Govt. Medical College Pali (RajMES)

Community Medicine is an expansion of the humanitarian tradition in medicine and includes prevention of disease, promotion of health and administration of medical services that are cited in the principles of Primary Health Care. It helps undergraduates to understand existing socio-demographic and economic profiles, health systems, community dynamics, principles of equitable distribution, community participation, appropriate technology and inter-sectoral co-ordination for finding solutions to mankind’s health problems. Finally the inclusion of the spiritual dimension in the strategy for health for all calls for a holistic approach not only to health and disease but to life itself with a focus on “Positive Health” and “Wellness”.

The various arms of the  department provide an important link between the tertiary care hospitals and public health services and play a vital role in the medical education of undergraduates which according to the National Medical Commission and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare need to be community oriented  and relevant to the country’s needs.

The concept of starting separate department of PSM at Medical colleges was first mooted in 1955 at the All India Conference on Medical Education. In 1974, Dr. J.B. Shrivastava Committee Report advocated starting of Urban Field Practice Areas for medical colleges.

The Community Medicine Department at Pali Medical college has highly qualified and experienced faculty to make this subject  interesting and generate “change makers” who will be an asset to the community they will finally serve. The supporting staff comprising of Lab technicians, social workers, Health educators further the mandate of the department with their expertise and dedication to field activities.

The department at the medical college is equipped with a Museum, well stocked library, Demonstration room and Seminar room with state of the art amenities.

Undergraduate Teaching, Training And Research

Undergraduate students of all the three years of MBBS will be posted with the department for fixed durations for training in the subject. This will be achieved through didactic lectures, practical, demo., tutorials, seminars and most unique of all, visits to institutes/health facilities  of Public Health importance in and around Pali

Vision

Providing quality education to under graduatestudents so that they can excel in all endeavours of life.

Photo Gallery :-UHTC,RHTC,Laboratory,Activities

Teaching Faculty

List of Non-teaching Staff in the department:

URBAN HEALTH TRAINING CENTRE(UHTC) HOUSING BOARD COLONY,PALI CITY

In order to carry out teaching and training of undergraduate medical students, interns in community, a Urban Health training Centre of the department is situated in Housing Board Pali. This health centre provides comprehensive health services (especially maternal and child health services), IEC activities and health awareness programmes for the urban population of 50000 in their catchment area .

In addition to providing health services the Urban Health Centre also provides practical training to interns, student nurses from BangurHospital . It is the centre for family health surveys and various research activities among urban residents.

STAFF DETAILS OF UHTC

RURAL HEALTH TRAINING CENTRE (RHTC), PHC, Gundoj

Adarsh PHC Gundoj is situated at a distance of 12 KMs approx. from the Medical College, having good motorable approach road.

 The PHC Caters to a total population of 29574.

 It is a 10 bedded PHC with a daily OPD Attendance of  90-100 beneficiaries and  and  approximately 25 -30 deliveries monthly.

The subcentres under the PHC are Jaitpura, Dingai, Thakurla, Kanelav ,Hemawas, Mandali and Mandiya .

The centre is conducting its activities on a spacious land measuring, leased by the Government of Rajasthan.

Besides regular visits of students to understand the functioning of a Primary Health centre, during internship there will be a 15 day residential posting at the centre for hands on experience on providing basic and essential health services to the rural population.

STAFF DETAILS OF RHTC

Following activities are carried out at both UHTC and RHTC:

1.     Antenatal Clinic

2.     Postnatal Clinic

3.     Family Planning Services

4.     Under-five Clinic services

5.     Immunisation clinic

6.     School Health services

7.     Gynaec.& Obs. Services

8.     TB clinic

9.     Dental and ophthalmic clinic

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER SECTION

The medical social worker section of the department constitutes an important supportive section in various community interface events, the activities of which are integrated within the teaching, training & research programmes of the department.

List of Publications

Dr.SalilDube Publications

1.      Agrawal A, Bhattacharya J, Baranwal N, BhatlaS, Dube S, Sardana V, Gaur DR, Balazova D, Brahmachari SK. Integrating health care delivery and data collection in rural India using a rapidly deployable ehealth center. PLoS Med. 2013;10(6):e1001468. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001468. Epub 2013 Jun 25. PMID: 23825182; PMCID: PMC3692411.

2.      S Dube, A Chaudhary, R Mahajan, R Purohit, G Singh, R Soni, S Girdhar, S Sharma, M Satija, P Gill. Prevalence Of Opiate Abuse In A Rural Area Of Punjab. The Internet Journal of Health. 2014 Volume 14 Number 1.DOI: 10.5580/IJH.14894

3.      NeeluSaluja, Ajay Kumar, SeemaChoudhary, Seema Sharma, SalilDube and S.M. Pandey. "Awareness of HIV/AIDS among adolescents of a rural area of Haryana." Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences, vol. 3, no. 72, 22 Dec. 2014, pp. 15275+. Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine.

4.      Dube, Salil&Chaudhary, Anurag&Mahajan, Ranjive&Purohit, Ritu&Chaudhary, Seema&Saluja, Neelu& Sharma, Seema& M, Pandey. (2015). PREVALENCEAND PATTERN OF ALCOHOL ABUSE IN A RURAL AREA OF PUNJAB. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 04. 3293-3302. 10.14260/jemds/2015/476.

5.      Dube, Salil&Chaudhary, Anurag& R, Mahajan&Purohit, Ritu& R, Gaur & N, Saluja&Kumari, Sneh&Dube, Shobhana. (2017). PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF CANNABIS ABUSE IN A RURAL AREA OF PUNJAB. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 6. 2187-2191. 10.14260/Jemds/2017/474.

6.      S. Dube,S. Dube, P. Ranjan.BILATERAL EPIBULBAR DERMOIDS WITH ISOLATED DEXTROCARDIA- A RARE CASE WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATIONS IN GOLDENHAR SYNDROMEDOI:10.14260/JEMDS/2017/1012Corpus ID: 56129101.

7.      NehaDhingra, Inderjit Singh, SalilDube, Chandra SekharMukhopadhyay, Ragubir Singh, SandeepChopra,A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Acupuncture for Treating Allergic Rhinitis, International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research Section: Community Medicine ISSN (Online): 2393-915X; (Print): 2454-7379 | ICV: 98.46 | Volume 7 | Issue 3 | March 2020.

8.      SalilDube,NehaDhingra, SuryamaniPandey, RituPurohit, Manish Kundu, ManishaSingh,A Retrospective Study to Estimate the Prevalence of Anemia and  Associated Factors among First Year MBBS Students of Maharaja  Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Hisar, International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research ISSN (Online): 2393-915X; (Print): 2454-7379 | ICV: 98.46 | Volume 6 | Issue 10 | October 2019

9.      NehaDhingra, RituPurohit, SalilDube, PRE HYPERTENSION AMONG FIRST YEAR MBBS STUDENTS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-3 | March-2020

10.  Inderjit Singh, SalilDube,SuryamaniPandey, NehaDhingra,Interventional Study to Evaluate Efficacy of Acupuncture for Treating Sciatica Pain, International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research  Volume 6 | Issue 9 | September 2019 | ICV:98.46 | ISSN (Online): 2393-915X; (Print): 2454-7379

11.  RituPurohit, SalilDube, Harish Agarwal, NiketVerma, EVALUATION OF ON GOING INTEGRATED TEACHING PROGRAM AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-7 | July-2020.

Dr. Sanjay Choudhary Publications

1.         Sinha LN, Choudhary S,Bhati B, Mewara R, Deep A. Challenges in Menstrual Hygiene Practices among Urban and Rural Women (Aged 15-45 Years) of District Pali in Western Rajasthan. Healthline.2021; 12(4):78-83.

2.         Determinants of nutritional status in children aged 0 - 6 years in rural Rajasthan. Choudhary S, Meratwal G, Bodat S, et al. J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. 2020;9(28):1977-1982, DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2020/431 

3.         Prevalence of Modern Contraceptive Methods Among RuralWomen of Field Practice Area of  M.G. Medical College, Jaipur Dr. J. P. Pankaj,1 Dr. Anjali Jain2, Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary3 International Multispecialty Journal of Health (IMJH) ISSN: 2395-6291 [Vol-6, Issue-2, Feb- 2020] Corresponding author's Email:sanjay12july74@yahoo.com

4.         Assessment of hemoglobin status among cancer patients: a hospital based study Munish Kumar Sharma1, Sanjay Choudhary2*,Neeraj Gour3, Awadhesh Pandey4, Meenakshi Chaudhary5, Dhiraj Srivastava6  International Journal of Advances in Medicine Sharma MK et al. Int J Adv Med. 2020 Feb;7(2):293-296Correspondence: Dr. Sanjay Choudhary

5.         prevalence of isolated hypertension among elderly patients attending peripheral health centre of tertiary care hospital of india.”Dr.Munish Kumar Sharma1, Dr.Neeraj Gour2, Dr.Sanjay Choudhary3, Dr. N K Goel4, Dr Deepak Sharma5, Dr.Meenakshi Chaudhary6 International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies Volume 3, Issue 12; December: 2019; Page No. 101-105.Corresponding author: Dr. Sanjay Choudhary

6.         Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Involving Anterior Shoulder Instability Kavin Khatri1,*, Hobinder Arora2, Sanjay Chaudhary2 and Darsh Goyal3The Open Orthopaedics Journal, 2018, Volume 12

7.         Nitin Nagpal1, Sanjay Gupta2, Shamim Monga3, Shalini3, Vishal Gupta4, Sanjay ChaudharyImpact of Peer Participation in Learning. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research ISSN (Online): 2393-915X; (Print): 2454-7379   | ICV: 50.43 |Volume 3 | Issue 6 | June 2016

8.         Naveen Chharang,Sanjay Choudhary, Jai PrakashPankaj. Assessment of awareness about HIV/AIDS in slum areas of Jodhpur city IAIM, 2016; 3(1): 67-73.

9.         Rajesh C Sambutwad V S Rathod, VasantWagh, A Mudey, Sanjay Chaudhary To find out treatment outcome between HIV positive and HIV negative tuberculosis patient in a rural hospital of Wardha district Maharashtra International Journal of Recent Trends in Science And Technology, ISSN 2277-2812 E-ISSN 2249-8109, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2015 pp 25-27

10.     Devgan S, Monga S, Gupta S, Dhingra R, Chaudhary S, Singh G. Assessment of knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation: a community based Study. Public health Rev: Int J Public health Res 2015;2(4):87-91.doi:10.17511 /ijphr.2015.i4 .10.

11.     Padda P, Gupta V, Devgan S, Chaudhary S, Singh G. Treatment outcome of TB patients in a district of north India: a three year study. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 2015; 5(1):457-61.

12.     Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Dr.PreetiPadda, Dr.ShaliniDevgan , Dr.GaganpreetSingh,Dr.Vishal Gupta, Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary To Study the Prevalence of Hypertension among Urban Population of Faridkot District – A Camp Based ApproachSSRG International Journal of Medical Science (SSRG-IJMS) – volume 2 Issue 5 May 2015 ISSN: 2393

13.     Dr Sanjay Chaudhary,Dr.NeerajGour, Dr. R C Chaudhary,Dr Vishal Gupta, Dr.AbhayMudey, Dr.Vasant V Wagh. Fruits and Vegetables Consumption Pattern as a Risk Factor for NCDs In A Rural Population of India JMSCR Volume 03, Issue 03,Page 4982-4990,March 2015

14.     Munesh Kumar Sharma, NeerajGour, Raj Bahadur, DhirajSrivastava and Sanjay             Chaudhary Surveillance of Injury in a Tertiary Care Hospital of North India: A Hospital Based Study International Journal of Tropical Diseases & Health 6(1): 1-7, 2015, Article no.IJTDH.2015.031 ISSN: 2278–1005

15.     Chaudhary S,Gour N, Mudey AB, Chaudhary RC, Srivastava D, Sharma MK, Sambutwad RK. A community based cross sectional study to assess smoking pattern in a rural area of Indian settings. J Pharm Biomed Sci 2014;04(07):566-572

16.     Sanjay Choudhary, Ram C. Choudhary, AbhayMude, VasantWagh. “Profile of Physical Inactivity as a Risk Factor for Non-Communicable Diseases in a Rural Population”. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2014; Vol. 3, Issue 24, June 16; Page: 6794-6801, DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2014/2821

17.     Padda P, Devgun S, Gupta V, Chaudhari S, Singh G. Role of ASHA in Improvement of Maternal Health Status in Northern India: An Urban Rural Comparison. Ind J Comm Health, 2013.ISSN PRINT: 0971-7587; ISSN ONLINE: 2248-9509  25(4); 465-471

18.     Sanjay Choudhary,SmrutiranjanNayakVarunGaiki, MeenakshiKhapre, AbhayMudey, VasantWagh^: Study of anthropometric parameters in young healthy individuals having parental history of hypertension: a study conducted on college going students. Int j Biomed Research, 2011. IJBMR -ISSN: 0976-6685: 2(2): 547-550

Dr LaxmikantPurohit

1)      Nutritional status of under- five children in a city of Maharashtra:        a community based study. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | April 2017 | Vol 4 | Issue 4

2)      Assessment of Immunization Status of 12-23 Month Children in Urban Slums in Solapur Maharashtra, India. 2017. ISSN- 2229 6816.  National Journal of Community Medicine

3)            Anoop Singh Gurjar, ManishaGurjar, LatikaNathSinha, LaxmikantPurohit. Perception of Phase I MBBS students on newly implemented Early Clinical Exposure (ECE). Int. J. Heal. Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2022Jan.16 [cited 2022Jul.25];5(1):522-4. Available from: https://ijhcr.com/index.php/ijhcr/article/view/4636

Dr.LatikaNathSinha Publication

1.      Sinha LN,Kaur P, Gupta R, Dalpath S, Goyal V, Murhekar M. Newborn care practices and home-based postnatal newborn care programme - Mewat, Haryana, India, 2013. Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2014 Sep 29;5(3):22-9. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2014.5.1.006. PMID: 25649098; PMCID: PMC4310710.

2.      Nath L,Kaur P, Tripathi S. Evaluation of the Universal Immunization Program and Challenges in Coverage of Migrant Children in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. Indian J Community Med. 2015 Oct-Dec;40(4):239-45. doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.164389. PMID: 26435596; PMCID: PMC4581143.

3.      Suresh S, Nath L. Challenges in managing telemedicine centres in remote tribal hilly areas of Uttarakhand. Ind J Comm Health, 25(4); 372 - 380

4.      Joshi, N., NathSinha, L., Joshi, V., &Purohit, A. (2015). Awareness and Attitude of Physicians in Academia towards Human Stem Cell Research (HSCR) and Related Policies in Rajasthan,India. Indian Journal of Community Health, 27(4). Retrieved from http://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/1150

5.     R Nautiyal, Bijalwan R, SinhaLN . Feasibility of DMPA use in semi-urban  area of Dehradun Uttarakhand as part of family planning project  Int J ReprodContraceptObstet Gynecol. Year: 2016, Volume: 5, Issue: 5

6.      NathSinha L. Status of implementation of Adolescent health strategies under RMNCH+ programme in Ghaziabad district ,Uttar Pradesh , Santosh University Journal of Health Sciences 2017;3(1):1-3

7.      NathSinha L. Mental Health and Psychological first Aid , Santosh University Journal of Health Sciences 2017;3(1):1-3

8.      NathSinha, L.A. Anahita, A. Lohra,Road map to improving health services in a Jodhpur slum using Resource mapping ,Ind J Comm Health ,Vol 30 No.1(2018) 96-102

9.      NathLatika, Sondhi D, Patel K , Immunization in Rajasthan : Progress, Opportunities and Challenges Journal of Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences & Technology ,Volume 3 ,Issue 2 July – August( 2018 ) 65-69

10.  Sinha LN, Goyal V. Assessment of Functionality of ASHAs with Respect to Health Services in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Natl J Community Med

2019;10(2):96-100.

11.  Arora V, Kharb M, Sinha LN, Verma RK. Service quality dimensions regarding

maternal and child health-care provided to the beneficiaries attending a Nagrik Hospital Rohtak Haryana. Int J Med Sci Public Health 2019;8(12):1039-1045.

12.  Sinha LN, Choudhary S, Bhati B, Mewara R, Deep A. Challenges in Menstrual Hygiene Practices among Urban and Rural Women (Aged 15-45 Years) of District Pali in Western Rajasthan. Healthline.2021; 12(4):78-83

13.  DaljeetKaur, JanardhanBandi, LatikaNathSinha, &Aman Deep. (2021). A Community based Cross-Sectional Study of the Morbidity Status of Geriatric Population in an Urban Slum. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 13(1), 107–116. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v13i1.17333

14.  Sinha LN, Bodat S, Kaur D, Deep A, Mathur A, &Mathur N. (2021). Challenges

in Contact Tracing and Sampling in Three Districts of Western Rajasthan during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 13(1), 354–363. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v13i1.17374

Dr.Daljeet Publication

1.      DaljeetKaur, JanardhanBandi, LatikaNathSinha, Aman Deep. A Community based Cross-Sectional Study of the Morbidity Status of Geriatric Population in an Urban Slum. IJPHRD [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 20 [cited 2022 Apr. 18];13(1):107-16.

2.      Sinha LN, Bodat S, Kaur D, Deep A,Mathur A, Mathur N. Challenges in Contact Tracing and Sampling in Three Districts of Western Rajasthan during the COVID-19 Pandemic. IJPHRD [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 20 [cited 2022 Apr. 18];13(1):354-63.

3.      Kaur D, Rajanlilare R, DilipRathod N, Datta B, Kaswan P. An organization based cross-sectional study of occupational injuries among bridge construction workers in an urban area of Mumbai. Int J Community Med Public Heal. 2019;6(3):1211.

4.      Mathur RN, Kaur D, Katyal R, Datta B, Mathur M. Knowledge regarding menstruation among school-going adolescents of urban Bareilly. Int J Community Med Public Heal. 2019;6(7):2871.

5.      Mathur RN, Kaur D, Mathur M, Salodia UP. Burden of Diabetes Mellitus from rural population of Jaipur attended at a secondary health care hospital : A hospital based Cross sectional study. 2019;(7):128–32.

6.      Rajanlilare R, Kaur D. A study on knowledge & practice of breast-feeding among and women A study on knowledge & practice of breast-feeding among and women attending urban health centre ,Shivaji Nagar , Mumbai. 2018;4(February):261–4.

Dr.YachanaChoudhary

1.       Choudhary Y, Choudhary B, Dubey M, Pal DK, Dafal H. Nutritional Status of Siblings Younger Than Five Years of Severely Wasted Children - A Community-Based Study from Bhopal. Indian Pediatr. 2022 Jan 5:S097475591600388. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34992184

2.       Dubey M, Kumar MM, Choudhary Y, Toppo M. Graduates of MD Community Medicine to Specialize in Infectious Diseases: A Long-Term Public Health Prospect. Indian J Community Med. 2021 Jul-Sep;46(3):576-577. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_1058_20. Epub 2021 Oct 13. PMID: 34759518; PMCID: PMC8575234.

Dr.Rajendra Saran Publications:

1.       SankhlaV, Jawalekar S, Saran R. Biomedical Waste Management: A Review. International Journal of Medical Science and Current Research. 2021 Sep 4: 1178-1190.

2.       Choudhary M, Verma V, Saran R,Bhagyawant SS, Srivastava N. Natural Biosurfactant as Antimicrobial Agent: Strategy to Action Against Fungal and Bacterial Activities. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 2022 Jan 4:1-5.

Mr.Aman Deep Publications

1.       DaljeetKaur, JanardhanBandi, LatikaNathSinha, Aman Deep. A Community based Cross-Sectional Study of the Morbidity Status of Geriatric Population in an Urban Slum. IJPHRD [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 20 [cited 2022 Apr. 18];13(1):107-16. Corresponding author:Aman Deep

2.       Sinha LN, Bodat S, Kaur D, Deep A,Mathur A, Mathur N. Challenges in Contact Tracing and Sampling in Three Districts of Western Rajasthan during the COVID-19 Pandemic. IJPHRD [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 20 [cited 2022 Apr. 18];13(1):354-63.

3.       Sinha, Latika&Choudhary, Sanjay &Bhati, Bal&Mewara, Rakesh&Semwal, Amandeep. (2021). Challenges in Menstrual Hygiene Practices among Urban and Rural Women (Aged 15-45 Years) of District Pali in Western Rajasthan. Healthline. 12. 78-83. 10.51957/Healthline_261_2021.

4.       Sankhla V, Deep A. Thyroid function tests: a Review: International Journal of Scientific Research (IJSR); 2021 October; 10(10): 2277 – 8179. DOI : 10.36106.