Diploma in Family Medicine

Diploma in Family Medicine

          PSM Department is responsible for teaching of PSM for 3 weeks as part of General Medicine.

1. Curriculum for PSM

1. Health concepts and its determinants - 3 hours
2. Public health administration - 6 hours

Doctors as a manager Setting up practice

Financial management

Quality assurance

3. Health and environment - 6 hours

Occupational health Travel medicine

4. General concept of epidemiology - 3 hours
5. Epidemiological methods and computer use in family practice - 6 hours
6. Concepts of disease prevention - 6 hours
7. Control of communicable diseases - 3 hours
8. Epidemiology of communicable diseases - 6 hours
9. Epidemiology of non-communicable disease - 6 hours
10. Epidemic investigation and reporting notification and certification - 3 hours
11. Surveillance of diseases - 3 hours
12. Family health and community health - 6 hours
    13. Assessment and discussion - 3 hours

60 hours

14. Field visits - 10 hours
15. Others - 20 hours
    1. Medical record keeping and confidentiality - 2 hours
    2. Principles of continuing care - 1 hour
    3. Care of terminally ill patient - 2 hours
    4. Oncological problems - 3 hours
    5. The family in health and disease - 3 hours
    6. Health screening, education and promotion - 2 hours
    7. Professional conduct and misconduct - 3 hours
    8. Emergency care and house call - 2 hours
    1. Fitness and return to work - 2 hours
    10. Geriatric care - 1 hour

Total 90 hours