Course Outline

Final Part I M.B.,B.S.

Subject contents are outlined under four major headings. The scope of content covers all aspects of teaching - learning experiences relating to lectures, demonstrations, tutorials, field teaching etc.

A. CONCEPT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

1. History and evolution of Preventive & Social Medicine.
2. Concept of Health.
3. Community medicine: concept and practice.
4. Measurement of Health.
5. Factors influencing Health.
6. Mental Health
7. Definition and scope of Social medicine.

B. DISEASE CONTROL

1. General epidemiology (including methodology)
2. Principles of prevention and control.
3. Natural history of disease.
4. Levels of prevention.
5. Immunizations.
6. 17 diseases under national surveillance.
7. International health regulations.
8. Communicable diseases.

• Plague
• Cholera
• Dengue haemorrhagic fever
• Japanese encephalitis
• Small pox
• Diphtheria
• Poliomyelitis
• Whooping cough
• Tetanus
• Measles
• Malaria
• Trachoma
• Tuberculosis
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Filariasis
• Leprosy
• Enteric fevers
• Food poisoning
• Leptospirosis
• Diarrhea and dysentery
• Anthrax
• Influenza
• Viral hepatitis
• Rabies
• Arbor viruses
• Yellow fever
• Rickettsial diseases
• Intestinal helminthiasis
• Non - communicable diseases
  • Nutritional diseases: PEM, Iron deficiency anaemia, goiter.
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Malignancies
  • Accidents
  • Hormonal diseases: Diabetes, Thyrotoxicosis
  • Mental disorders

C. HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

1. Principles of management.

• Health administration in Myanmar
• National Health Plan
• Health education
• Biomedical statistics and vital statistics
• International health
• Public health laws
• Maternal and child health
• School health
• Occupational health in industry and agriculture.
• Care of handicapped persons 11. Care of aged persons (Geriatric Health)
• Juvenile delinquency.
• Drug addiction.
• Nutrition promotion and rehabilitation services.
• Problem children: Deprived children, Behavioural disorders of children.
• Primary Health Care.
• Health for all beyond 2000
• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

D. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

• Water sanitation.
• Housing and health
• Excreta disposal
• Refuse disposal
• Food sanitation
• Management of fairs and festivals
• Disinfection and disinfectants / Insecticides
• Pest control
• Disaster Management
• Climate Change

E. FIELD TEACHING PROGRAMME

1. Clinico-social case taking and presentation
2. Family health care visits to suburban communities
3. Visits to places of public health interest in urban areas.

Residential field training to townships and rural areas