| DEPARTMENT
OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE |
Prof.
Maaz Ahmad
MBBS, MCPS, FCPS.
Professor of Community Medicine
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Brief
History and Introduction
The
subject of Community Medicine made its recognition
in the late 50s (then titled as Hygiene and
Preventive Medicine) when it was included in
medical curriculum. At that time the teaching
of the subject was conducted by part time and
visiting faculty. Eminent scholars and subject
specialists used to teach the subject. The department
of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (now Community
Medicine) was created in 1971, initially with
little staff, but later regular staff was appointed
in the department. Dr Zahida Sultana Mir was
the first chair person of the department, followed
by Dr. Farhat Afza, Dr. Maaz Ahmad and Dr. Tasneem.
Prof. Dr Maaz Ahmad is heading the department
now a days.
This
department has played a leading role in preparation
of community minded physicians. Many eminent
specialists in the field of medicine have achieved
the excellence in the subject of community medicine.
First Vice Chancellor of KEMU, Prof. Dr. Mumtaz
Hassan was the most brilliant star in the galaxy
of physicians who were awarded Role of Honors
in the subject of community medicine. and history
repeated itself when his son Mr Mustafa Mumtaz
was honored the same..
The
department has guided /supervised all the students
not only from KEMC but from other medical colleges
who wanted to do post graduations in the field
of Public health / Community medicine. Two of
them have been awarded PhD in Public Health.
Since its recognition by College of Physicians
& Surgeons Pakistan, FCPS in Community medicine
was awarded to five doctors, MCPS in Community
medicine to two doctors and DMCH to one doctor
in the department of community medicine so far.
Last year 7 staff members of the department
have been enrolled as Ph. D. research scholar
in the University of Punjab. Moreover since
its creation thousands of students have been
trained in the discipline of Community Medicine.
Child
healthcare in community setting
Department
of Community medicine in King Edward medical
University, Lahore has brought a dramatic change
in the subject to such an extent that now at
the end of 4th year every students is fully
conscious of community problems and he is well
equipped with all the basic and necessary skills
to act as a capable health manager. He is able
to solve the community problems through community
participation, promotion of the concept of health–conscious
community, research-oriented approach and community
oriented medical education. Through training
received in the dept. of community medicine,
he has developed enormous confidence in his
personality and now he can provided primary
health care to people upon their entire satisfaction.
This all was due to launching of community based
training and research program in 1995 when a
large number of urban, periurban, slums and
rural areas were probed regularly by the students
of 4th year MBBS under the guidance of the staff
of department of Community medicine.
This
program is the real backbone of the mission
statement of this department. Through this program
uptil now thousands of community people have
been given health education to prevent diseases,
promote health and prolong their life in healthy
direction. Apart from health education, communities
have been educated and trained to keep the environment
clean, to have safe water, adequate sanitation
measures and to promote inter personnel communication.
Special emphasis was given to improve reproductive
health services and child care. Communities
were also trained how to identify and manage
various endemic diseases In brief communities
were made health conscious and this process
is continued till we transform our nation into
a well aware and fully health conscious nation.
Medical
checkup in a medical camp
OBJECTIVES
1.
To make the students understand the concept
of Primary Health care through community oriented
medical education approach.
2.
To expose the students to the real life situation
regarding health problems of the communities.
3.
Train the students in taking community diagnosis
of health status of the population.
4.
To enable the students to practice Primary health
Care in communities.
5.
to train the students in routine management
of married women of reproductive age and children
below 5 yeas of age
6.
To train the students in the concept and delivery
of school health services.
7. To develop the inter personal communication
and integrated approach among community people,
health care providers and social workers.
8.
To develop coordination and intersectoral collaboration
among various health care providers and health
care related agencies.
9.
to make the students capable of identifying
diseases in early stages in all age-groups,
to solve their problems at the primary care
level and refer the complicated cases to secondary
of tertiary care level facilities.
10.
To develop Local committees manned by the local
residents of those communities, trained and
supervised by the staff of Department of Community
medicine.
Faculty
of Community Medicine
Sitting
(L to R) Dr. Qasar, Dr. Munir, Prof. Dr. Maaz,
Dr. Shahid, Dr. Shehzad
Standing (L to R) Dr. Arif, . M Aslam, Dr. Akhtar
Lang, Dr. Wajid, Dr. Akhtar Rana
List
of Faculty
Sr.
No. Name Designation. Qualifications.
1
Prof. Maaz Ahmed, Head of the Deptt. MBBS, MCPS,
FCPS.
2.
Dr. Shahid Mehmood. Associate Professor. MBBS,
DPH, FCPS.
3.
Dr.Tasneem Fatima Rana. Assistant Professor.
MBBS, MCPS .
4.
Dr. Muhammad Muneer, Assistant Professor. MBBS,
DTCD, DCH, DPH.
5.
Dr. Rana Muhammad Akhtar. Additional Principal
Medical Officer. MBBS, FCPS.
6.
Dr. Akhtar Lang. Additional Principal Medical
Officer. MBBS.
7.
Dr. Qaiser Parveen, Additional Principal Woman
Medical Officer MBBS, DMCH, DGO.
8.
Dr. Shahzad Saeed. Sr. Demonstrator. MBBS, DOMS,
MCPS, MSc.
9.
Dr. Arslan Shareef Malik. Demonstrator. MBBS
10.
Dr. Syed Wajid Ali Shah, Demonstrator. MBBS,
FCPS-I,
11.
Dr. Muhammad Arif Khan. Demonstrator. MBBS,
PGD (Nutrition) MSc.
Community Health & Nutrition.
12.
Mr. Muhammad Aslam. Health Educator MA Health
Education.
13.
Syeda Wajiha Medical Social Officer M.A.Sociology
List
of Postgraduate Programs
•
FCPS
• DPH,
List
of undergraduate Program
• MBBS
• BDS
Research activities to be achieved during
2005-6
List
of Topics for Original Research to be completed
by students of 4th year session 2005-6
Psychosocial
determinants of moral poverty
Psychosocial
determinants of why people prefer private educational
coaching centers
Socio-economic
determinants of unemployment in the country
Psychosocial
determinants of hypocrisy
Psychosocial
determinants of absenteeism from the classes
by the students
psycho-social
factors leading to violation of traffic rules
Psychosocial
determinants discouraging nuclear family system
Psycho-social factors responsible for rising
trend of joining medical profession as
career in females
Psychosocial determinants poor follow up of
patients
Socio-economic determinants of milk adulteration
Psycho-social determinants of why people prefer
domestic delivery
Socio-cultural determinants of divorces in our
society
Socio-economic determinants of heavy traffic
on roads
Psycho-social determinants of why females go
to “aamals” for taveez
Psychosocial determinants for failure in professional
examinations
Socio-economic determinants of why people prefer
to visit Hakeems before coming to MBBS doctors
Socio-economic determinants of beggary
Psycho-social determinants of road accidents
Psych-social determinants of loss of hearing
Psycho-social determinants of Gender discrimination
in food distribution in family
Psycho-social determinants of rising trend of
getting children education in "O"
level
Psycho-social determinants of Drop-out of Children
from Schools
Psycho-social determinants of Domestic Violence
Psycho-social determinants of Smoking in Children
Psycho-social determinants of Addiction in Children
Psychosocial determinants for watching mini-cinemas
Psycho-social Determinants of Sexual harrasment
in working environment of Women
Psycho-social Determinants of Depriving the
Female Child from Basic education
Psychosocial determinants of Awareness about
marital rights in married women
Role of socio-economic factors in restricting
the people from spitting at public places
Role of high heels in causation of backache
in females psychosocial determinants of increased
show-off behaviour in the society
Socio-economic factors leading to increase trend
of joining tuition services
