This document provides an indicative list of key topics in Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) that may be covered in postgraduate medical entrance exams like PGMEE and AIIMS. It outlines topics related to epidemiology, history of medicine, health and disease, vaccines, communicable diseases, national health programs, social sciences, health economics, demography, contraception, nutrition, environment, health systems, biostatistics, and more. The document compares topics that may be emphasized on NEET/NBE pattern exams versus AIIMS exams. It wishes the reader best wishes for their upcoming exam.
This document provides an indicative list of key topics in Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) that may be covered in postgraduate medical entrance exams like PGMEE and AIIMS. It outlines topics related to epidemiology, history of medicine, health and disease, vaccines, communicable diseases, national health programs, social sciences, health economics, demography, contraception, nutrition, environment, health systems, biostatistics, and more. The document compares topics that may be emphasized on NEET/NBE pattern exams versus AIIMS exams. It wishes the reader best wishes for their upcoming exam.
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PSM: Important topics list form PGMEE Students in India by Dr Vivek Jain
This document provides an indicative list of key topics in Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) that may be covered in postgraduate medical entrance exams like PGMEE and AIIMS. It outlines topics related to epidemiology, history of medicine, health and disease, vaccines, communicable diseases, national health programs, social sciences, health economics, demography, contraception, nutrition, environment, health systems, biostatistics, and more. The document compares topics that may be emphasized on NEET/NBE pattern exams versus AIIMS exams. It wishes the reader best wishes for their upcoming exam.
This document provides an indicative list of key topics in Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) that may be covered in postgraduate medical entrance exams like PGMEE and AIIMS. It outlines topics related to epidemiology, history of medicine, health and disease, vaccines, communicable diseases, national health programs, social sciences, health economics, demography, contraception, nutrition, environment, health systems, biostatistics, and more. The document compares topics that may be emphasized on NEET/NBE pattern exams versus AIIMS exams. It wishes the reader best wishes for their upcoming exam.
Epidemiology Cohort-RR, Adv/ Disdv Retrospective/ Mixed cohort Case control-OR, Adv/ Disdv Nested case control RCT RCT Clinical trials Meta-analysis Evidence Based medicine History of medicine Theories of disease causation - Names of Scientists Names of epidemiologists Health & Disease PQLI/ HDI HPI/ Multidimensional poverty Levels of prevention ICD-10 Types of epidemics Vaccines & Cold chain Types of vaccines AEFIs National schedule Contraindications Cold chain Screening of disease Sensitivity/ Specificity Validity/ Reliability Names of Screening tests Likelihood ratio Names of diagnostic tests ROC curve Bayes theorem Communicable diseases Measles, Rubella, Influenza, TB TB, H1N1 Typhoid, Cholera, ORS Cholera epidemic Hepatitis A/ E Hepatitis B HIV STDs/ HIV Malaria/ Dengue Malaria/ Dengue Rickettsial diseases Non-communicable Blindness Blindness diseases Obesity Cancers National health RNTCP, NVBDCP, NLEP, NHM, NRHM, RNTCP, programs & policies & NACP NVBDCP, NLEP, NACP, legislations MTP NPCDCS RBSY NREGA, MTP, PNDT Social sciences Definitions Theories of diseases (Sociology) SES scale - Kuppuswami Health economics Definitions GDP, NNP, GNI Values GDP Growth, Health expenditure Demography Definitions & values Data collection systems Formulae Definitions Census Fertility Indicators Contraception Methods in RCH program Newer methods Pearl index Composition, Adv/ Disadv Preventive Obstetrics, Values RCH program components Paediatrics RCH program components JSSK Pneumonia control School health School health, IQ level ICDS Nutrition RDA of nutrients Uncommon nutrient deficiencies References man/ woman Vitamin deficiencies Midday meal program Environment Values Water - Chlorination, Quality Water - Chlorination, Quality Air - Quality Air - Quality Waste disposal Entomology - Vectors Entomology - Vectors, Control Health communication Didactic/ Socratic methods Health propaganda Definitions of methods Health care system Health centres Primary health care Definition, Health workers Elements, Principles Primary health care Definition Health planning & H. committees Universal health coverage management H. management techniques International health International health regulations Bioterrorism agents WHO, UNICEF International surveillance Biomedical waste Wastes segregation, disposal Newer methods management Occupational health Pneumoconioses ESI act Lead poisoning Occupational cancers ESI/ Factory act Genetics ABO system - Hardy Weinberg law Mental health Epidemiology in India Mental health care act Suicide Biostatistics Central tendency Central tendency Dispersion Dispersion Normal distribution Normal/ skewed distribution Statistical graphs Statistical graphs Variables Scales Chi-square test/ Paired t-test Sampling Methods/ Size Correlation/ Regression Statistical tests Statistical errors Confidence level/ intervals Images 1-3 1-5