Open AccessCommunity medicine: Desperate times calling for desperate measures
Author(s) -
Shailendra Singh Chaudhary,
MM Nagargoje
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.177313
Subject(s) - medical education , community health , public health , community service , medicine , family medicine , nursing , political science , public relations
This article is an attempt by authors to find the solutions for some of the common queries and problems faced by postgraduate students and young faculty members of department of Community Medicine. Topics which are discussed here include: nomenclature of the department, teaching and training of undergraduate and postgraduate students, services to the community and job opportunity after completion of degree/diploma in Community Medicine/PSM/Public Health.