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Community Medicine: Practical Manual with Viva 2E

  • 2nd Edition - March 20, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Rajkumar Patil
  • Language: English

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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Second edition of this book is updated as per guidelines of National Medical Commission in accordance with the
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.

Key features

New to this edition
• 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.

Table of contents

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

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 21, 2023
  • Language: English