabus

III rd PROFESSIONAL - PART ? I SYLLABUS
(3) COMMUNITY MEDICINE(S.P.M.):
(i) Goal :
The broad goal of the teaching of under graduate students in the community medicine is to
prepare them to function as community and first level physicians in accordance with the
institutional goals.
(ii) Objectives:

(a) KNOWLEDGE:
At the end of the course, the student shal be able to :
a. Describe the Health care delivery system including rehabilitation of the disabled in
the country;
b. Describe the National Health programs with particular emphasis on maternal and
child health programs, family welfare and pollution control;
c. List epidemiological methods and describe their applications to communicable and
non-communicable diseases in the community or hospital situation;
d. Apply biostastical methods and techniques;
e. Outline the demographic pattern of the country and appreciate the roles of the
individual, family, community and socio-culture mil es in health and disease;
f. Describe the health information systems;
g. Enunciate the principles and components of primary health care the national health
policies to achieve the goal of `HEALTH FOR ALL';
h. Identity the environmental and occupational hazards and their control;
i. Describe the importance of water and sanitation in human health;
j. To under stand the principles of health economics and administration, health
education in relation to community;
Syllabus of Community Medicine (S.P.M.) :

Sl.No.
Name of the Unit
No. of Hours
Theory
Practical
1.
History of Community Medicine 2
Visit to
2.
Definition, concept of Health & 2
hospital
illness of diseases
PHC.,
3.
Natural History of diseases, levels
2
Anganwadi
& prevention
Community
4.
Sociology, its relation to Health &
disease, Social institution, role of
Family in Health & disease. Role of
6
I SEMESTER
Cultural section in Health, disease &
Group dynamics.
5.
Psychological aspects in disease &
6
Health, Role of individual, Family and
Society.
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Syllabus of Community Medicine (S.P.M.) Continued...
Sl.No.
Name of the Unit
No. of Hours
Theory
Practical
6.
Demography & Population dynamics
i) Population structures
6
i ) Population growth
i i) Population problem
II SEMESTER
iv) Effect of over population on
Scological degeneration
7.
Statistics
i) Basic statistical method
6
i ) Summarisation & presentation of data
i i) Tests of significance
8.
Environmental sanitation &
10
Seminars/
Medical entomology
practicals:
i) Water
Lab work,
i ) Waste disposal
Group discussion
i i) Tests of significance
10 hours
9.
Genetics
i) Prevention of genetic diseases
1
Field visits
i ) Genetic counsel ing
10 hours
10.
General Epdemiology
10
5
i) Descriptive epidemiology
a)
Time
b)
Place
c)
Person
i ) Analytical epidemiology
a)
Case control
b)
Cohort studies
i i) Experimental Epidemiology
randamised control trial
iv) Investigation of an epidemic
11.
Systemic epidemiology
i) Vector borne diseases
30
Seminars/
i ) Water borne diseases
Clinico social case review
i i) Air born diseases
iv) Contact diseases
45 hours Field trips
v) Diseases of major public health
importance along with national health
15 days;3hrs/day (45 hours)
programmes wherever applicable
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IV SEMESTER
12.
Non-communicable diseases:
5
15
i) Diabetes
i ) Hypertension
i i) Heart diseases
iv) Blindness
v) Accidents
vi) Geriatric problems
13.
Occupational Health problems:
i) E.S.I.
5
10
14.
M.C.H. and family welfare
V SEMESTER
programes
10
10
15.
Health care delivery in the community 5
5
16.
National Health Policy
2
4
17.
Nation Health Programmes including
30
5
Rehabilitation, Evaluation of Health
Programmes, Health Planning Organisation
VI SEMESTER
Structure of Health care system in the
Country including P.H.C. District level
State Level and Central level.
i ) P.H.C. Organisation and Function
2
4
i i) Role of Non Governmental
1
2
Organisations
18.
Health Education
i) Principles of Health promotion
9
3
ii) Methods, approaches and media
for I.E.C.(Information, Education
& Communication)
VII SEMESTER
19.
Medical and Health / Information system4
4
20.
Mental Health
1+1
2
21.
Nutrition
15
NOTE : Hours of practicals and field visits are shown together. Depending upon the facilities
available local y the arrangements of practicals and field visits can be flexible.
Demarcation of Syllabus for University exam between Paper I & II
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Syllabus for Paper-I
Syllabus for Paper-II
1. Concepts
1. Systemic epidemiology
2. Social Sciences:
2. Non communicable diseases
a) Sociology
3. Occupational diseases
b) Psycho Socisal Problem
4. National Health progremmes
3. Nutrition
5. MCH & Family Welfare
4. Environmental sanitation
6. Public Health Administration
1. Statistics
3. N.G.O.S. and International Health
2. General Epidemiology
8. Health education
Books Recommended:
1) Parks text book of preventive & social medicine - K. Park
2) Kulkarnis text book of preventive & social medicine - Kulkarn
3) Nutritive value of Indian foods
- C.Gopalan
4) Methods in biostatistics
- BK. Mahajan
Reference books

1) Public health & preventive medicine -Maxcy-rosenau
2) Oxford text book of public health -Oxford medical publication
3) O.P. Ghai's text book of applied medicine -O.P.Ghai
4) An outline of sociology as applied to medicine- David armstrong
5) Uses of epidemiology
- Morris
6) Short textbook of medical statistics
- Hicc
7) Preveaive & community medicine
- Clark
8) Human nutrition & Dietetics
- Passmore
9) Epidemiology-principles & methods
- Macmohan
10) Practical epidemiology
- Barker
11) Theory & practice of public health
- Hobson
12) An introduction to epidemiology
- Michael Acderson
13) Food poisoning & Food hygiene
- Hobbs
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