M.D. (Community Medicine)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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M.D. Community Medicine or Doctor of Medicine in Community Medicine is a postgraduate Medicine course. Community Medicine is the specialty that deals with the health and disease of a population or of a specified community. The goal is to identify health problems and needs, to identify means by which these needs may be met, and to evaluate the extent to which health services do so. The Course helps to enable a candidate to study critically and manage existing health programs of all levels (local state, national) and suggest alternatives for achieving desired goals and Conduct and guide research in various disciplines of health sciences, health management, health systems research, and operational research. The duration of the course is two or three years but it depends only on the very institutes.

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M.D. Community Medicine Eligibility

• MBBS with minimum 55% marks.
• Some reputed colleges and universities conduct entrance examination for admission.

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M.D. Community Medicine Course Suitability

• Those who want to prepare for becoming a planner, manager, solution -seeker, researcher, teacher and philosopher in health issues (specifically preventive, primitive and rehabilitative health) of individual, family, community, nation and cross-nations are suitable for it.
• They must have good communication and interpersonal skills that are necessary for it.
• They should have good nature, liberal mind and well-faring nature.

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How is M.D. Community Medicine Course Beneficial?

• It is beneficial to design need based teaching and training programs/teaching materials for various categories of health professionals including its implementation and evaluation for the desired change in knowledge and skills.
• The Course is also beneficial for further studies such as Ph.D. etc.
• They can become teacher and lecturer in schools and colleges/universities after passing certain qualifications like B.Ed. and UGC-NET.

COURSE ELIGIBILITY

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MBBS with minimum 55% marks.