COMMUNITY MEDICINE

Introduction | ×

✔ The Department of Community Medicine is functioning since the existence of Government Medical College, Ariyalur. The Department is located in sixth floor of faculty block. The Department of Community Medicine plays a pivotal role in medical education by training future doctors in public health principles, preventive medicine, epidemiology, and health promotion. Our goal is to create socially responsible, community-oriented medical professionals equipped with the knowledge and skills to address public health challenges at the individual, family, and community levels.

✔ The department is actively involved in teaching undergraduate students, conducting community-based research, implementing national health programs, and providing preventive and promotive health services through urban and rural health training facilities.

VISION:

The department of Community Medicine envisions achieving the standards of excellence in education of undergraduates.

OBJECTIVES:

Toidentify and recognize the physical, social, psychological, environmental and economic determinants of health and disease.
To make a community diagnosis by applying the knowledge of epidemiology in identifying, prioritizing and preventing common public health problems at individual, family and community level and managing public health emergencies thereby functioning as a community and first contact physician
To develop leadership qualities for a primary care health team.
To teach them the research principles and methodologies and to orient the students in scientific presentations and publication.

Infrastructure | +

✔ The Department of Community Medicine is equipped with comprehensive facilities to support teaching, training, research, and service activities:

Academic Facilities:

Well-furnished lecture halls with audio-visual aids
Demonstration rooms for small-group teaching
Departmental library with recent textbooks, journals, and research materials
Faculty rooms, research workspaces, and meeting room
Museum with adequate models and specimens for students learning
Laboratory facilities to teach public health important topics like entomology,chlorination,etc..

Field Practice Areas

Family Adoption Programme for 4 batches of MBBS students
Urban Health Training Centre (UHTC)
Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC)
Community outreach facilities for field visits, surveys, and health education activities

Services | +

✔ The department provides a range of academic, research, and community health services:

Academic Services:

Teaching and training for MBBS undergraduate students (1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year)
Training for interns (CRMI)
Workshops and skill sessions on epidemiology, biostatistics, family health, environmental health, and research methodology.

Community Health Services:

Preventive and promotive health services through UHTC and RHTC
School health programs
Maternal and child health services
Immunization activities
Vector control and sanitation awareness initiatives
Health camp organization in collaboration with government programs

Public Health Program Implementation:

Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam (MTM) –NCD ClinicDepartment of Community Medicine is nodal department for MTM clinic (OPD No-8) in Govt Ariyalur Medical College Hospital, where we are providing non communicable disease screening and follow-up.
Our department has been involved in Organised Cancer Screening (OCS) Pilot study (TNNCD) under JICA-TNHSP(Japan International Cooperation Agency- Tamilnadu Health System Project)
Support for national programs such as NTEP, NVBDCP, NPCDCS, RMNCAH+N, IDSP, and others
Surveillance and outbreak investigation assistance to district health authorities
Health awareness and IEC/BCC activities for the community.

Awards and prizes | +

✔ Winners in “ELIXER” STATE LEVEL INTERCOLLEGIATE COMMUNITY MEDICINE QUIZ, GMC VILLUPURAM on 21/08/2025

Faculty | +

S.No	Faculty Name	AEBAS Attend.ID	Medical Registration Number	Professional Qualification(s)	Designation	Nature of Employment (Permanent/Contract)	Total Teaching Experience
S.No	Faculty Name	AEBAS Attend.ID	Medical Registration Number	Professional Qualification(s)	Designation	Nature of Employment (Permanent/Contract)	Year	Month	Day
1	DR.SRINIVASAN S	33680500	56986	MD	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HOD (I/C)	PERMANENT	8	11	15
2	DR.SUJATHA S	97266898	75657	MD	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	PERMANENT	8	0	20
3	DR.JENEFAR CYNTHIA A	62595486	106287	MD	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	PERMANENT	2	11	14
4	DR.NIVEDITHA S	11152264	113745	MD	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	PERMANENT	1	10	23
5	DR.LAKSHMI GAYATHRI V	69485058	102262	MD	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	PERMANENT	2	1	9
6	DR.SELVAKUMAR R	45466721	114508	MD	SENIOR RESIDENT	PERMANENT	0	4	2
7	DR.PRABHAKARAN S	14271282	134242	MD	SENIOR RESIDENT	CONTRACT (BOND SERVICE)	0	3	5
8	Mrs.RAJAKUMARI RAJKUMAR	66232940	NIL	DEGREE IN STATISTICS	STATISTICIAN	PERMANENT	0	0	0

Research and Publications | +

✔ The Department of Community Medicine actively promotes research culture among faculty, residents, and students. Research focuses on:

Epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases
Maternal and child health
Environmental and occupational health
Health system strengthening
Public health interventions and program evaluation

Academic Activities: | +

Undergraduates:

	Lecture	Small group Discussions	Self Directed Learning	Total
Phase I MBBS	20 Hours	27 Hours	5 Hours	52 Hours
Phase II MBBS	20 Hours	30 Hours	10 Hours	60 Hours
Third professional Part I MBBS	40 Hours	60 Hours	5 Hours	105 Hours

Phase II MBBS	Clinical posting – 4 weeks
Third professional Part I MBBS	Clinical posting – 6 weeks

Family Adoption Programme:

Family Adoption Programme has been introduced and included as a part of MBBS curriculum where it is requires for each medical student to adopt around 5 families in rural area with the objective of developing communication skills with the adopted families.

In addition students will understand the dynamics of rural set up in health, identifying any diseases or health conditions and guiding the families in case of health needs

Phase I MBBS	27 Hours over 9 visits
Phase II MBBS	30 Hours over 6 visits
Third professional Part I MBBS	21 Hours over 5 visits

CRMI:

The CRMI’s are posted for about 3 months in the department of Community Medicine. They are posted in Rural field practice area ,urban field practice area , Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam clinic. Their activities are periodically reviewed by the faculties.

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