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 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 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. 

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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, a Urban Health trainning 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 Bangur Hospital . 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 by faculty ( last 3 years ) :

Dr. Salil Dube Publications

1.      , Ritu Purohit, Salil Dube, Harish Agarwal, Niket Verma, EVALUATION OF ON GOING INTEGRATED TEACHING PROGRAM AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-7 | July-2020.

2.      Inderjit Singh , Salil Dube,  Suryamani Pandey, Neha Dhingra, 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

3.      Salil Dube, Neha Dhingra, Suryamani Pandey, Ritu Purohit, Manish Kundu, Manisha Singh, 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

4.      Neha Dhingra, Ritu Purohit, Salil Dube, PRE HYPERTENSION AMONG FIRST YEAR MBBS STUDENTS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-3 | March-2020

5.      Neha Dhingra, Inderjit Singh, Salil Dube, Chandra Sekhar Mukhopadhyay, Ragubir Singh, Sandeep Chopra, 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.

Dr. Sanjay Choudhary Publications

1.      Munish Kumar Sharma, Sanjay Choudhary*,Neeraj Gour, Awadhesh Pandey, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Dhiraj Srivastava  Assessment of hemoglobin status among cancer patients: a hospital based study. International Journal of Advances in Medicine Sharma MK et al. Int J Adv Med. 2020 Feb;7(2):293-296  pISSN 2349-3925 | eISSN 2349-3933  Correspondence: Dr. Sanjay Choudhary

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

3.      Dr. Munish Kumar Sharma, Dr. Neeraj Gour, Dr. Sanjay Choudhary, Dr. N K Goel, Dr Deepak Sharma, Dr. Meenakshi Chaudhary prevalence of isolated hypertension among elderly patients attending peripheral health centre of tertiary care hospital of india.    Volume 3, Issue 12; December: 2019; Page No. 101-105  Corresponding author: Dr. Sanjay Choudhary

4.      Kavin Khatri,*, Hobinder Arora, Sanjay Chaudhary Darsh Goyal Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Involving Anterior Shoulder Instability. The Open Orthopaedics Journal, 2018, Volume 12

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

Dr. Latika Nath Sinha Publication

1.      Nath Latika, Sondhi D, Patel K , Immunization in Rajastan : Progress, Opportunitiesand ChallengesJournal 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

3.      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.

Dr. Suman Bodat Publications

1.       S. Choudhary, Gaurav Meratwal, S. Bodat, Ramchandra Choudhary. Determinants of Nutritional Status in Children Aged 0 - 6 Years in Rural Rajasthan.Journal of Evolution of medical and Dental Sciences 2020

2.       Kumar, G. Yadav, V. Zutshi, S. Bodat. Knowledge about obstetric danger signs among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary care hospital of Delhi: a cross sectional study. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019 Vol 8

3.        S. Bodat, Rakesh Bodat, V. Vinjamuri, Anita Rathore. Prevalence of anemia among school going adolescent girls in rural area of Pune, Maharashtra, India. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2020 vol 9

4.        Geeta Yadav, Suman Bodat, Ishaan Siwach, Karan Sachdeva, Nitesh Chuahan. Physical activity and its relation with body composition among undergraduate medical students in Delhi: a cross sectional study International journal of community medicine and Public Health.2020 Vol 7 No11.

Dr. Daljeet Publication

1.           Kaur D, Rajan lilare R, Dilip Rathod 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.

2.           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.

3.           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.

4.           Rajan lilare 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.