Community Medicine

To become a centre of excellence in community medicine for teaching, research and service.

To provide high quality education to medical students.
To produce professionally superior and ethically strong public health specialists.
To conduct research on health problems for finding out suitable solutions.
To improve community health through service, education, effective communication and inter-sectoral coordination.

Goal

To prepare them to function as effective primary health care physicians.

Objectives

To identify and manage common health problems in the community.
To perform as an effective team leader in the health care delivery system of India and to implement national health programs.
To investigate an outbreak/epidemic and take appropriate control measures.
To conduct basic epidemiological research.
To identity environmental and occupational hazards and to suggest appropriate preventive measures.
To be an effective communicator and health educator.

Goal

To prepare competent public health specialists.

Objectives

To apply public health skills to assess the health problems, analyse and provide solutions.
To Plan, implement and evaluate national health policy & programmes.
To be a competent teacher and trainer for undergraduate students and healthcare workers.
To investigate public health threats, emergencies and take appropriate control measures.
To conduct ethically sound epidemiological research with appropriate bio-statistical methods.
To analyse occupational and environmental hazards and to take preventive measures.
To be an effective community health leader, communicator and health educator.

Department of Community Medicine