Medico Guides 10th Block Community Medicine Guidelines

Prepared by:

                 Shahr Bano Sayal (G12)

Compiled by:

                 Talha Saleem (G12)

  • Excel Community Medicine 14th edition (Chapter numbers are mentioned according to this edition)
  • Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine

Overview:

  • You people are already familiar with this subject and may have idea how to study
  • I would suggest to study it from excel and past papers
  • I already shared pdfs with you for revision that will cover your deficits.
  • And if you want you can study from K park (on your own risk)                     

BIOSTATISTICS

  • Each and every word of this chapter is vvvv imp (just give a single read from K Park for this topic)
  • Definition of biostatistics (imp)
  • Vital statistics
  • Functions of biostatistics (v imp)
  • Terminology
  • Data with types (imp)
  • Census (imp) with types
  • Methods for estimation of population (all formulas) (imp)
  • System of collection of data (read it)
  • Presentation of data (all tables & charts n diagrams (v imp)
  • Measure of central tendency (v imp)
  • Measure of dispersion (imp)
  • Chi-square test (v imp)
  • Student T test (imp)
  • Z-test (v imp)
  • Life table and advantages (v imp)
  • Normal distribution curve (vv imp)
  • Standard error (v imp)
  • Hypothesis and types (vv imp)
  • Table at end of chapter (v imp)

DEMOGRAPHY

  • Important topic do it whole and formulas
  • Definition
  • Population dynamics (v imp)
  • Population doubling time (imp)
  • Growth rate (v imp)
  • Crude birth and death rates
  • Reasons for population change (v imp)
  • Calculation of population (v imp)
  • Components of population growth (v imp)
  • How to control population explosion?
  • Definition of literate person
  • Fertility determinants (imp)
  • Cause of higher fertility (imp) (SPED)
  • High infant mortality affects fertility (v imp)
  • Basic fertility measurements (most imp topic) (v imp) (do formulas from Park)
  • Population pyramids (vv imp)
  • Sex ratio (v imp)
  • Demographic transition (v imp)
  • Demographic cycle (most important) (cycle from Park)
  • demographic trap (v imp)
  • Population momentum formula (v imp)
  • Implications of high population
  • Demographic features (imp)
  • Vital index (imp)
  • Density of population (v imp)

PRIMARY HEALTHCARE

  • PHC definition (imp)
  • Elements of PHC (v imp)
  • Principles of PHC (imp)
  • Health for all (v imp)
  • Global target for HFA
  • Causes of failure of HFA
  • Health planning cycle (vv imp)
  • 7-star doctors
  • Levels of health care
  • Referral tier diagram (imp)
  • BHU (v imp) (services, building duties of BHU)
  • RHC (Facilities, services, duties) (imp)
  • THQ
  • DHQ
  • Integrated rural health care definition
  • LHV duties
  • LHW duties
  • Rural health problem
  • Difference btw BHU &RHC

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

  • Definition
  • OCCUPATIONAL affairs
  • Occupational health
  • Ergonomics definition (imp)
  • sickness absenteeism
  • Occupational disease of different organs
  • Pneumoconiosis definition and each type (v imp)
  • Silicosis (important most, cause and X-rays pattern)
  • Anthracosis (v imp)
  • Asbestosis (causes and respiratory disorders) (imp)
  • Byssinosis (imp)
  • Bagassosis (imp)
  • Pneumoconiosis preventions (medical, engineering measures, legislation) (imp)
  • OCCUPATIONAL hazards (imp)
  • Management plan to prevent
  • Lead poisoning (vv imp)
  • Table at end of chapter (vv imp)

NUTRITION

  • Definition
  • Classification of foods
  • Nutrients Definition
  • Balanced diet definition
  • Basal metabolism (imp)
  • Calories requirements of male, female, infants
  • Factors affecting nutrition needs
  • Proposed diets (v imp)
  • Food fortification (imp)
  • Adulteration of food (v imp)
  • Theme and slogan of world health day (imp)
  • Food borne diseases
  • Food infection
  • Preservation of food (v imp)
  • Sources of Adulteration of milk (v imp)
  • Methods of rendering milk safe (imp)
  • Assessment of nutritional status (imp)
  • Table of indicators of nutritional status (v imp)
  • Anthropometric measurements (v imp)
  • Forms of malnutrition (v imp)
  • Protein-energy malnutrition (imp)
  • Gomez classification (imp)Last table (vitamin A, Vit D, vit B1, B 12, calcium, iron)
  • Table of trace minerals (Iodine)
  • Differences btw marasmus& kwashiorkor (imp)
  • Difference btw cholera & food Poisoning (v imp)
  • Difference btw food fortification and Adulteration (v imp)

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Chapter 20:

  • Disaster definition (v imp)
  • Hazard definition
  • Types of disasters
  • Morbidity resulting from disaster
  • Phases of disaster (figure at end of chapter)
  • Steps in disaster management (imp) (Shortlist and get idea)
  • Triage (v imp)
  • Post disaster management (v imp)
  • Organization model
  • The surveillance cycle (imp)
  • Man made disaster (imp)
  • Disaster in Pakistan (imp)
  • Measures to be taken in specific disaster (imp)

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