User:Gardenkur/sandbox/Preventive and social medicine

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Preventive and social medicine is a branch of medicine dealing with providing health services in areas of prevention,promotion and treatment of rehabilitative diseases. Studies in Preventive and social medicine are helpful in providing Guided care, medicine in environmental health, offering scholarly services, policy formulation, consulting, research in International work.

History and Objective[edit]

Preventive and Social medicine primarily deals with providing a complete health services in the field of rehabilitation,curative,preventive and promotion in the field of health sector[1][2][3].

Education[edit]

Preventive and social medicine should have following educational requirements[1]:

  • Has completed 12th standard in science stream
  • completed MBBS and opt for
  • Pursued MD or a diploma course with specialisation in this field.
  • Recommended training for practical exposure with community organisation.

There are various universities offering degress in this field.

Responsibilities[edit]

Practice of Preventive and social medicine involves managing and assessing of surroundings Their main responsibilities are[1][4][5]:

  • They offer specialize services for people health and defined populations.
  • They help in preventing disease through protection and maintainence of health.
  • They help in preventing disability and premature death.

The practice may involve management and assessment of health surrounding environmental or occupational factors. The field of preventive medicine covers a wide range of medical practices

Additional Skills[edit]

Member practicing Preventive and social medicine needs following additional skills[1]:

  • Listening attentively.
  • Communicating friendly.
  • Critical management of issues.
  • Creative thinking.
  • Prompt judgement & decision making.
  • Innovative analysis.
  • Able to express in writing.
  • Critical and complex problem solving.
  • Guidance and Instruction.
  • Skills to pursuade.
  • Research and negotiation.
  • Empathical with patients.
  • Work related committment and dedication.
  • Focussed toward goal.
  • Hard,dedicated and collective work with team.

Career[edit]

Following are career choices[1][6][7]:

1. Work as consultants in organisations such as Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) either in the field or as research officer, training officer and in other roles.

2. Get employed in agencies like WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR which are part of United Nations and Similar ones in various capacities.

3. Working in health systems institutions as Epidemiologist.

4. Work in central and state government levels in Epidemiologist in various departments.

5. Getting employed in healthcare universities as faculty.

6. Work as technical experts in public and private sector industries.

See Also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Social Medicine" (in Hindi). Navbharat Times. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ "What is Global Social Medicine?". News-Medical.net. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Need For Dedicated Public Health Cadre: Learnings From Covid-19 Pandamic". Rising Kashmir. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ Miller, Jake (30 September 2021). "Care, Cure, and Context". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Medicine, the Pandemic and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara". NewsClick. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Why community medicine (public health) is the sexiest profession of the 21st century". Times of India. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. ^ Deshp, Chaitanya (5 March 2022). "Preventive and social medicine key to control future pandemics: Experts | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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