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WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE



INTRODUCTION

Department of Community Medicine with the age-old saying ‘prevention is better than cure’ aims to inculcate among the MBBS students the relevance of a holistic approach of preventive, promotive, rehabilitative, and social aspects of health and social aspects of health. The subject is taught by means of interactive lectures, demonstrations, field visits, and various developmental activities. in the form of Role plays, Street plays, Poster competitions, and awareness rallies. Regular family and community visits are organized and students are made to understand the health problems of the community in the real sense. Apart from health care delivery centers starting from Anganwadi, Primary health centers, and Community Health Centres also visited are drug addiction centers, old age homes, water filtration plants, and sewage treatment plants. With these approaches and vision the dept. has been training budding doctors in the area of public health and preparing them not only to be physicians but also policymakers, Services provided- by the department – Research, Academicians who work on the ground and deliver overall health service at the root level