The Department of Community Medicine carries out its primary task of teaching and training of UG (MBBS) and interns in Community Medicine.
The Department collaborates with the District Hospital in planning and implementation of several National Health Programs such as the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme and the Universal Immunization Programme.
Research in the areas of Public Health and Community Health are essential aspects of the activities carried out by the department. The department has two well-established training centre: the Urban Health Training Centre situated at Mathura, 16 km away, and the Rural Health Training Centre located at SRC Hospital, Mathura about 15 km from the college.
Vision:
To train doctors who can provide comprehensive medical services to the community.
Mission:
• To achieve academic excellence through outstanding teaching programs and quality research.
• To train doctors who are empowered with excellent knowledge and skills in Medical Sciences.
• To ensure that besides being good doctors, our students also turn out to be good managers, decision-makers, and communicators.
• To train doctors who can provide comprehensive health care to society, including preventive, promotive, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative services.
Recent Achievements of the Department:
• The department has collaborated with the District Hospital /CHC Goverdhan for practical training of interns. Out of a 12-week training period with the department, the interns are sent for 9 weeks of training at District Hospital, where they work for 3 weeks each in the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, providing them useful exposure and training in handling all types of cases.
Facilities Available in the Department:
The department has a well-equipped research laboratory for undergraduate students, with equipment like dissecting microscopes, compound microscopes, weighing scales, autoclaves, incubators, water testing kits, milk testing kits, etc.
Additionally, the department has a well-equipped and well-stocked museum to teach and train students. There are an adequate number of specimens, models, charts, and entomology slides, with models arranged topic-wise to facilitate proper learning.
There is a departmental library with an adequate number of books in Community Medicine and allied subjects, as well as Indian and foreign journals.
The department manages two homely centres: the Rural Health Training Center at SRC Hospital and the Urban Health Training Centre at Mathura. Both centers are equipped with a clinical laboratory, labor room, and minor OT for care treatment of patients.
Head of the Department:
Dr (Maj) Vijay Kumar
Professor & Head
Department of Community Medicine
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KMMCH to be College has come up as one of the top institutions in India to study medicine in Mathura U.P. The institute is now considered as the best medical university in India 6 years after its inception.
KMMCH to be College has come up as one of the top institutions in India to study medicine in Mathura U.P. The institute is now considered as the best medical university in India 6 years after its inception.