DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

HNSHMC. Rajkot

• To ensure that the medical graduate acquires broad public health competencies needed to solve health problems of the community with emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, cost-effective interventions and follow up


• Conceptualize people as the focus of the lifetime service of a doctor and be ready to help always and specially in time of need, minimize the suffering of people and have the ability to “think globally and act locally”.


• Apply the basic epidemiological principles to investigation of diseases, outbreaks, health promotion and disease prevention.


• Contribute to health systems’ performance as a member of the health team in the generation and efficient utilization of human and logistic resources.


• Foster healthy lifestyles in the individual and the community level to prevent environmental degradation and to promote social harmony.


• Identify the health needs of populations and population subgroups through planning, intervention, monitoring and evaluation.


• Provide patient-centered comprehensive primary health care including referral, continuing care and follow-up.
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