Admission Open 2019-20

PROGRAMS OFFERED

KEY FEATURES

• Use epidemiology as a scientific tool to make rational decisions relevant to communities and individuals for preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative care.
• Diagnose and manage public health problems prevailing in the community keeping in mind the existing health care system in the context of the prevailing socio-cultural beliefs.
• Guides the health system at policy, planning, implementing and evaluation level.

CORE COMPETENCIES

For MBBS Students

• The Indian Medical Graduate would have obtained the following set of competencies at the time of graduation:

1. Clinician, who understands and provides preventive, promotive, curative, palliative and holistic care with compassion.
2. Leader and member of the health care team and system
3. Communicator with patients, families, colleagues and community
4. Lifelong learner committed to continuous improvement of skills and knowledge
5. Lifelong learner committed to continuous improvement of skills and knowledge
6. Professional who is committed to excellence, is ethical, responsive and accountable to patients, community and the profession

For MD Students

• The purpose of PG education in community medicine is to create specialists who would provide high quality health care and advance the cause of science through research & training.

1. To create a skilled cadre of medical professionals having expertise in the application of principles of Public Health, Community Medicine and applied epidemiology, contributing meaningfully in formulating National Health Policies & Programmes with a systems approach for overall human development.
2. To standardize the teaching & training approaches at post- graduate level, for Community Medicin
3. Research: To formulate research questions, do literature search, conduct study with an appropriate study design and study tool; conduct data collection and management, data analysis and report.

CONSULTANCY SUPPORT TO STATE GOVERNMENT

• On: State Task force on Immunization           
• Rotavirus Immunization through UHC          
• Human Papilloma Virus vaccination of adolescent girls          
• State Task force in Tuberculosis

ACTIVITIES

1. UHTC (Urban Health Training Centre)

Urban health Centre under the department of Community Medicine is located in Tadong at a distance of 3 km from SMIMS campus. It provides OPD and immunization services to the community. Various outreach activities like camps and awareness programmes are organized through UHC. The interns are also posted in rotational basis.

2. RHTC (Rural Heath Training Centre) 

Primary Health Centre, Pakyong has been designated as Rural Heath Training Centre for MBBS and interns of SMIMS following the MOU signed between Govt of Sikkim and Sikkim Manipal University. RHTC is located at a distance of 20 kms from SMIMS. The MBBS students are taken for their postings to learn about the functioning of PHC while interns have their residential posting for a period of three months.

3. Family Adoption Program

Family Adoption Programme has been incorporated in the MBBS curriculum. The students hereby adopt family and take care of the family allotted to them throughout their course. Community engagement in medical education gives the students an insight into the living conditions of the public and how they influence their health.

It is a continuous program from MBBS Phase 1 through Phase 3 Part 1.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

The areas of research include:Community based public health research; Estimate disease burden; Framing policies for disease control; Monitoring and evaluation

1. ONGOING    

PRESCRIP-TEC- Preventive and screening innovation project towards elimination of  Cervical Cancer

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Nasrin B.Laskar, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SMIMS.
• Co-investigators: Dr. Pesona Grace Luksom, Associate Professor, Department of  OBG, SMIMS, Dr . Bidita Khandelwal , Professor, Department of Medicine, SMIMS, Dr. Mingma Lhamu  Sherpa, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, SMIMS
• Funding Agency: DBT

Situation Analysis of the food procurement, storage, processing, and consumption practices among selected communities in North East India.

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Karma G.Dolma, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology ,SMIMS
• Co-Investigator: Dr Nasrin B. Laskar , Professor Department of Community Medicine , SMIMS
• Funding Agency: ICMR

National Mental Health Survey 2

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Nasrin Banu Laskar, Professor,Department of Community Medicine,SMIMS
• Co-Investigator: Dr. Samrat Singh Bhandari, Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMIMS,Dr Shraddha Deokota , Assistant Professor Department of Community Medicine , Dr. Prava Kapil , Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, SMIMS, Dr. T. Sayon Singh, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine
• Funding Agency:NIMHANS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS ( Year 2023)

• Thapa B, Banu N. ‘Comparative Analysis of Pulmonary Function in School Going Adolescents: Examining the impact of Depression and Anxiety’: Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
• Sunita, Banu.N . Biomedical Waste Management among health care workers in a Primary Health Centre in Sikkim, India – A KAP Study: Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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