Community Health Training Centres:

To train the interns & students, Urban & Rural Health Training centers are established and maintained under the department of Community Medicine.

1. Urban Health Training Centre (UHTC)

General Principles:

It is a community laboratory for the UG & PG students and interns to learn Family, in its total environment. Family as a nucleus for comprehensive health care.

Functions:

1.      Family Practice – To train UG, PG & Intern medical students for family base practice through community set up

2.       Family welfare services to the families registered.

3.       Health education and awareness program.

4.      Extended Medical services - Curative medical care as part of health care services  through OPD base services and referral services at C. U. S. M. C. general hospital.

b.   Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC)

General Principles:

The centre aims at training the students for community oriented comprehensive health care in a rural setting.

            Activities:

1.   Survey of the surrounding houses and registration of the families.

2.   Identified families allotted to groups of students as part of the family study. Problems to be identified and families to be followed up by the students till their internship. They would be responsible for the health of the family members.

3.   Training of interns and postgraduate students. (Long term)

c.   Mobile Clinic

      Objectives and Activities:

1.      To provide early diagnosis and treatment of cases and prevention of diseases of the rural population.

2.      Create health awareness by health education and exhibition etc

3.      Referral and follow up services.

4.      Training of village youth

5.      School health program.

6.      Screening for diseases.

Interns, health workers and paramedical workers visit 4 villages per day from Monday to Saturday. About 25-30 patients are treated per visit in a village.

5.   Research                             :          

a .   Hospital & Field research, field based research project by faculty, students, interns & para workers

6.   Participation in National School Health Programme of Gujarat State

7.    Participation in the National Pulse Polio Programme for Gujarat State at monitoring level

8.   Organization of Special Days:

     DAYS CELEBRATION

Ø                  21 JUNE  WORLD YOGA DAY CELEBRATION

          Ø          1 DEC WORLD AIDS DAY

   Ø   25 MARCH WORLD TB DAY

   Ø   7 APRIL WORLD HEATH DAY

   Ø   31 MAY WORLD NO TOBAACO DAY CELEBRATION

   Ø   1 TO 7 AUGUST  WORLD BREAST FEEDING WEEK

   Ø   JUNE 26 INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND

              ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING DAY

   Ø   CANCER PREVENTION WEEK FROM JULY

   Ø   25 AUG TO 10 SEP EYE DONATION FORTNIGHT

  OTHER ACTIVITIES OF PSM

        Ø  PARTICIPATION IN MONITORING OF MISSION INDRADHANUSH PROGRAMMME OF GOVT.

   Ø  PARTICIPATION IN BIVALENT TO TRIVALENT SWICH OF OPV BY W.H.O.

    Ø   PARTICIPATION IN MULTI INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY (MICS) ACTIVITY.

           Ø   MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF IMMUNIZATION SERVICES BY GOVERNMENT   ETC

The department has well experienced and qualified faculty, laboratory, museum, library, audio-visual section and computer facility.