DEPARTMENT OF Community Medicine
| Dept. Head | : | |
| OP Time & Days | : | 9.00 am – 12.00 Daily except Sundays including Public Holidays |
| Specialty Clinics | ||
| Preventive Clinic (Anti Rabies clinic) | : | All Days 9.00 to 4 pm Preventive Clinic (Room No.118) 4 pm to 9 am Casualty (Room No.141) |
About Us
Community Medicine is a discipline that imparts knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and responsiveness to medical graduates so that they may be able to to function appropriately and effectively as primary care physicians who ‘understand and provide preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative, palliative and holistic care with compassion’ This is one department where undergraduates are trained from their first year till internship in diverse settings-community, PHC, CHC, District hospital and Medical College hospital. From this experiential learning they are expected to accrue clinical, epidemiological, public health, managerial and leadership skills so that they can intuitively work with communities to reach a community diagnosis and effectively initiate changes with community participation.
Teaching Staff
| Sl. No. | NAME | DESIGNATION |
|---|---|---|
1 | ||
| 2 |  Dr.Dr.Viswakala V S MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) TCMC Reg.: 33971 | Associate Professor |
| 3 |  Dr. Anupa Lucas MBBS, MD (Community Medicine), DNB TCMC Reg.: 30173 | Associate Professor |
| 4 |  Dr. Asha Joan Murali MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) TCMC Reg.: 48799 | Assistant Professor |
| 5 |  Dr. Ajith R. MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) TCMC Reg.: 40025 | Assistant Professor |
| 6 |  Dr. Bablu Raphael MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) TCMC Reg.: 39581 | Assistant Professor |
| 7 |  Dr. Siji V.S | Assistant Professor |
| 8 |  Dr.Santhosh Kumar A G | Lecturer in Sociology |
9 |  Dr. Kripa Soman MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) TCMC Reg.: 59773 | Senior Resident |
10 |  Dr. Milu Elizabeth MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) TCMC Reg.: 70008 | Senior Resident |
11 |  Dr. Shilpa Sunil MBBS TCMC Reg.: 77380 | Senior Resident |
| 12 | Dr.Riya Rose | Senior Resident |
13 |  Dr. Aparna T. Nair MBBS TCMC Reg.: 84316 | Junior Resident |
14 |  Dr. Archana S. A. MBBS TCMC Reg.: 55184 | Junior Resident |
15 |  Dr.Gauri S MBBS TCMC Reg:93046 | Junior Resident |
16 |  Dr.Krishnapriya A MBBS TCMC Reg:81671 | Junior Resident |
| 17 |  Dr Fathima Hamna C M MBBS TCMC Reg:100886 | Junior Resident |
| 18 |  Dr Vishnuja N V MBBS TCMC Reg:1004480 | Junior Resident |
Non-Teaching Staff
| Sl. No. | NAME | DESIGNATION |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Jiji Augustine | Health Inspector Gr.I |
| 2 | Smt.Rekha Vinod | Health Inspector Gr.II |
| 3 | Smt.Sajeela A | Confidential Assistant Gr.I |
| 4 | Sri.Mohammed Riyas | Artist |
| 5 | Sri.Rinku Augustine | Modeller |
| 6 | Sri.Abdul Hameed A E | Junior Lab Assistant |
| 7 | Smt.Souda Beevi | Full Time Sweeper |
| 8 | Sri.Santhosh Thomas | Full Time Sweeper |
| 9 | Sri.Pramod D Nair | DEO IDSP |
| 10 | Smt.Nishamol T N | DEO RPeid Cell |
SERVICES
I. Clinical & community based training of undergraduates (175/year)
| Phase | Lecture | Small Group Learning/Discussion | Self Directed Learning | Family Adoption Programme | Clinical Posting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 9 visits = 27 hrs | |
| Phase 2 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 6 visits = 30 hrs | 60 hours |
| Phase 3 (Part 1) | 40 | 60 | 5 | 6 visits = 30 hrs | 108 hours |
| UNIVERSITY FINAL EXAMINATION | |||||
| Phase 3 (Part 2) | 5 hrs | ||||
| Internship | 12 weeks | ||||
II. Clinical & community based training of postgraduates of MD-Community Medicine
III. OP Services within Government Medical College
| OP services | Days | Time | Services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local OP | Daily except Sundays including Public Holidays | 9.00 am to 12.00 | -Treatment for all common ailments -Minor surgical procedures -Referral services -Training of House surgeons -Daily Life style modification counseling -Disease surveillance |
| Preventive Clinic (Anti Rabies clinic) | 24 hrs X 365 days | 9.00 to 4 pm Preventive Clinic (Room No.118) 4 pm to 9 am Casualty (Room No.141) | Post exposure prophylaxis in Rabies -Administration of immunoglobulin -Administration of IDRV -Counselling Administration of vaccines Hands on training to doctors & nurses of District health Services on post exposure prophylaxis |
iv. Surveillance activity coordinated by Department within the Medical College
| Regional PEID(Prevention of Epidemic &Infectious Diseases) Cell | -Daily reporting of infectious diseases diagnosed in the hospital to DMO and State for timely action -Training of hospital&field staff in Hospital infection control & Communicable diseases -Initiation of outbreak response activities in coordination with District health team |
| Integrated Disease Surveillance Program | Daily & weekly reporting of communicable diseases to the DMO |
v. Field demonstration centres of Community Medicine department
| Urban Health Training Centre-KMCH Ettumannoor | OP,IP,Outreach programs & routine preventive,promotive,rehabilitative &palliative care activities of the area.(including National Programs) |
| Rural Health Training Centre,Koodalloor |
vi. Mentoring in Research Methodology
| Annual Research Methodology workshops | -Faculty of Community Medicine conducts Annual Research methodology Workshop for postgraduates -Mentors faculty and postgraduates in protocol development for research providing methodological &statistical support. |
vii.Community based activities
| Collaboration with District health Services | -Epidemic Control -Communicable disease death Audit -Capacity building initiatives -Evaluation & Monitoring of national Programs -Training of interns in taluk/district hospitals |
| Technical advice to Local Self Governments in innovative health projects | -The formulation of health projects are supported and implementation mentored |
| Behavioural Change Communication to students,volunteers&all stakeholders in subjects of public health importance | -All faculty involved inbehavioural change communications for communicable & non communicable disease control |
| Capacity building in community based palliative care | -Home care services to bedridden patients of Arpookara Panchayath in association with Sanjeevani (Palliative Care Unit of Kottayam Medical College students and Palliative nurse of Athirampuzha PHC. |
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
- Conducted the first IAPSM PG Refresher Course in Kerala, a four-day academic program that brought together first-, second-, and third-year MD Community Medicine postgraduate students from across the state to enhance their knowledge and research skills.
- Family Adoption Program 2021 batch was initiated at ward 1 of Manjadikkari and 175 students were allotted the houses in the ward-the most difficult to reach ward in Arpookkara Panchayath.
RESEARCH
Departmental:
Assessment of Unmet Needs and Access to Assistive Technologies Among the General Population Through Digital rATA Tool – a Cross- Sectional Survey in India – ICMR Multicentric study.
Postgraduate research projects:
- Prevalence of Anxiety Disorders and its Associated Factors Among Adolescents in Arpookara Panchayath
- Assessment of Dependency Based on Activities of Daily Living and Associated Factors among Elderly Aged more than 60 years in Central Kerala
- Social, Occupational & Environmental risk factors of Leptospirosis in Kottayam district – A Case Control Study
- Prevalence of latent Tuberculosis infection among household contacts of Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in selected Tuberculosis units in Kottayam district
- Prevalence and Determinants of Anemia mong tribal women in the reproductive age group of Pathanamthitta District
- Prevalence and Patterns of Multimorbidity Among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Above 40 years of age in Arpookkara Panchayath Kottayam District Kerala.
Undergraduate research projects
2019 MBBS Batch
- Adverse events following 1st and 2nd dose of Covishield vaccination among adults aged 18 years and above vaccinated from Urban Health Care Training Centre of Govt. Medical College, Kottayam
- Postpartum depression among women attending a tertiary care centre in Central Kerala
- Vaccination status among adult covid 19 patients
- Practice of defensive medicine among junior medical practitioners in a tertiary health care centre Kottayam
- Prevalence of computer vision syndrome and associated riskfactors in adolescents in Kerala
- Profile of patients attending post covid 19 clinic in a tertiary care centre in Central Kerala
- A cross sectional study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of needle stick injury among nursing staff in tertiary health care hospital, Kottayam
- Social, Environmental and Behavioural determinants of Leptospirosis infection in Kottayam district. A case control study
- Proportion of post covid respiratory syndromes among patients attending the post covid clinic at Kottayam Medical College
2020 MBBS Batch
- Maternal & Foetal outcomes in obesity complicating pregnancy
- Profile of children with speech delay presenting to REIC
- Knowledge Attitude & Practice of electronic waste generation among households of Ettumanoor Panchayath
- Prevalence of Suicidal Ideas among patients with depression attending psychiatry department in a tertiary care hospital.
- Prevalence of work related Musculo skeletal pain among Nurses working at a tertiary care centre. – A cross sectional study
- Feeding Practices & Anthropometric measurements of children aged 6 months to one year in Arpookara Panchayath
2021 MBBS Batch
- Prevalence of Anemia and its associated factors among women aged 15 to 59 years in Manjadikkari ward of Arpookara Panchayath
- COPD assessment using CAT score and Tuberculosis vulnerability scoring in Manjadikkari ward of Arpookara Panchayath
- Physical activity assessment and NCD status of adults in Manjadikkari ward of Arpookara Panchayath
- Oral health profile and associated factors in Manjadikkari ward of Arpookara Panchayath
- Sleep quality Emotional Intelligence among medical students and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study at a Tertiary care Centre in central Kerala y among undergraduate medical and paramedical students
- Obesity and hypertension among medical students: A growing concern
- Assessment of anxiety and depression among IP trauma patients in a tertiary care center of Central Kerala
- Hospital acquired infection prevention practices among doctors in a tertiary care centre in central kerala
- Prevalence of anxiety among medical undergraduate students in a tertiary health care centre in Central Kerala
- Proportion of musculoskeletal disorders among computer-based office employees of a tertiary health care institution in Central Kerala-A cross sectional study
- Caregiver burden among primary care givers of cancer patients admitted in Government Medical College, Kottayam
2022 MBBS Batch
- Sleep quality Emotional Intelligence among medical students and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study at a Tertiary care Centre in central Kerala y among undergraduate medical and paramedical students
- Obesity and hypertension among medical students: A growing concern
- Assessment of anxiety and depression among IP trauma patients in a tertiary care center of Central Kerala
- Hospital acquired infection prevention practices among doctors in a tertiary care centre in central kerala
- Prevalence of anxiety among medical undergraduate students in a tertiary health care centre in Central Kerala
- Proportion of musculoskeletal disorders among computer-based office employees of a tertiary health care institution in Central Kerala-A cross sectional study
- Caregiver burden among primary care givers of cancer patients admitted in Government Medical College, Kottayam
2023 MBBS Batch
- Prevalence of Needle Stick Injuries and the factors associated in a tertiary care Center, Central Kerala
- Prevalence of menstrual cup users and barriers of usage of menstrual cup among women of reproductive age group in Arpoorkara panchayat, Kottayam district, Kerala
- Prevalence of social anxiety among adolescent school children in Kottayam
- Menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in selected school in kottayam district
- Assessment of knowledge and acceptance regarding HPV vaccination among mothers of adolescent girls (9–15 years) in Arpookara Panchayat using a structured questionnaire Kottayam district
- Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and their impact on daily life activities among commercial vehicle drivers in Aarpookara Panchayat. Care giver burden among primary
- Care givers of patients consulting in the psychiatry department of a tertiary care center in Kottayam
- Proportion and causes of delayed presentation among female breast cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital, Kottayam
- Pre Self-care practice in adult diabetic patients
- prevalence of self-medication and associated factors among health care workers
- Prevalence of polypharmacy and factors influencing its occurrence in elderly
- Prevalence of undiagnosed vision problems and their association with academic difficulties among school children
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Jagratha-Rabies Awareness classes conducted with Manorama Horizon from September 28, World Rabies Day. Prepared a comprehensive comic pamphlet for education and a highly interactive class for dispelling myths about rabies and for awareness regarding postexposure prophylaxis in rabies. Over 3000 school students in selected schools of the district trained.
- District health Services & Department jointly conducted hands on comprehensive training on “Rabies-Post Exposure Prophylaxis” for all Medical officers and staff nurses in the district. There was a one day training session followed by hands on practice at the Preventive Clinic at MCH
- First batch of CBME students -175 had their clinicosocial case examinatiom performed in the field with examiners both during final sessionals and University practical examination. Special thanks to the 332 houses in Arpookkara panchayath who hosted students for their practical clinical examination in the field
FACULTY
Dr Geethadevi. M
- Faculty -National Medical Council Nodal Centre Kottayam since 2013
- Coordinator -Regional Prevention of Epidemic & Infectious Disease Cell &IDSP; Kottayam 2023
- Nodal Officer- National Medical Council Biometric Punching; Kottayam-2023
- Advance Course in Medical Education 2014
- MPhil in Behavioral Medicine 2014(MG University)
Dr. Biju George
- Member, Health Technology Assessment Committee, Government of Kerala
- Member, State Operational Research Committee, NTEP, Kerala
- Member. Technical Advisory committee, School of Family studies, KUHS, Kerala
- Member, Board of Studies in Bio-Statistic, University of Calicut, Kerala
- Core Committee member-State Board of Medical Research-DME
- MPhil in Clinical Epidemiology (First Batch KUHS)
- Leads Research Methodology Workshops for faculty & PG students in diverse academic forums of the State/Regional/National level.
Dr. Anupa Lucas
- ASCEND (Asian Collaboration for Excellence in Non-Communicable Disease) Fellow 2012
- FAIMER Fellow (Foundation for Advancement & International Medical Education & Research) 2013
- State Nodal Officer IAPSM World Health Day Quiz 2023
- District Nodal Officer –Sub National verification of TB claims by Districts- 2022.
- Organising Secretary Research Methodology Workshop for Post Graduates-2022
- Family Adoption Program 2022 MBBS Batch (Marginalised urban Colonies)- Co-ordinator
Dr. Asha Joan Murali
- Scholar in MPhil Clinical Epidemiology (Kerala University of Health Sciences) 2022
- Administrative Medical Officer-Health Training Centre
Dr. Ajith R
- Organizing Secretary Research Methodology Workshop for Post Graduates-2023
- Medical Officer in charge -Anti Rabies Clinic
Academic Excellence
- Dr. Thushara & Dr. Regina among top scorers in KUHS MD Exam June 2022
- Dr. Santhosh kumar A. G PhD in Sociology in 2022