Program Objectives

Goal:

The goal of postgraduate medical education shall be to produce specialists of Community Medicine who shall have the following competencies:

• Recognize the health needs of the community and carry out professional obligations ethically and in keeping with objectives of the national health policy.
• Have necessary abilities for the practice of Community Medicine.
• Be aware of the contemporary advances and developments in the discipline of Community Medicine.
• Have a spirit of scientific enquiry and is oriented to the principles of research methodology and epidemiology.
• Have the basic skills in training of the medical and paramedical professionals.

Learning Objectives:

The goal of postgraduate medical education shall be to produce specialists of Community Medicine who shall have the following competencies:

• Recognize the health needs of the community and carry out professional obligations ethically and in keeping with objectives of the national health policy.
• Have necessary abilities for the practice of Community Medicine.
• Be aware of the contemporary advances and developments in the discipline of Community Medicine.
• Have a spirit of scientific enquiry and is oriented to the principles of research methodology and epidemiology.
• Have the basic skills in training of the medical and paramedical professionals.
• To create a skilled cadre of medical professionals having expertise in application of principles of Public Health, Community Medicine and applied epidemiology, contributing meaningfully in formulating National Health Policies & Programmes with a systems approach for overall human development.
• To standardize the teaching & training approaches at post- graduate level, for Community Medicine.

Research: To formulate research questions, do literature search, conduct study with an appropriate study design and study tool; conduct data collection and management, data analysis and report.