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Community Medicine

Overview

Community Medicine is branch of medicine deals with maintance, promotion, protection and improvement restore of health status of population groups and communities. The major emphasis in community medicine is on the early diagnosis of disease, the recognition of environmental and occupational hazards to good health, and the prevention of disease in thecommunity.

Vision:To be recognized as model department of community medicine as center for community health education and prevention of disease through excellence in medical education, research and health care.

Mission:To promote higher standards in medical education, health care, and research and community health services by way of utilizing innovative and modern methods to maintain higher standards in health care, Foster life-long & self-directed learning and leadership skills, Create conducive environment for meaningful research relevant to local and international objectives of health care

Facilities and Services

  • Museum with charts, diagrams, models, specimens & catalogues related to health education, sanitation, nutritional disorders, family planning, epidemiology etc.
  • Departmental laboratory
  • Research laboratory
  • Student Laboratory
  • Departmental library
  • Demonstrations rooms with audiovisual aids
  • Wifi enabled area with internet connectivity facilities.
  • Regular Community health care services viz. immunisation, antenatal clinic, specialists consultation, health education for prevention of diseases, health check up, multi-diagnostic camps through Urban and Rural Health Training Centres, and primary health centers managed by the department under the direct control of Dean of Zydus Medical College, Dahod.
  • Participation in national health programmes e.g. Pulse Polio Programme, organisation of Important Health Days, Community Health Education & Research

Teaching/Training Activities:

Training and teaching in community medicine is aimed to prepare undergraduate students to function as competent public health specialists with capabilities to function as leader of health group, provide health care at primary, secondary and tiertery level. The curriculum of community medicine is developed in pursuance of recommendations of MCI and the training commences from first MBBS Course and continues till third MBBS Part I. The teaching/ training activities of community medicine includes didectic lectures, demonstrations, tutorials, Case presentation & discussion integrated Seminar , Institutional clinical meeting, laboratory sesions in Public Health chemistry, Microbiology, Entomology, field visits, family serveys and out-reach health care training at urban, rural and primary health centers.

FUTURE PLANS

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  • College Address: Zydus Medical College and Hospital At & Post : Nimnaliya , Muvaliya , Dahod – 389151
  • Phone: +91 02673-238851
  • Toll Free Number: 1800-233-2014
  • Hospital Address: Zydus Medical College and Hospital Civil Hospital, Opp.Naheru Baug, Behind Bhagini Samaj, Station Road, Dahod-389151,Gujarat-India.
  • Phone: +91 02673 - 249048 +91 02673 - 249049
  • Email : info@zmchdahod.com
  • Monday - Friday: 09:00 am - 06:00 pm
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