Hi, today we went on a transect walk to pillayarkuppam guided by our community medicine department.
We did the map of that area.
We noted what are the facilities available there,
And what are the problems in that area

Hey everyone,
Today we went to transect walk to pillayarkuppam guided by our community medicine department.  We were asked nore the places , write our opinions, capture pictures etc.
Thank you

CDFIT_3 TRANSECT WALK

Hi, today we went on a transect walk to pillayarkuppam guided by our community medicine department.
We did the map of that area(pillayarkuppam).
We noted what are the facilities available there,
And what are the problems in that area.
Thankyou everyone who went for transect walk and helped us lot to design the map.

Hi, today we went on a transect walk to pillayarkuppam guided by our community medicine department. We observed the place,  took notes and photographs. Thank you

Today we went to pillaiyarkuppam for our first field visit.Starting from a small pond we walked through all Streets and observed many things.We saw a government primary school, Anganwadi ,Post office ,play ground,
Etc. Most of the houses were pakka houses .
There were many street dogs. The village looked green with many trees and plants.

Hi  all...
             Today we  went  for  our  first  trip  to Pillayarkuppam Revenue  Village.There we  came  to  know  about the  basic facilities provided  by  both  central  and  state  Govt. Which  includes Old  aged  pension  scheme,Anganwadi centre,Co-operative Milk  society, Govt.English  medium primary school,Village  Administrative  Office (VAO),Revenue  Inspector  office  (RI)......and  we  found  quite  a number  of  temples ....and a post  office......and a health  sub  centre.......and all  those  facilities  which  are  highly  essential for  a village.....Tomorrow  we  will  discuss in  accordance  with  Maps....that  we  designed.....
Thank  u everyone who  went  for  Transect  walk and  helped us  a lot  to  design  the  maps.....

          

Hey everyone. Today we went to pillayarkuppam village. We were assigned to do social mapping by talking and asking questions to residents of the area.
Thank you. 

Today was our first trip as medical students to Pillayarkuppam village.It was a different experience to learn about the village and about the facilities.The village has an ration shop,quite a number of temples,a milk society and most of the basic things required.Getting to learn about the village first and then helping them out is an innovative idea.Looking forward for more trips. 

A fresh start with fresh air!!!! 

HI there, good evening!!!  The field trip to Pillayarkuppam village was a new experience. Especially learning about different services that are implemented in a village organized by the government gave me an insight as to how things really work there. It also give me an idea as to how to carry out any specific tasks methodically. 

It was very fun and engaging to create sitemap of the village along with important LANDMARKS.  Gosh!! I really hated maps in high school but that's not the case NOW. All the data gathering about the various government schemes introduced and also creating the layout of the village along with friends was really interesting. 

April after all it served as a stepping stone for developing good public communication and Cooperative activities in the future.  Thank you

Hi....the visit to pillaiyarkuppam today was a good experience....we were divided into 2 groups....we saw many temples... ashram... anganvaadi....the type of houses..hope we will interact with the people soon!...thanku

Hi
Today we went to Pillaiyarkupam(transect visit)
We were asked to observe the place. There was a Ashram(Arul shakthi annai ),anganvadi,govt primary school.....We also took some photos.

Hi...today we went to pillayarkuppam...we were divided into two groups. ..one group was alloted for mapping. ...our group was alloted for transect walk. ...we visited many places. ..there were many temples...we visited an ashram...we walked a lot..it was a nice experience...
Thank you

Hi,

    Today's class we went on a transect walk to pillaiyakupam near our college guided by our

community medicine teachers. We were said to observe the place and note down our opinions and capture some clicks.  I'll share few photos for now , remaining will be put up for the PowerPoint.  

Thank you 

Hi guys.
Yesterday we learnt about how to make a questionnaire..........and we learned about open and close ended question(yes or no) and experimental  and analytical studies.. Descriptive  studies...... Case control  and cohart  studies(follow up)....... Thank  you  all.... 

CD-FIT 2

Hi guys ;) yesterday we discussed about designing a proforma and research methodology.we learnt about open and close ended questions , about study designs , diff between cohort and case control studies , our discussion also included public involvement. Today we are looking towards a good field trip.

Yesterday class was about quitionaire,
and we saw about open and close ended type of questions and saw the difference between case control cohort studies.
Thank you 

Yesterday class is about questionaire,
And we discussed about open and close ended type of questions,
and we saw difference between case control study and cohort study.
Thats all about yesterday class.
Thankyou.

Today's  class about "Introduction to Research Methodology and questionnaire  development" gave an outlook about things essential to developing a questionnaire for conducting a research study.

The clear description of each questions to be asked and correspondingly categorizing them into broad headings gave me an idea on how to proceed  things systematically and without any errors. And also the way of concluding the report with the summary of "problems" is quite easy for reviewing my data quickly.

The explanation of different types of research studies with familiar examples is nice. Actually, I cleared most of my previous  doubts regarding these section. THANK YOU,  SIR

Finally ,to conclude, The importance of a control in conducting a research project is very well exemplified by the "Prevalence of anemia after folate & Iron administration" case study example found me really intriguing.

The long and short of it is that I know at least how to ask questions according to my objectives. 

Hi, today there was a discussion about how to categorize and make a questionnarie. Then where and how to use open and close ended questions. Finally we discussed about the types of studies. Thank you

Hi

     Today we went for transect walk in Pillayarkuppam,where we saw primary school,post office,Ration shop,Anganvadi,milk depot,more number of kutcha nd semi pakka house without proper drainage facilities and improper waste disposals.

 We came to know about the route to the village  nd this transect walk will help us in further findings.

29/08/16
Yesterday was our first community medicine posting.We came to know about the full form of CDFiT (Community diagnosis & Feasible Intervention Training).
We came to know what is primary and secondary data. Able to differentiate between clinical diagnosis and community diagnosis.Able to know the steps in community diagnosis.
30/08/16
Today was our second day in posting.we are able to know about different research studies which is useful for solving many problems in a community.We came to know about open ended and closed ended questions and how useful they are in a survey.

Hi everyone..
Yesterday's  class was about Community diagnosis, about poverty, expectations of problems  around those particular  villages, Community participation, Matrix about importance  of problem and how we solve  it...
Today's  class  is about how to  design a questionnaire as a tool...so that we can use as a community  diagnosis. General data consists of Name,location, etc.,Socio economic  status,geographic, waste disposal....and we discussed  about open ended(answer freely)and closed ended questions  (yes or no)...And qualitative  (how good it is) and quantitative  ( amount)...finally about observational  (Descriptive  and analytical (case control and cohart (follow up) and  experimental  (RCT)....Measures- ----Intervention- -----Measures......
That's  all for  today's  class.....
Thank u....

     

Experience in community medicine postings

29/08/2016
Yesterday was our first day in the postings,it was fun and  interesting.We came to know difference b/w clinical and community diagnosis ,importance of community involvement,matrix of how to handle the problems according to our feasibility.We also came across primary and secondary data,poverty definition.So that was all about the start of the class.
30/08/2016
Today was a very interactive session about making the questionaire.We dealt with open and closed type of questions,about qualitative and quantitative studies.we also saw about difference between case control and cohort.Thats all i actually remember for now.I m too excited about our visit to pillayarkuppam tomorrow.😄

Hey there !
Today we started off the class by recapping the previous class .
We discussed about research methodology and how to prepare a questionnaire.
Then we moved onto learning about open ended and close ended question.
Thank you

Hi all...
      Yesterday  class was about  community  diagnosis,clinical  diagnosis, Facilities  in  those  particular  areas, Resolving  those  problems....
       Today we  discussed  about  how  to  categorise  and  make  a questionnaire ....and  difference b/w qualitative(how  good  it  was)  and  quantitative(amount) studies....open  ended and  close  ended  questions....(Yes  or  No) and  finally  about  experimental(RCT) and  observational  studies  (Descriptive & Analytical) .....Analytical studies  has  its  components  (Case  control  and  cohart  studies(follow  up)....
Thank  u...

I actually missed out on yesterday 's post, so im going to just list some stuff from yesterday.
CD-FIT
How community diagnosis differs from clinical diagnosis
How to prioritize the issues of the community
How important community involvement is in implementing health care programs.
Primary and secondary data collection

And today's class....
I realized everyone watched kabali except me...despite being a die hard fan..
I always taught questionaires were a waste of time.but today i actually knew how much data retrieving n documenting is important.
Also, how to catagorize the problems.i.e.,
General
Environmental
Socio-economic
Common to the Village
Nutrition
Family
Health status
Morbidity profile
Maternal /child health
Utilization of services.

    These postings turned out to be more interesting than i anticipated...😊

CDFIT_CLASS-2

(29/08/2016)yesterday class was about community diagnosis,
Clinical diagnosis,
and difference b/w those diagnosis,
Facilities in the particular area ,
 To Find out the problems in that particular area,
Try to resolve those problems,
It is possible only when
community participation is present,
If its not there we cannot find a solution for the problems,
and we also disscused about poverty ,
Thats about yesterday class.

Today (30/08/2016)
We disscused about
Difference b/w qualitative and quantitative studies,
and we disscused about openended  and closeended questions,
Finally about observational and experimental studies,
difference b/w casecontrol and cohart studies.
Thats all about todays class.
Thankyou.

Kabali daw!!!##$@% (Epdisode 2)

There ! I've got your attention now I hope .
So where were we today???.....yeah research methodology and something about forming a questainnaire.

 What did we go through??

Right from recapping last session we traveled down the lane of questainnire making and research methodology. (Quite fun right . ? "Aama nu othukonga ! You know who is watching " :P :D

We learnt that open ended questions make us open our mouth and close ended ones do the contrary of that. LoL :D

Ps_ Assemble at transport dept by 10.45 or else you are missing our field trip. And don't forget to put on some data .

CD FIT- Community Diagnosis Feasible Intervention
Clinical diagnosis includes complaints ,history ,examination,lab investigation,treatment , review.
Community diagnosis also includes aspects of clinical diagnosis along with implementing people's participation

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY :

Observational

• Description- involves only one group
• Analytical- involves two groups

1. Case control 
2. Cohort

Experimental:Randomised control trial

Hi
     Today's class about how we categotise each headings for a questionaire which includes demography and socio- economic profile, environmental, nutritional, health status, maternal and child health, utilisation of available facilities.  Over all we divide them into four headings which gives us an overview of the particular villages problem- health problems , social problems , environmental problems , other problems.  Then we discussed about open ended question(open question), closed ended question(yes/no, on a scale of 10). Then we discussed what is qualitative studies( how good it is- mostly open ended questions help) and quantitative studies ( amount - closed need questions help ). Finally about the design studies - observational and experimental. Difference between casecontrol and cohort was explained with an easy example.  Cohort studies filters how many cell phone uesrs have brain tumor and case control studies filters how many brain tumor patients are cell phone users. Overall today's class was very useful about the basic headings how we need to catagorise.
THANK YOU .

Second day of CM posting

The second day of our postings was much more interesting with the discussion about the questionaire and the types of study with relating to the funny examples. The class was more interactive...

Hi,
Yesterday we discussed about what is CD-FIT and what are the things we can do it in and our limitations as a medical student.We have discussed the comparison between clinical diagnosis and community diagnosis.It was a interactive session where we learnt news stuff.
Today we had introduction class for research methodology and modern development.A another session where we classify what history is to be taken under which heading. The use of open and close ended questions was also discussed.

Hi,

29/08/2016 - yestetday's class was about CDFIT (community diagnosis feasible intervention training ) . We learnt about clinical diagnosis which we document the history, examination, lab tests, differental diagnosis, treatment, and review. Then we learnt about community diagnosis- what are all wrong with the community. The data we collect is called primary data. The data already available is called secondary data . Then we learnt about the matrix where easy to solve, medium to solve and difficult to solve on one side and very important, somewhat important, not important on another side.

THANK YOU

second day in CM

hi everyone
Today was our second class in community medicine...after a brief rewind of our first session we started our today's discussion in which we learnt to prepare a questionnaire......basically the sub-classification that a questionnaire should have....later we went on to discuss about the types of questions...which ended by sharing our views about KABALI!!!

Hi
Today 's topic was introduction to question
Learnt about different types-close ended,open ended.
Study designs was discussed-observational-descriptive,analytical-case control,cohort.
Tomorrow it is visit to Pillayarkupam(waiting to go)

29th August. Episode 1

Hi all,
          Today after coming back from holidays we were ushered into Community medicine posting by our HOD.

Starting of from basics and thinking at a grass root level( started off by learning the name of the posting LOL!)....

So after an hour of brainstorming and taking a peek into the abyss of PSM due to hypoglycemia we unfortunately had to wind up today's session.

Hope I did justice to today's session!!

Ps _ dont forget your scribble pad tommorow.

welcome note

                          WELCOME!!!

This blog has been created by E-batch of The BlazenArkz in order to share our experience in community medicine posting.