The Department of Community Medicine is actively involved in people’s health improvement, with its comprehensive health care approach, which are preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative healthcare services and researches in the community. In addition, undergraduate academic teaching and training is conducted through comprehensive health care delivery in Urban Health Training Centre (UHTC), Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC).
Mission:
To promote National Medical Council (NMC) recommended Curriculum Based Medical Education (CBME) and decentralised teaching and training activities in community health care delivery. To develop professional leaders through UG and PG teaching and training activities.
To create a community-based model aimed at enhancing the quality of healthcare services.
Departmental services:
RHTC and UHTC:
The Department is affiliated to government Primary Health Centre located at Makali & Community Health Centre located at Thyamagondlu. Different activities such as health camps, health talks, observation of important health days and research activities are being conducted. Health camps are conducted on every Tuesday at Community Health Centre in collaboration with various disciplines of medicine. NCD health camps and school health checkups are conducted at health centres and schools respectively on regular basis. Department is responsible for implementation of various national health programs such as NP-NCD, PMSMA etc. at the UHC and CHC. Teaching and training sessions of interns for capacity building. Research and community-based studies are planned to know about the community problems, in turn to provide the feedback to the authorities.
Occupational health:
Siddharatha Institute of Medical Sciences has state-of-the-art facilities and a team of highly qualified healthcare professionals, specialists and support staff who are committed to providing exceptional care. We understand the unique healthcare needs of different industries and have tailored our services to meet them effectively. We organize healthcare services for various industries under Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) Dobaspete sector. Our organization provides comprehensive healthcare solutions to industries such as occupational health assessments, employee wellness programs, emergency response training and health education and counselling. Our organization is tied to various state government schemes (ABARK, ESI scheme etc.) and other private insurance companies.
Family Adoption Program (FAP):
A new initiative to improve medical education in India is called the Family Adoption Program (FAP), where medical students will be allotted families in rural areas (villages in the radius of 5kms from the hospital) and which provides primary and preventive care services to these families to allow the students to gain practical experience in community-based healthcare. FAP is intended to support the growth of medical students’ interpersonal, clinical, communication, and knowledge of the socioeconomic determinants of health. It is a worthwhile program that could raise the standard of medical education provided in India.
Health camps:
Health camps play a crucial role in providing accessible healthcare services to underserved, unreachable communities. We can target populations like rural or underprivileged communities who might have trouble accessing healthcare facilities by planning health camps. These camps provide opportunities for early diagnosis and treatment, disease prevention, and health promotion. At the Community Health Centre in Thyamagondlu, there will be a speciality health camp every Tuesday where different medical specializations from our institute will treat patients.
