Epidemiology module of practical skills for mbbs student

AN EXAMPLE… INVESTIGATION OF AN OUT BREAK.

Defining Epidemic	Lecture ,Review of Research articles
Listing types of epidemic	Project work in community and hospital
Deciding when there is epidemic	visit to district health office and record section
Method of surviellence	Lecture and visit to PHC
Steps of investigation of an epidemic	Case Study
Prevalence and incidence of endemic diseases	Visit to PHC
Demography of the area of concern	Lecture
Reference laboratories available for Virus/Bacterial Culture	Visit to PHC/CHC/District hospital
Collect , analyse , interpret & present data related to out break	Project Work
Applying appropriate statistical method to test the significance of association.	Project Work

CONTENTS

SECTIONS	Topics
SECTION - A	Epidemiological methods and techniques
SECTION - B	Surveillance- methods use and example
SECTION - C	Outbreak investigation
SECTION - D	Designing a research activity
ANNEXURES
	OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION (Trigger & Response Mechanisms) In IDSP
	IDSP forms and surveillance guidelines
	Writing reports/ articles
	Reviewing a research article Exercise on understanding community Exercise Community Involvement and Communication Exercise on supportive supervision

SECTION – A

Epidemiological methods and techniques

Epidemiology module of practical skills
Learning Objective

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  The student should be able to know the relevance & importance of applying epidemiological skills for effective outcome to bring out effectiveness as a basic doctor in Rural e.g. PHC& other urban settings .
  
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  Student should be able to understand the implication of epidemiological principles in various National Health Programmes.
  
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  Use epidemiology as a scientific tool to make rational decision relevant to community & individual patient intervention
  

Whenever should students go for a are going to field visits they he/she should be able to do the Measurement of morbidity , mortality , Incidence & prevalence from existing data of recent outbreaks in community provided by the health centre authorities.