Located on the 2nd floor of the Academic Block, this department has an impressive museum for students.
With the new system-based curriculum, Community Medicine is taught during the first four years of the MBBS course.
Teaching mainly includes lectures and demonstrations, along with visits to places such as vaccination centers, basic health units, family planning centers, infectious disease hospitals, drug addiction centers, and water and sewerage plants.
Community Medicine focuses on health issues affecting the whole community. It helps identify health problems and needs, plans and implements healthcare programs, and evaluates their effectiveness. This field is also known as social medicine, preventive medicine, or public health.