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SPC1 S Gopalakrishnan
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4 South‐East Asian Journal of Medical Education
Vol. 4 no.2, 2010
3. Field visit: Students visit centers of public Clinical-social case studies: Each student is
health importance such as primary health given a model case sheet of patients with
centers and sub-centers, water/sewage relevant data relating to communicable and
treatment plants, milk processing units, child non-communicable diseases of public health
care centers, rural and urban health training importance. Questions are answered and
centers, TB, filaria and leprosy control units discussed with faculty members. Finally, each
etc. They also visit nearby villages and urban student examines patients in hospital wards or
slums to build awareness of socio-economic urban or rural health centers and presents the
status, public health problems, existing health case study report to other students and faculty
practices, planning for community diagnosis members. This helps in encouraging peer
and field surveys and to organize health review and acquisition of clinical skills.
education programmes in the community.
Students take a detailed history and examine
In addition, students are assigned the the patient, write a case sheet and discuss
following “Learning by Doing” activities: based on the probable diagnosis and
management at individual, family and the
Seminars: Each student is assigned a topic community level by considering clinical, social
related to community medicine. Seminars aim and economic issues related to the patient.
to develop new knowledge and skills about They are expected to apply knowledge on the
topic selection, preparation of material, levels of prevention, existing healthcare
presentation and discussion. This also infrastructure available for the management
develops greater understanding of the subject and relevant National Health Programmes.
by the use of library, writing and resource Thus the student learns about the holistic
seeking behaviour. Students prepare posters approach to patient care in a community
relevant to the subject, which are exhibited. setup.
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