The Course is specifically designed for international students’ covering their interests of conceptual understanding & practical learning in various aspects of social health, rural & community development, primary health care, and health of the underprivileged in resource poor settings.

Objectives of the Course:

1. Acquire adequate understanding of the concepts of social health & development in a developing country
2. Expose to the practical constraints of managing social health and development projects in urban and rural community.
3. Develop skills necessary to make social & community diagnosis

1. Hands on experience in rural, remote & tribal health care delivery systems, social and development projects on women’s empowerment, HIV/AIDS of FSW, MSM & Migratory workers, School Health in villages & towns.
2. Exposure visits to primary-tertiary level medical, nursing, physiotherapy rehabilitation centres, Indian system of medicine of government & NGOs.

Prerequisites & Admission procedure:

• Pre-medical, Gap year pre-medical, medical students & medical residents, Pre-nursing and graduate nursing students, Physiotherapy students, Public health students, Para-medical students, Pre-health students, Physician Asst. students, Naturopathy students, Medical anthropology & medical psychology students, and all those who are interested in entering into health fields.
• Interested Institutions can also approach for deputation of a group of students for the course. Such institutions can write to the Director, CSM at the address given below

Course Fee & Other Expenses:

The Cost of the Course is USD 750 which includes admission and tuition fee, hostel and food expenses in the University Campus. Students will be accommodated in International Hostel in the Campus.

Dates of Commencement and Admission Procedure

The Course commences in July/Aug, Oct/Nov, Jan/Feb, and Apr/May months of every year. Students are admitted into the Course round the year, either on first-cum-first serve/student convenience basis.

Interested students can apply on prescribed application form or write to the Director, CSM.

To download Application Form Click here

Certificate of Attendance & Credits

Certificate of attendance & Credits (if required) of the course will be awarded at the end of the course.

Interested candidates can contact :
Prof. K.V. Somasundaram,
Director,
Centre for Social Medicine
Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences –Deemed University,
Loni – 413 736 Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra - India
Phone: +91 2422 273600 (Extn: 1391)
Fax: +91 2422 273413
Email: csm@pmtpims.org



Course Contents & Scheduling:

1. Principle of Social Health/ Development
   Concept of Social & Community Diagnosis, Principles of equity & empowerment, Social determinants of Health / Development, Healthy Settings – Healthy villages, Schools, Community Needs Assessment
   
   
2. Primary Health Care & BCC
   Approaches to Primary health care, Training Change Agents – social activists, Use of Appropriate Technology, Community Participation, Advocacy & Behavioural Change Communication
   
   
3. Management Information Systems in Social Health & Development
   Collection and use of health development information, ICT in Rural Health & Development, Setting Indicators, Monitoring and Evaluation
   
   
4. Developing skills
   Personal Development, Understanding group dynamics, Conflict resolution, Effective listening and Counseling, Training skills
   
   

Teaching Methodology

Participative learning through active involvement of trainees

• Lectures/Demonstrations (35%)
• Field Visits at Rural Health Centres, Mobile Clinics, e-health centres, social development projects (65%)

The Faculty

The faculty includes experts In Social Health, Social Work, Community Development, Project Development from the Centre and its constituent institutes of the University.