Students will be posted to learn organization and administration of hospital services and understand the system used for the collection, recording, and reporting of hospital statistics, inventory control of medical stores, hospital laundry, hospital dietary, CSSD, ensuring the quality of health care, clientele satisfaction, hospital infection control, medical audit.
1. Subject-Specific Theoretical Competencies:
i. History of Public Health and Preventive and Social Medicine
ii. History of different systems of Medicine
iii. Public health events - Sanitary awakening, germ theory of disease, rise of Public health in various countries
iv. Primary Health
2. Core Concepts in Public Health:
i. Definition of health; appreciation of health as a relative concept; determinants of health.
ii. Characteristics of agent, host, and environmental factors in health and disease and the multifactorial etiology of disease.
iii. Understanding of various levels of prevention with appropriate examples.
iv. Indices used in the measurement of health.
v. Health situation in India: demography, mortality and morbidity profile and the existing health facilities in health services.
vi. Difficulties in the measurement of health.
vii. National Health Policy
3. Community Medicine:
i. Concept of Health & Disease
ii. History of medicine, the evolution of public health, alternative systems of medicine Definition and concepts of public health
iii. Definition of health, holistic concepts of health including the concept of spiritual health, appreciation of health as a relative concept, determinants of health
iv. Characteristics of agent, host, and environmental factors in health and disease and the multifactorial etiology of disease Understanding the natural history of disease and application of interventions at various levels of prevention Health indicators
v. Health profile of India
vi. Concept of rehabilitation, its types, and techniques
vii. Social and Behavioural Sciences
viii. Clinico- social, cultural, and demographic evolution of the individual, family, and community Humanities and Community Medicine Social organizations with special reference to family Religion, its evolution as a special instance of the evolution of social institutions ix. Major tenets of the common religions in India & their influence on health & disease
x. Assessment of barriers to good health and health seeking behavior
xi. Methodology in social research (Attitude surveys, Questionnaires, Interviews)
xii. Health economics
xiii. Social security in India Culture and its impact on health Customs, taboos and mores Medical social worker
xiv. Doctor-patient relationship
xv. Social problems e.g. child abuse, juvenile delinquency, drug addiction, alcoholism, marital maladjustment, domestic violence, suicide, and attempted suicide,
xvi. Problems of the old, caste system
xvii. Psychology and its concepts The Psycho analytic theory Human personality, its foundations, development and organization xviii. Development of child and its impact on its personality Psychological testspersonality tests, intelligence tests Group dynamics
xix. Hospital psychology
4. Epidemiology:
i. Use of epidemiological tools to make a community diagnosis of the health situation in order to formulate appropriate intervention measures.
ii. Epidemiology - definition, concept, and role in health and disease.
iii. Definition of the terms used in describing disease transmission and control.
iv. Natural history of a disease and its application in planning intervention.
v. Modes of transmission and measures for prevention and control of the communicable and non-communicable disease.
vi. Principal sources of epidemiological data.
vii. Definition, calculation, and interpretation of the measures of frequency of diseases and mortality.
viii. Need and uses of screening tests.
ix. Accuracy and clinical value of diagnostic and screening tests (sensitivity, specificity, & predictive values).
x. Epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases of public health importance and their control.
xi. Epidemiological basis of national health programmes.
xii. Awareness of programmes for the control of non-communicable diseases.
xiii. Awareness of programmes for the control of communicable diseases.
(a) Planning and investigation of an epidemic of communicable diseases in a community setting.
(b) Institution of control measures and evaluation of the effectiveness of these measures.
xiv. Various types of epidemiological study designs.
xv. Planning an intervention programme with community participation based on the community diagnosis.
xvi. Applications of computers in epidemiology.
xvii. Critical evaluation of published research.
5. Epidemiology of Specific Diseases:
i. Extent of the problem, epidemiology, and natural history of the disease.
ii. Relative public health importance of a particular disease in a given area.
iii. Influence of social, cultural, and ecological factors on the epidemiology of the disease.
iv. Control of communicable and non-communicable disease by:
a. Diagnosing and treating a case and in doing so demonstrate skills in:
b. Clinical methods
c. Use of essential laboratory techniques
d. Selection of appropriate treatment regimes
e. Follow-up of cases.
v. Principles of planning, implementing, and evaluating control measures for the diseases at the community level bearing in mind the relative importance of the disease.
vi. Institution of programmes for the education of individuals and communities.
vii. Investigating a disease epidemic.
viii. Knowledge of the National Health Programmes.
ix. Level of awareness of causation and prevention of diseases amongst individuals and communities.
6. Entomology:
i. Role of vectors in the causation of diseases.
ii. Steps in management of a case of insecticide toxicity.
iii. Identifying features of and mode of transmission of vector-borne diseases.
iv. Methods of vector control with advantages and limitations of each.
v. Mode of action, dose, and application cycle of commonly used insecticides.
7. Principles and Practice of Information, Education, and Communication:
i. Principles of IEC Health Education
a. Objectives of Health Education b. Content of Health Education
ii. Communication Skills, Principles of Communication
a. Communication barrier
b. Body Language and non-verbal communication
iii. The use of Media for IEC
iv. Practice (Methods) of IEC and its application in Community Health
v. Evaluation of the impact of IEC program
8. Biostatistics:
i. The scope and use of Biostatistics
ii. Collection, classification, and presentation of statistical data
iii. Analysis and interpretation of data.
iv. Obtaining information, computing indices (rates and ratio), and making comparisons.
v. Apply statistical methods in designing of studies
vi. Choosing of appropriate sampling methods and sample size.
vii. Applying the suitable test of significance and Use of statistical tables.
9. Health Statistics
i. Introduction of the Role of statistics in Public Health
ii. Collection of data
iii. Sampling in Public Health
iv. Statistical classification of health data
v. Handling and processing of statistical information
vi. Analysis of demographic data o Measurement of morbidity, mortality, and fertility
vii. Standardization of rates and standard indices
viii. Life tables
ix. Statistical techniques of evaluation in Public Health Descriptive Statistics
x. Introduction to biostatistics- aim, and scope
xi. Collection of data- basic ideas
xii. Presentation of data- tabulation, diagram, and graphs
xiii. Measures of central tendency and dispersion
o Normal distribution
xiv. Elementary idea of skewness
xv. Concepts of correlation and regression Statistical inferences
o Elementary idea of probability
xvi. Sampling techniques
xvii. Test of Significance-Chi Square, t-test, z-test, ANOVA
xviii. Basic idea of testing of hypothesis
xix. Advanced statistical techniques, multivariate regression analysis, statistical models, understanding of survival analysis
xx. Use of Epi info, SPSS/ other computer software Special topics in Biostatistics
xxi. Clinical Trials-Aim and scope, general principles, use of controls, final presentation of results-discussion of some well-known clinical trials
xxii. Prophylactic Trials-Assessment by time trends and geographical comparison, controlled prophylactic trials, discussion of some well-known clinical trails
xxiii. Retrospective and prospective studies and follow-up studies, discussion of important studies
xxiv. Field studies, prevalence surveys, guiding principles for data collection
10. Health Planning and Public Health Administration:
i. Explain the terms: public health, public health administration, regionalisation, comprehensive health care, primary health care, delivery of health care, planning, management, evaluation, National Health Policy, Development of Health Services in India, and various committee reports.
ii. Components of healthcare delivery
a. Describe the salient features of the National Health Policy concerning:
• Provision of Medical Care;
• Primary Health Care and Health for All;
• Health Manpower Development;
• Planned Development of Health Care Facilities;
• Encouragement of Indigenous Systems of Medicine.
b. Explain the process of health planning in India by demonstrating awareness of various important milestones in the history of health planning including various committees and their recommendations.
c. The health systems and health infrastructure at Centre, state district, and block levels. The inter-relationship between community development block and primary health centre. The organization, function, and staffing pattern of the community health centre, primary health centre, rural health centre, sub-centre, etc.
d. The job descriptions of health supervisor (male and female); health workers; village health guide; anganwadi workers; traditional birth attendants.
e. The activities of the health team at the primary health centre, Community health centre, and district hospital.
f. Organogram of the health care system –Public and private
11. Health Management:
i. Familiarity with management techniques: define and explain principles of management;
a. Introduction to Management: Principles & Techniques
b. Financial Management in Healthcare
c. Human Resources in Health Organizations
d. Health Management Information Systems
e. Organizational Behaviors
f. Management of district/state health systems
g. Operations Research
h. Resource Management
ii. Organizational Leadership
Iii. Components of health care delivery.
a. Appreciate the need for International Health Regulations and Disease surveillance.
b. Be aware of the constitutional provisions for health in India.
c. Enumerate the major divisions of responsibilities and functions (concerning health) of the union, local, and the state governments
d. Organizations: Appreciate the role of national, and international voluntary agencies in health care delivery like WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, IMA, Indian Public Health Association, Indian Association of Preventive and Social medicine, etc. Organization structure of these organizations
e. Explain general principles of health economics and various techniques of health management e.g., cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, etc.
12. Nutrition:
i. Nutritional problems of the country; Role of nutrition in Health and Disease.
ii. Common sources of various nutrients and special nutritional requirement according to age, sex, activity, and physiological conditions
iii. Nutritional assessment of individual, families, and the community by selecting and using appropriate methods such as: anthropometry, clinical, dietary, and laboratory techniques
iv. Compare recommended allowances of individual and families with actual intake.
v. Plan and recommend a suitable diet for the individuals and families bearing in mind local availability of foods, economic status, etc
vi. Common nutritional disorders: protein-energy malnutrition, Vitamin A deficiency, anemia, iodine deficiency disorders, fluorosis, food toxin diseases, and their control and management.
vii. National Nutritional Policy.
viii. National programmes in nutrition and their evaluation
ix. Food adulteration: prevention and control.
x. Applied Nutrition
xi. Nutrients, common sources, and their requirement according to age, sex, activity, and physiological conditions
xii. Balanced diet, Prudent diet
xiii. Techniques of nutritional assessment of the individual, family, and the community
xiv. Plan and recommend a suitable diet for the individuals and families as per local availability of foods and economic status etc.
xv. Common nutritional disorders, specific nutrient deficiency disorders, disorders related to toxins in food; their control and management
xvi. Food fortification, additives, and adulteration, food hygiene Social and cultural factors in nutrition and health Food and economics
xvii. Important National nutritional programmes
xviii. National Nutrition Policy
xix. Nutritional surveillance, education, and rehabilitation
xx. Role of diet in specific diseases like coronary heart disease, diabetes, obesity, etc.
xxi. Food and legislation
xxii. Future trends in nutrition
13. Environmental Sanitation:
i. Awareness of the relation of the Environment to Health.
ii. Awareness of the concept of safe and wholesome water.
iii. Awareness of the requirements of sanitary sources of water.
iv. Understanding the methods of purification of water on a small scale with stress on chlorination of water
v. Various biological standards.
vi. Concepts of safe disposal of human excreta.
vii. Physical, and chemical standards; tests for assessing the quality of water.
viii. Disposal of solid waste, liquid wastes both in the context of urban and rural conditions in the community.
ix. Problems in the disposal of refuse, sullage, and sewage
x. Sources, health hazards, and control of environmental pollution.
xi. Influence of physical factors – like heat, humidity, cold, radiation, and noise – on the health of the individual and community.
xii. Standards of housing and the effect of poor housing on health.
xiii. Climate Change and Public Health
14. Tropical Medicine;
Principles of tropical medicine, Infectious and non-Infectious of the tropical region, Disease Epidemiology; e.g., Small Pox, Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps; Rubella, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Influenza, Tuberculosis, ARI, etc.; Poliomyelitis, Hepatitis, Food Poisoning; Cholera, Enteric Fevers, Amoebiasis, Worm Infestations, etc.; Malaria, Filaria, Dengue, and others; Brucellosis, Rickettsial Diseases, Parasitic infestations; Surface Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance; NonInfectious Diseases of Public Health Importance; Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, blindness, accidents, cancers; Emerging and reemerging disease
15. Communicable diseases:
i. Intestinal infections: Poliomyelitis, viral hepatitis, diarrhea, cholera, helminthiasis, typhoid fever, etc.
ii. Respiratory infections: Acute respiratory infections, measles, mumps, rubella, influenza, diptheria, whooping cough, tuberculosis, etc.
iii. Vector-borne infections: Malaria, filariasis, kala-azar, dengue, yellow fever, etc.
iv. Surface infections: Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV & AIDS, tetanus, leprosy, scabies, pediculosis etc.
v. Zoonosis: Rabies, japanese encephalitis, plague, kyasanur forest disease, leptospirosis, brucellosis, anthrax, other viral/bacterial/ parasitic/ rickettsial zoonoses, etc.
16. Non-communicable and lifestyle diseases- Non-communicable and lifestyle diseases including obesity and cancers Coronary artery disease, hypertension, stroke, obesity, diabetes, rheumatic heart disease, blindness, cancers, accidents, etc. Above diseases to be studied in detail under the following subheads:
i. Extent of problem, epidemiology, and natural history of the disease
ii. Public health importance of particular disease in the local area
iii. Influence of social, cultural, and ecological factors on the epidmiology of particular disease
iv. Diagnosing disease by clinical methods, using essential laboratory techniques at the primary care level
v. Treatment of a case, as per National Programme guidelines and also follow-up of the case
vi. National Health Programme for a particular disease
vii. Understand the principles of control of an epidemic
viii. Training of health workers in disease surveillance, control, treatment, and health education
ix. Management information system in a particular disease
x. New/ emerging diseases and health-related problems
17. Reproductive and Child Health:
i. Current status of reproductive and child health
ii. Screening of high-risk groups and common health problems
iii. Local customs and practices during pregnancy, lactation, child-rearing, and child-feeding practices including complementary feeding
iv. Breastfeeding and its importance v. Indicators of RCH
vi. Causes of perinatal/infant/maternal mortality and measures for reduction of the same Essential obstetric care, emergency obstetric care
vii. Essential newborn care
viii. Reproductive child health (RCH) components, including child survival and safe motherhood, universal immunization programme, integrated child development services scheme (ICDS), integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness (IMNCI) and other existing programmes
ix. Organization, implementation, and evaluation of reproductive and child health program components
x. Various family planning methods, their advantages, and shortcomings Medical termination of pregnancy and Act (MTP Act)
xi. Adolescent health Handicapped Child Gender issues and women empowerment Organizations, technical and operational aspects of the National Family Welfare Programme
18. Maternal Health, Child Health, and Family Welfare (Rch):
i. Common Maternal and child health problems at an individual level
a. Antenatal Care
b. Risk Approach
c. Antenatal visits
d. Preventive services
e. Intranatal Care
f. Postnatal Care
g. Care of the mother
h. Child Health Problems
i. Low Birth Weight
j. Growth and Development
k. Childhood Infections
l. Care of the infant
ii. Genetics and Health
a. Common genetic problems
b. Management of Genetic Problems
c. Preventive and Social Measures in Genetics
iii. Structure of MCH and Family Welfare services in India
a. Problems of Maternal Health in India
b. Delivery of Maternal and Child Health Services
c. Trends in the MCH services
d. MCH-related programmes in India eg. RCH, CSSM, ICDS
e. Family Planning
f. Methods of family planning
g. Indicators of MCH care
iv. Social Paediatrics
a. Juvenile Delinquency
b. Child Abuse
c. Child Labour
d. Street Children
e. Child Guidance Clinic
f. Child Marriage
g. Child Placement
19. Health Care of the Aged and The Disabled:
i. Community Geriatrics
a. Implications of demographic charges in the Indian Population
b. Health Problems of the aged
c. Preventive Health Services for the aged
ii. The Disabled and Rehabilitation Problem of disabled in the country
a. Types of disabilities and their management
b. Rehabilitation of the disabled
c. Community Based Rehabilitation
d. Health Care of Tribal people
20. Demography and Family Planning:
i. Definition of demography and its relation to Community Health
ii. Stages of the demographic cycle and their impact on the population.
iii. Definition, calculation, and interpretation of demographic indices like birth rate, death rate, growth rate, and fertility rates.
iv. Reasons for rapid population growth in the world, especially in India
v. Need for population control measures and the National Population Policy.
vi. Identify and describe the different family planning methods and their advantages and shortcomings.
vii. Principles of Counselling; Client satisfaction.
viii. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
ix. Organisational, technical and operational aspects of the National Family Welfare Programme and participation in the implementation of the Programme. Target Free Approach.
x. Give guidelines for MTP and infertility services.
xi. Recent advances in contraception.
xii. National Population Policies.
21. Demography and Vital Statistics:
i. Concepts of demography, demographic cycle, vital statistics
ii. Definition, calculation, and interpretation of various demographic indices
o Declining sex ratio and its social implication
iii. Population explosion, population dynamics of India o Population control
iv. National population policy
o Sources of vital statistics like census, SRS, NFHS, NSSO, etc.
22. Socio-Cultural Dimension in Health:
i. Principles of Sociology and the Behavioral Sciences
a. Concepts of Sociology and Behavioral Sciences
b. Influence of Social and Cultural Factors on Health and Disease
c. Social Structures and Social Organisation
ii. Principles of Social Psychology
a. Principles of psychology
b. Principles of behavioral sciences
c. Principles of social anthropology
iii.Application of Sociology in Health and Development
a. Social Problems in Health and Disease
b. Use of Sociology in addressing problems in Health and Disease
iv. Epidemiology of Road Traffic Injuries, Fall Related injuries, Drowning, Fire Related Injuries, Natural and Man Made and prevention and control.
23. Sociology:
i. Conduction of a socio-cultural evaluation of the individual in relation to social, economic, and cultural aspects; educational and residential background; attitude to health, disease, and to health services; the individual's family and community.
ii. Concept of Family, Types of family, Functions of family
iii. Assessment of barriers in health and identification of obstacles to good health, recovery from sickness, and to leading a socially and economically productive life.
iv. Development of a good doctor-patient relationship, public relations, and community participation for health sectors.
v. Identification of social factors related to health and disease in the context of urban and rural societies.
vi. Impact of urbanization on health and disease.
24. Education Technology:
i. General principles of teaching/learning, methods of instructions, methods of evaluation
ii. Various teaching aids (including a.v.aids) and skills to use them correctly.
iii. Behavioral change communication strategy - Health Education
25. Mental Health:
i. Public health importance of mental health
ii. Public health approach to mental health problems: types, diagnosis, and management of mental health problems in the community.
26. Community Mental Health:
i. Principles of Mental Health
a. Types
b. Causes and Warning signals of Mental Illness
c. Preventive aspects of mental health and positive psychology
ii. The Approach to Mental Health Problems in a Community Primary Health Care
a. Approach to mental health problems b. Mental Health Services in the country
c. Mental health Act, Policy and other Recent advances
27. Newer vaccines:
i. New screening/diagnostic methods applicable to public health problems
ii. Role of Genetics in Community Health and Genetic Counseling at Primary Care Level.
28. School Health:
i. Problems of school and adolescents; Objectives of the School Health Programme.
ii. Activities of the Programmes like:
a. Carrying out periodic medical examination of the children and the teachers.
b. Immunisation of the children in the school.
c. Health Education
d. Mid-day meals.
iii. Obtaining participation of the teachers in the school health programme including maintenance of records; defining healthful practices; early detection of abnormalities.
iv. Organization, implementation, supervision, and evaluation of the School Health Programme. Adolescent Health: Needs, Adolescent Health Scenario, Newer Initiatives under RCHII for Adolescent Health.
v. Older persons: Health Problems, Services and Programs, National Policy on older persons
vi. Disadvantaged and marginalized Groups: Health Problems, Services and Programs. The health of Person with Disability: Welfare and Rehabilitation scheme for hearing, locomotor, visual, mental disability.
29. Occupational Health:
i. Management Occupational Health
ii. Relate the history of symptoms with specific occupations including agriculture-related occupation Asbestos and other fibers, coal workers' lung diseases, silicosis, health significance of metal exposures,
iii. Diseases associated with exposure to chemical substances, multiple chemical sensitivities,
iv. Pulmonary responses to gases and particles, pesticides,
v. Illness due to thermal extremes,
vi. Ionizing radiations, non-ionizing radiations,
vii. Effects of the physical environment- noise, vibration, work-related musculoskeletal disorders Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme
viii. Concepts of ergonomics
ix. Diagnostic criteria of various occupation-related diseases Industrial Hygiene Surveillance, monitoring and screening in occupational health
x. Occupational problems of special working groups Occupational safety and health standards Legislations related to occupational health Information
xi. Relate the history of symptoms with the specific occupation including agriculture.
xii. Identification of the physical, chemical, and biological hazards to which workers are exposed to while working in a specific occupational environment.
xiii. Diagnostic criteria of various occupational diseases.
xiv. Preventive measures against these diseases including accident prevention.
xv. Various legislations in relation to occupational health.
xvi. Employees State Insurance Scheme.
30. Urban health:
i. Common health problems (Medical, Social, Environmental, Economic, Psychological) of urban slum dwellers.
ii. Organisation of health services for slum dwellers.
iii. Organisation of health services in urban areas.
iv. Urban Health: Common Health Problems of urban slum dwellers, orphan, street children and homeless; Organization of health services, the concept of clean city
31. Healthcare in India:
i. Health care delivery system in India
ii. Concepts of primary health care and comprehensive health care.
iii. Health profile of India
iv. Evolution of health care delivery system in India
v. Health care delivery in India and infrastructure at the primary, secondary, and tertiary care level
vi. Job responsibilities of different categories of workers in the health system
vii. Voluntary health agencies working in India Pattern of health care services in certain south Asian and western countries Health insurance
viii. Health planning, management, and administration
ix. Concepts of planning, management, public health administration
x. Components of planning a health activity
xi. Classification and understanding of various qualitative and quantitative health management techniques
xii. Overview of administration at the village, block, district, state, and center level in India Organizational Concept Organizational behavior Time, material and personnel management Integrated disease surveillance project (IDSP)
xiii. Health-related Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals Operational research
xiv. National Health Policy and National Rural Health Mission
xv. Concepts of health economics in health planning and management
xvi. Concepts, scope, and methods of Health Audit
xvii. Role of Planning Commission and five year plans in the development of the health sector in India Various health committees of Govt. of India and their important recommendations
xviii. Public health administration of the future
xix. Research in administration, operational & action-oriented research
xx. New concepts in public health administration
xxi. Principles of hospital administration xxii. Medical audit, quality assurance, quality improvement, and client satisfaction
xxiii. Alternative approaches to planning Importance of hospital records, their retrieval, International classification of diseases, medical certification of death
xxiv. Public Health Legislation Birth and death registration act, PFA act, MTP act, CPA, Child Labor act, PNDT act,
xxv. Transplantation of human organ act in India etc.
xxvi. Other public health legislations
32. Advances and Topics of Current Interest:
i. Rational drug policy, Nutrition Policy, Health Policy, Population Policy
ii. Computers in Public Health
iii. Agricultural Medicine and Plantation Health
iv. Introduction to Counseling and behavior change
v. Community Ophthalmology vi. Qualitative Research and Operational Research
vii. Disaster Management and Public health emergencies
viii. Nosocomial Infection and Hospital Infection Control
ix. Newer technology uses, WhatsApp, Facebook, Tele-public health,
33. National Health Programmes- The origin, historical development, interventions, current state and critique of the different National Health Programmes like:
i. National Family Welfare Programme (NFWP)
ii. National Tuberculosis Control Programme
iii. National Leprosy Eradication Programme
iv. National Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Programme
v. National Malaria Eradication Programme
vi. National Filariasis Control Programme
vii. National Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) Control Programme
viii. National AIDS Control Programme
ix. National Guinea Worm Eradication Programme
x. National Kala Azar Control Programme
xi. National Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Control Programme
xii. National Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Programme
xiii. National Programme for the Control of Blindness
xiv. National Cancer Control Programme
xv. National Mental Health Programme
xvi. National Diabetes Control Programme
xvii. Child Survival and Safe Motherhood (CSSM)
xviii. Reproductive Child Health (RCH)
xix. Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)
xx. National Water Supply and Sanitation Programme
xxi. Minimum Needs Programme
xxii. National Health Mission
xxiii. The implementation of NHPS at a programme level and in the community
34. International Health:
i. International organizations, conventions, and treaties
ii. International Health Regulations (IHR)
35. Field posting and work:
i. Posting at Urban and Rural Health Training Centres for a period of one year.
ii. Posting in the hospital for exposure to clinical departments namely Pediatrics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medicine, and Surgery for one month each.
iii. Wherever possible work attachment at the District Health Office and Directorate of Health Services
iv. Short duration posting in various camps, melas, public health emergencies, Investigation of epidemics, implementation of National Health Programmes
v. Visits to various institution of Public Health Importance and related development organizations.
vi. Exposure to hospital and healthcare system administration at the district level or higher level wherever possible
36. Postings: The postgraduate students are to be posted in Urban Health Centre/ Rural Health Centre / other departments in the hospital:
i. UHC: Minimum 1 month per year
ii. RHTC: Minimum 2 months per year
iii. Other Departments: 3 months in 3rd year (Extra Mural postings) (Internal Medicine with allied specialties, Pediatrics, Gynae/Obst/PPU including labour room duties, Microbiology, Pathology, Biochemistry, Psychiatry, Surgery, Dermatology including STD Clinic, Blood Bank, Casualty, CHC, CDPO, MS/Hospital Administration, Dietary, Physiotherapy & Occupational therapy, Civil Surgeon Office). During the posting at UHC & RHTC the residents will work directly under the supervision of an MOH cum Assistant Professor. PG student will be acquiring skills of Family Physician / Community Physician/hospital administration during their posting at respective centre. Posting at RHTC will be residential.
37. Other areas in which knowledge is to be acquired:
i. Biostatistics, Research Methodology, and Clinical Epidemiology
ii. Ethics
iii. Medico-legal aspects relevant to the discipline
iv. Health Policy issues as may be applicable to the discipline
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