The Subject Community Medicine is the Successor of which has been previously known as PUBLIC HEALTH, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, SOCIAL MEDICINE and COMMUNITY HEALTH. So the COMMUNITY MEDICINE is the recent name.
Previously the name of this Subject was “HYGIENE”-then PREVENTIVE & SOCIAL MEDICINE then COMMUNITY MEDICINE.
In the Medical Science only this Subject Change the name time to time, of course having some utility, importancey and others.
The History of Community Medicine started for very beginning.
The Todd Commission in the year 1968 forcibly recommended that every Medical School should have a Dept. of Community Medicine.
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and London and the Royal College of Physician and Surgens of Glassgow established the faculty of Community Medicine.
On the 31st March 1974, the traditional Medical Officer of Health passed into the pages of the History Book and was there after designated as the Community Medicine.
Diagnosis of the state of health of a Community is an important foundation of Community Medicine. As used in the present context, the Community Medicine is a practice which focuses on the health needs of the Community as a whole, the combination of Community Medicine with “Primary Health Care” extends the functioning of both elements to a Health Care System which aims to change the state of Health of the Community.
In our daily life we are using the dictum -“PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE” by all class of People.Prevention having great role of Medical Science. If we follow and gone through this Subject from very beginning then we can achieve our moto and also helpful for the Suffering Humanity.
METHODOLOGY
At first class demonstrations then group discussions then tutorial class then practical.
In case of any practical work-1st demonstration then practical work –noted in the practical note book.
PRACTICAL
1.Water treatment plant
2.Milk pasteurization plant
3.Primary health centre
4.Sub-centre/anganwadicentre
5.Old age home
6.Industrial units
7.Infectious desease hospital
8.Health mela/health check-up camp
9.Rehab center for physical and mental disabilities
10.Mental health facility including remand home, asylum, child care centers.
TEACHING AIDS
1.Slow sand model
2. Rapid sand model
3. Sanitary well model
4. Insanitary well Model
5. Rca latrine model
6.Septic tank latrine model
7.Life cycle of 4 types of mosquito model
8.Life cycle of malaria parasite model
9.Life cycle of filarial model
10.Smokeless chullah
11.Life cycle of important helminthes
Charts and Diagrams:- 1.Concept of health and disease
2. Epidemiology of communicable diseases
3.Immunization & immunization schedule
4. Homoeoprophylaxis
5. Demography and family planning
6.Health information and biostatistics
7.Non-communicable disease
8.Information,education,communication and counselling
9.Diet, nutrition and nutritional problems and programme
10.National health programmes