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Overview

Vission/Mission

Goals

Thrust Areas

Team

Facilities

Research Contributions

Events

Accreditations

Vision Mission

 

 

Strengths of the Department of Community Medicine at Santosh Medical College

 

Santosh Medical College was established in 1995 and has been running successfully for the last 25 years. The college has a well-established Community Medicine Department which has two MD seats as well as Ph.D. seats to its credit. Although the department has many strengths, a few of them are listed below-

  • The department has a well-stacked museum, which consists of different models, specimens, charts, etc pertaining to different aspects of Community Medicine like nutrition, maternal health, child health, treatment kits for various communicable diseases as used under the National Health Programmes, cold chain equipment and vaccines, models of different clinical presentations of diseases, entomological and parasitic specimens, models and equipment related to environmental health and many others.
  • The Undergraduate, as well as post-graduate students, are regularly taken to the field practice areas for interaction with the community to understand the intricacies of human behavior and culture and their effect on health.
  • The students are taken for outdoor visits to places relevant to community health like water treatment plants, Anganwadi centers, urban PHC, CHC, primary schools for a school health evaluation, and many more for a better understanding of community medicine.
  • The department observes almost all health days of national importance through various community and outdoor activities and participates actively in activities undertaken by the District Health administration in the community. 
  • CBME curriculum is being strictly followed in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses by the Department.
  • The Postgraduate students enrolled in the MD courses are regularly posted outside the Institute in other institutes of public health relevance for wide exposure to the subject.
  • The focus of the Department is on strengthening the skills of the students through a wide clinical and community exposure through its health centers.
  • Leadership in public health with excellence in quality of UG and PG education and originality in research, so that it could be a preferred department of choice for PG students, Health Planners, faculty, and researchers.

 

 

 

Goals


  • To provide individuals with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to improve population health through education, research, and service.
  • Help the students to identify and gauge the health needs of the human population, develop and evaluate initiatives to maximize health benefits, and engage in promotion and realization of conditions to address and monitor population health.
  • To prepare public health practitioners to enhance population health by exercising professional values and ethical practice.

Thrust Areas


Future thrust areas

  • Encouraging the development of interdepartmental research projects
  • More involvement of the department in most of the National Health Programmes.

The Team


DR. DEEPIKA AGARWAL          PROFESSOR & HOD

DR. GAJENDRA KUMAR GUPTA    PROFESSOR

DR. HARSHBARDHAN                    ASSO. PROFESSOR

DR. ATISH ANAND                         ASST. PROFESSOR

DR. A REVANTH KUMAR                ASST. PROFESSOR

DR. RAHUL KUMAR                        ASST. PROFESSOR [EPI]

DR. ANUPAMA SINGH                     ASST. PROFESSOR

SHRI. ASHISH GAUR                        ASST. PROFESSOR[STATISTICIAN]

DR. PRIYA VERMA                           DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

DR. NEHA JETLI                              DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

DR. MUMTAZ NISAR KHAN               DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

DR. ABHISHEK                                   DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

DR. SHALINI CHATURVEDI                DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

 

 

Facilities


Laboratory facilities:

 

A well-equipped research laboratory is available in the department for PG students pursuing MD and Ph.D. A few types of equipment are listed below-

  1. Horrock’s Apparatus
  2. Chloroscope
  3. Centrifuge
  4. Autoclave
  5. Sling Psychrometer
  6. Hot air oven
  7. Incubator
  8. Milk Hydrometer
  9. Wet and Dry bulb Hydrometer
  10. Hemoglobinometer

 

Museum:

A well-stocked museum consisting of all relevant public health specimens and models is maintained by the department to aid in the teaching and training of students.

 

RHTC (Rural Health and Training Centre)-

  • Located at Village Asalatnagar, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad
  • Population catered – 66,500 approximately
  • Villages covered by the center- 19 villages
  • Services provided:
  • OPD services
  • Family planning services
  • Immunization services
  • IPD services
  • Health and nutrition education
  • Maternal and Child Health services
  • Laboratory services

 

UHTC (Urban Health and Training Centre)-

 

  • Located at Santosh Nagar, Pratap Vihar
  • Population catered – 20,000 approximately
  • Services provided:
    • OPD services
    • Family planning services
    • Immunization services
    • Health and nutrition education
    • Maternal (ANC) and Child Health services
    • Laboratory services

Research Contributions


Future thrust areas

  • Encouraging the development of interdepartmental research projects
  • More involvement of the department in most of the National Health Programmes.

Events & Announcements


The department of Community Medicine actively participates and organises all events related to public health. The Department observes all national health days through various community activities and events like Swatchch Bharat Abhiyan, World Tuberculosis Day on 24th March, World Health Day on 7th April, Malaria Day on 25th April etc.

 

Other Outreach and Community Activities:

The Department has been holding various health camps in the whole district as part of its outreach activities for the past many years. Many awareness sessions are organised to make the community aware about the environmental and sanitation issues leading to various illnesses. The team of interns and health workers together sensitise the serving community regarding various public health problems and their community based solutions.

 

Field Activities conducted in the RHTC catchment area:

S.No. Date/s Activity title Activities By Place/ Village
1. 1st May to 31st July 2018 Swachh Bharat Summer Internship 1.      Nukkad Natak

 

2.      Rally

3.      Tree plantation

4.      Wall Painting

5.      Cleaning programme

 2016-17 MBBS Students 1.      Asalatnagar

 

2.      Hishali

3.      Jalapur

4.      Nabipur
2. 15th Sept. to 2nd Oct. 2018 Swachhata hi Seva 1.      Nukkad Natak

 

2.      Rally

3.      Tree plantation

 2015-16 MBBS Students 1.      Sentali

 

2.      Kanoja
3. 20th Feb 2019 Awareness on Personal & Hand Hygiene Nukkad Natak Interns Purva Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Asalatnagar
4. 7th May 2019 Awareness on Vector Born Diseases Nukkad Natak Interns Purva Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Basantpur Sentali
5. 11th July 2019 Awareness session on family planning techniques Nukkad Natak Interns CHC Muradnagar
6. 9th Sept. 2019 Awareness on control & prevention of Vector Born Diseases Nukkad Natak Interns CHC Muradnagar

 

Field Activities conducted in the UHTC catchment area:

Sl.No. Date/s Activity title Activities By Place/ Village
1. 28th Mar 2019 Awareness on TB 1.      Street Play

 

2.      Sensitize on compliance

 Interns Mirzapur
2. 30th Apr 2019 Awareness on Vector Born Diseases Nukkad Natak Interns Prathmik Vidhayalaya, Mirzapur Bhud
3. 30th Aug 2019 Awareness on control & prevention of Vector Born Diseases Nukkad Natak Interns Composit Vidhyalaya, Charan Singh Colony, Pratap Vihar

Accreditations


The Department was appreciated for participation in Pulse Polio Rally organised by CMO office in 2019 and by Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine for organizing IAPSM World Health Day Quiz 2019. The Department has also been recognized for its contribution in generating awareness among school children regarding various communicable and non-communicable diseases.