Introduction
The Department of Community Medicine, a well-organized department of RMC, is dedicated in understanding the fundamental com-munity based learning and application of this knowledge to clinical problems. The Department of Community Medicine consists of a lecture gallery, multiple tutorial class rooms and a museum of public health. The taechers of this department teach Community Medicine to the undergraduate students of MBBS course. The department also runs a post graduate course on public health named MPH (CM) course and make them eligible to cope with the recent public health problems and make them able to run community based research on public health issues.
In fact, the department of Community Medicine is involved to integrate the vast information of community medicine and public health issues and explaining it to the students with absolute clarity in step-by-step manner. so we welcome you to the department for the study of Community Medicine.
Activities
Under graduate Course: MBBS
Post graduate Course: MPH (Community Medicine)
Under Graduate (MBBS) Course Contents:
(Rajshahi Medical University)
Allocation of Course Contents in Four Groups
Group A
- Concept of Community Medicine, Health and Disease
- Primary Health Care (PHC)
- Communicable Diseases
- Environmental Health
- Disaster Management/Preparedness
- School Health
Group B
- Principles of Epidemiology and Epidemiological Methods
- Medical Statistics and Health Information System
- Food and Nutrition
- Non-Communicable Diseases and Road Traffic Accidents
- Applied Disinfection and Sterilization
Group C
- Reproductive and Child Health
- Family Planning
- Demography and Population Dynamics
- Immunity and Immunization
- Behavioural Science and Mental Health
- Health Administration and Ongoing Health Programmes in Bangladesh,
- International Health & NGOs
- Health Education &
- Medical Entomology
Group D
- Health Administration and Ongoing Health Programmes in Bangladesh,
- International Health & NGOs
- Health Education &
- Medical Entomology
- Occupational Health
Post Graduate Course (MPH- Community Medicine)
Consisting of Three semesters. Each semesters consist of Three months. Last semester is only for research.
Total 84 credits.
Departmental presentation:
Every Sunday scientific presentations are used to carry out by the students of MPH and also by the young teachers of the department.
Central presentation:
Teachers of the department used to participate in the central presentation according to the schedule.
