Community Medicine

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An interactive textbook for Inferential Statistics.. .. free :)

2011-10-17T16:59:00.000+05:30

Inferential Statistics:

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YouTube lessons

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You tube lessons useful for students of Community Medicine:

Salman Khan's lessons on statistics @ Khan's Academy are really useful for learning some of the foundations of biostatistics with understanding.

UC Berkeley channel has webcasts of Disaster management, Infectious disease epidemiology and Applied epidemiology using R (R is the latest up-to-date open source statistical package gaining popularity by the day)

IGNOU webcasts for PGDMCH course are also useful.

The Hindu : Life & Style / Youth : YouTube lessons:

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R: Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of a diagnostic...

2011-09-19T10:41:00.000+05:30

R: Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of a diagnostic...: "Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of a diagnostic test"
It so easy to evaluate a diagnostic test in R.
First install the package "epiR".
Then load the package by the following command

> library(epiR)

"epi.tests" is the function used to evaluate the diagnostic test.

>epi.tests(a,b,c,d)

where a,b,c,d are the respective values from the classic 2 X 2 table for that particular test.

		Gold Standard
		+ve	-ve
Test under evaluation	+ve	a	b
Test under evaluation	-ve	c	d

You can find help about the said function using this command
>?epi.tests

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Community Level prevention of CKD

2011-09-17T18:36:00.000+05:30

"The prevention of Chronic Renal Failure at the community level.
The rural programme of the Kidney Help Trust.
Dr. M.K. Mani, Chief Nephrologist, Apollo Hospital, Chennai."

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Maharashtra launches multi-pronged drive to curb HIV-AIDS - The Times of India

2011-09-17T17:36:00.000+05:30

Maharashtra launches multi-pronged drive to curb HIV-AIDS - The Times of India:

Note: Andhra Pradesh stands first in terms of the burden of HIV / AIDS in India.
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Weight loss surgery can do wonders with severely obese people | Northern Voices Online: NVO News Blog

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Weight loss surgery can do wonders with severely obese people | Northern Voices Online: NVO News Blog:

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Practical Training Programme

2011-07-03T21:36:00.000+05:30

Practical Training Programme - Conducted on 2nd July 2011

@ Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad.

LEC #	TOPICS	HANDOUTS
1	Welcome address and introduction Dr Ravi Babu, Professor, Osmania Medical College, gives an introduction to the practical training programme. He gives a brief outline of the practical examination pattern for MD Community Medicine and Dip Public Health (DPH)	(PDF)
2	Postgraduate Curriculum Dr ML Surya Prabha, Professor, OMC, gives an outline of MCI prescribed PG Curriculum for Community Medicine, the general and specific objectives of the course, syllabus for practicals and the evaluation system.	(PDF)
3	Family Case Study – A case of Diabetes (PDF) Family Case Study – An Antenatal Case (PDF) A Short Clinico-social Case Study – Diarrhoea (PDF)
4	Public Health Laws Dr M Jaya Ram, Joint Director (Lep & NCD) gives a detailed presentation on Inspection of eating houses, few highlights of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and Civil registration system	(PDF)
5	Pedagogy Dr Vimala Thomas, Associate Professor, Osmania Medical College gives a lecture on Pedagogy and making Lesson plan, which is an important part of practical exam.	(PDF1) (PDF2)

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