
Community Medicine: Practical Manual with Viva 2E
- 2nd Edition - May 10, 2023
- Author: Rajkumar Patil
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 6 7 3 6 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 6 7 3 8 - 7
Second edition of this book is updated as per guidelines of National Medical Commission in accordance with theCompetency-Based Medical Education (CBME) of Community Medicine. Thi… Read more
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Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) of Community Medicine. This book continues to be must-have for all MBBS students as it prepares them for practical examination along with theory viva.
• Significant content enhancement and re-organization in line with revised curriculum, to ensure continued relevance and renewed focus on application-based learning.
• New chapters on family adoption programme (FAP); formulating research question for study; planning, implementation and evaluation of health education programme; training of health workers in disease prevention and control; application of computers in epidemiology; and essential medicine have been added as per CBME curriculum.
• Pointwise, specific, and detailed-illustrated answers to progressively building-up, intuitive questions on each topic.
Salient Features
• Chapters on vaccination; contraception; drugs of public health importance; nutrition; details of specific clinicosocial cases; and nutritional assessment of individual, family and community; and annexure II: health-related important indicators of India have been revised thoroughly.
• Logical flow, in easy-to-understand language and systemic presentation of complete theory in Question-Answer format helps in revision and self-assessment before examination.
• Practical part of the book includes spotters with figures and tables, exercises with solutions, exercises for practice prepares students for both practical and viva examination.
• Clinicosocial cases with details of specific cases covered in the book and impart practical-focused learning.
Online Content
• Complimentary access to full ebook at www.medenact.com
• Additional practical and viva questions along with answers.
• Links to useful websites for further learning.
• Complementary images of community medicine for greater retention of knowledge.
• Topics such as OSCE/OSPE, food adulteration and tips useful for PPT presentation with relevant syllabus helps in quick learning.
SECTION 1 SPOTTERS
1 Vaccination
2 Nutrition
3 Contraception
4 Medical Entomology
5 Disinfectants
6 Drugs of Public Health Importance
7 Maternal and Child Health
8 Insecticides and Rodenticides
9 Environment
10 Miscellaneous Spotters
SECTION 2 EXERCISES
11 Biostatistics
12 Epidemiology
13 Demography
14 Nutrition
15 Water
SECTION 3 CLINICOSOCIAL CASE
16 Introduction to Clinicosocial Case
17 Proforma for Clinicosocial Case
18 Details of Specific Clinicosocial Cases
SECTION 4 MISCELLANEOUS
19 Nutritional Assessment of Individual,
Family and Community
20 Family Study Proforma
21 Field Visits to Health Establishments/Centres
22 Family Adoption Programme
23 Formulating Research Question for Study
24 Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Health Education Programme
25 Training of Health Workers in Disease Prevention and Control
26 Application of Computers in Epidemiology
PART B VIVA-VOCE
27 Concepts of Health and Disease
28 Relationship of Social and Behavioural Factors to Health and Disease
29 Environmental Health Problems
30 Principles of Health Promotion and Education
31 Nutrition
32 Basic Statistics and Its Applications
33 Epidemiology
34 Epidemiology of Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases
35 Demography and Vital Statistics
36 Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health
37 Occupational Health
38 Geriatric Services
39 Disaster Management
40 Hospital Waste Management
41 Mental Health
42 Health Planning and Management
43 Health Care of the Community
44 International Health
45 Essential Medicine
46 Recent Advances in Community Medicine
47 Miscellaneous
ANNEXURE I Important Health Days
ANNEXURE II Health-Related Indicators
of India
Bibliography
- Edition: 2
- Published: May 10, 2023
- Language: English