You will be doing this module during Term 5 after Basic Sciences Stream (Main) Examination.
On completion of this module, you should be able to,
1. Arrive at a community diagnosis by gathering information on the health status of a community; its underlying socio-cultural, economic and environmental determinants; and resources available for improvement
2. Prioritize health needs and health care in a defined community
3. Plan and implement health promotional activities to improve health in a defined community
4. Evaluate how the public health services and resources are organized to provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative care for communities
5. Describe how the public health services are coordinated at the hospital level
6. Develop favorable attitudes towards health promotion in community settings
7.Apply leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, managerial, communication, negotiation and presentation skills to community settings
8. Reflect on field-based learning to improve practice
You will be doing this Module during Term 2.
On completion of Module 1A, you should be able to,
1. Discuss the concept of public health, its dimensions and scope
2. Appraise the definition of health
3. Appraise the importance of measuring health and develop methods to measure health
4. Appraise the internal and external factors influencing the health of individuals, family and community
5. Discuss the levels of prevention in relation to natural history of a disease; and activities applicable at each level of prevention
6. Apply the principles of health promotion in a defined community
7. Describe the organization of healthcare systems in Sri Lanka
8. Identify the coordination of public health sector services with curative and non-health sectors
