Welcome to the Department of Community Medicine at BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur. This clinical specialty was established at B.R.D Medical College, in the year in 1974, under the headship of Dr Baldev Raj. Three Primary Health Centres and one Urban Health Centre were attached under the ROME Scheme for the rural orientation of under graduates and post graduates. Post Graduate teaching and training started in the year 1979. Presently two seats of MD (SPM) are available in the department. The MD course is recognised by MCI. The department has state of art facility for high quality teaching & training in Community Medicine for under graduate medical students enrolled for MBBS and post graduate medical students enrolled for MD (Community Medicine). The department is actively involved in conducting research work, training programs and providing promotive, preventive and curative health services to the community, for the health and welfare of the people. The department has expertise in handling various research work, implementing, monitoring, supervision and evaluation of national health programmes.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Epidemiology
- Health education
- Monitoring & Evaluation of health programmes
- Biostatistics
- Community health research