Best Practice 1

Best Practice 1

SUSMERAM PROJECT

Objectives:

  • To give a real picture of rural living conditions & their health problems of the community to the students.

  • To improve students’ communication skills .

  • To provide  the best available treatment options and to cater to patients of all socio – economic classes, ensuring cent percent health awareness and tobacco cessation.

Context:

  • The  Institution has conducted  a rural health survey activity in the curriculum of undergraduate.

Practice:

  • Five families to be allotted to each group comprising of Undergraduate students[ IST – IVTHYear ] Interns, Post Graduate Students and faculties.

  • The groups will function under the guidance of Faculty incharge and will visit the families allotted to them.

  • In this visit, students record patient details and social demographic information in their journals.

  • Follow up visits are also planned.  In these visits, information about health profile, environment factors, dietary history & nutritional status, socio-cultural factors, family planning, immunization status, addictions, consanguineous marriages and vital statistics will be recorded.

  • Students make rapport with families & collect data using questionnaire during visits.

  • Records will be maintained, and marks will be kept for journal in internal assessments .

  • Needy persons are given health education and referral to our hospital. 

Evidence of success:

Benefits to family:

  • Creating awareness about Oral Health Care.

  • People get information regarding health services available in health centers, Information about special OPD schedule and the various treatment options available.

  • Information regarding health insurance schemes run by Government MSW helps to connect these families.

Benefits to students:

  • Early exposure to rural community: Living conditions, rural environment, and healthproblems, social and cultural factors.

  • Early clinical exposure.

  • Learn communication skills.

  • Learn responsibilities towards community as physician of first contact.

  • Development of bioethical skills.

  • Overcome language barriers.

  • Research orientation –  Formulation of aims and objectives, methodology, data collection and analysis,report writing and presentation.

Presentation skills:    

  • Skills in handling computer and its application, team work and coordination.

Hands on training in biostatistics:  Data collection, data feeding, analysis, making tables and graphs.

Problems encounter and resources required:

  • Time slot given is short.

  • Require additional staff & vehicles for transportation.

Co-operation from villagers.

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