COMMUNITY MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAM

COMMUNITY MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAM

Departmental Objectives

At the end of this training program, the participants should be able to

1. Aware of the community lifestyle and appreciate community values, norms, tradition and customs
2. Aware of the roles of governmental and non-governmental organizations in implementation of health care activities in the field practice area
3. Describe the defined community: demographic, social economic, environmental, health status, and health resources - including public as well as private and traditional.
4. Describe the organizations and administration of health services in the field practice area
5. Identify prevalent diseases both communicable and non-communicable, in the area through compilation, analysis and interpretation of available data from health care facilities
6. Identify and analyze health problems of the defined community to arrived at community diagnosis through involvement of the community and various disciplines
7. Formulate health objectives and draw action plans to give feasible actions to solve the health and health related problems of the community using available resources through integrated efforts of various disciplines
8. Provide community based medical care and referral services in the community through multidisplinary actions
9. Realize the importance of full community participation for sustained community health actions
10. Eagar to get involved in health and community activities for the total development of the community

Tentative training program for House Surgeons

Day 1:	Introduction of Community Medicine PSM
	Orientation to Community Medicine Training Program
	Township Health profile
	Health services/ facilities/ resources in the field practice area (township)
	Prevailing health problems in the community	TMO
Day 2:	Data collection Methods and Materials
	House hold surveys
	FGD; NGT;IDI
	Rapid Appraisals	PSM
Day 3/4	Questionnaires/Checklists/Guideline development	PSM
	Arrangement for data collection	Community
Day 5	Data collection in the community	PSM
	Health services data	TMO
	Community diagnosis	PSM + Other Departments
	Community based/oriented clinical problems	All disciplines (~2 for each tsp)
Day 6/7	Data coding, entry, and editing	Computer + PSM
	Community participation	PSM
Day 8/9	Data Analysis and interpretation	PSM
Day 10	Problem tree analysis	PSM
	Objective tree analysis	PSM
	Formulation of objectives	PSM
	Formulating Plan of Action	PSM + other Departments
Day 11	Integrated community care	All disciplines
	Implementing Action Plan	PSM
	Community based specialist/primary medical care	other disciplines
Day 12/13	Report writing	PSM + All disciplines
Day 14	Seminar and paper presentation	All disciplines