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 understandexisting 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 Medical Council of India 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 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. 

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Teaching Faculty

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 work, a health centre has been established by the Department in Housing Board area of Pali which is about 12 k.m. from the medical college . 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 Bangur Hospital . It will be the centre point 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

Antenatal ClinicFollowing activities are carried out at both UHTC and RHTC:

1. Postnatal Clinic
2. Family Planning Services
3. Under-five Clinic services
4. Immunisation clinic
5. School Health services
6. Gynaec.& Obs. Services
7. TB clinic
8. 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 areintegrated within the teaching, training & research programmes of the department.

List of Publications by faculty ( last 3 years ) :

I)Dr.SanjayChoudhary (Associate Professor)

1. Sharma MK, ChoudharyS et al ,AssessmentofHwmoglobin status among cancer patients : a hospital based study .International Journal of Advances in Medicine 2020 Feb :7(2); 293- 296

2.Jain A , Choudhary S , Prevalence of modern contraceptive Methods among rural women of Field Prctice area of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College ,Jaipur :International Multispeciality Journal of health Sciences Vol 6 (2) ,Feb 2020

3.Sharma MK, GourN, Choudhary S et al , Prevalence of Isolated Hypertensionamog elderly patoents attending peripheral health centre of tertiary care hospital of India,  International Jounal of Medical and Biomedical Studies Volume 3 Issue 12 December 2019 Pg 101-105

II) DrLaxmikantPurohit :(Associate Professor)

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

II) Dr . Latika Nath Sinha( Assistant Professor)

1.      Nath Latika, Sondhi D, Patel K , Immunization in Rajastan : Progress, OpportunitiesandChallengesJournal of Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences & Technology ,Volume 3 ,Issue 2 July – August( 2018 ) 65-69

2.      Nath Sinha, 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

III) Dr.SumanBodat  (Assistant professor )

1.Roopa  Hariprasad , Pushpasodhani, Lathasriram, Deepikasaraf ,SumanBodat  Rajeev Kumar  ,Preetha Opportunistic cervical Cancer screening of women visitors at Trade Fair in Indian Journal of Medical  Research  2017, Vol 145  144-146.

IV) Dr Daljeet Kaur (Assistant Professor)

1.      A study on knowledge & Practice of breast feeding among women attending urban health centre,ShivajiNagar,Mumbai. International Journal of Applied Research 2018;4(1):261-264.

2.      An Organization based Cross-sectional study of Occupational injuries among Bridge Construction workers in an Urban area of Mumbai.IJCMPH.2019 Mar;6(3):1211-1215.

3.      Knowledge regarding menstruation among school-going adolescents of urban Bareilly.Int J Community Medicine Public health. 2019 Jul;6(7):2871-2873.

4.      Burden of Diabetes Mellitus from rural population of Jaipur attended at Secondary care Hospital: A Hospital based cross sectional study. International Multispecialty Journal of Health.2019.5(5).ISSN:2395-6291.