This book from Elsevier is an English medium (अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम) title with Dr. Rajvir Bhalwar as chief editor and Dr. Indranil Saha and Dr. Bobby Paul as associate editors, covering community medicine (सामुदायिक चिकित्सा), also taught as preventive and social medicine. Dr. Bhalwar was Professor and Head of the Department of Community Medicine at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and the Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, has published 72 papers, and received the Dr. Sharadini Dahanukar Award for the Best Medical Teacher of Maharashtra State in 2008 — the book is written by an examiner, and it reads that way.
What sets this edition apart is how directly it maps to the curriculum. The book is fully aligned with the CBME curriculum across 20 chapters, each addressing one specific competency block: chapter 1 covers competencies CM-1.1 to 1.10, and so on through to chapter 20 covering CM-20.1 to 20.4. The chapters run through determinants of health, social and behavioural factors, environmental health, health promotion and education, nutrition, basic statistics, epidemiology, communicable and non-communicable disease epidemiology, demography and vital statistics, reproductive and maternal and child health, occupational health, geriatrics and the rest of the subject. A student can therefore check coverage against the competency list itself rather than guessing.
It is an examination preparation manual rather than a first-reading textbook, and the numbers say what that means in practice: 950 fully solved long and short answer questions, 200 problem-based exercises, 900 MCQs and 110 practical examination oriented exercises. A separate chapter 21 handles practical preparation with epidemiological, biostatistical, skill-based, AETCOM-based and spots-based exercises. Epidemiology and biostatistics — the two parts students usually struggle with — are handled simply but fully, with a large number of solved epidemiological and biostatistical exercises. Memory aids, algorithms, flow charts, memory boxes and revision tips run through the text, and the content is updated to January 2024. The book is oriented not only to MBBS examinations but to NEET-PG, NExT, USMLE and UPSC. It runs to 716 pages in paperback. The whole book is written in English in the Roman script.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script), not in Hindi
Chief editor Dr. Rajvir Bhalwar, with Dr. Indranil Saha and Dr. Bobby Paul as associate editors
Published by Elsevier
4th edition, thoroughly updated and revised
Fully compliant with the CBME curriculum
20 chapters, each mapped to a specific block of CM competencies
Chapter-wise competency coverage stated explicitly (CM-1.1 to 1.10 through to CM-20.1 to 20.4)
950 fully solved long answer and short answer questions
900 MCQs across the subject
200 problem-based exercises
110 practical examination oriented exercises
Separate chapter on practical preparation — epidemiological, biostatistical, skill-based, AETCOM-based and spots-based exercises
Epidemiology and biostatistics explained simply, with a large number of solved exercises
Memory aids, algorithms, flow charts, memory boxes and revision tips throughout
Contents updated to January 2024
An examination preparation manual rather than a first-reading textbook
Written by a recognised postgraduate teacher and MBBS, MD and PhD examiner
Oriented to MBBS, NEET-PG, NExT, USMLE and UPSC examinations
716 pages, paperback
एल्सेवियर द्वारा प्रकाशित 'Community Medicine Prep Manual for Undergraduates' का यह चौथा संस्करण डॉ. राजवीर भालवार के मुख्य संपादन तथा डॉ. इंद्रनील साहा एवं डॉ. बॉबी पॉल के सहयोगी संपादन में तैयार किया गया है। यह पुस्तक CBME पाठ्यक्रम के पूर्णतः अनुरूप है — इसके 20 अध्याय CM की निर्धारित दक्षताओं (competencies) से क्रमबद्ध रूप से जुड़े हुए हैं, जिससे विद्यार्थी सीधे पाठ्यक्रम के अनुसार तैयारी कर सकता है। इसमें 950 पूर्णतः हल किए गए दीर्घ एवं लघु उत्तरीय प्रश्न, 900 बहुविकल्पीय प्रश्न, 200 समस्या-आधारित अभ्यास तथा 110 प्रायोगिक परीक्षा उन्मुख अभ्यास दिए गए हैं, साथ ही प्रायोगिक तैयारी हेतु पृथक अध्याय भी है। महामारी विज्ञान एवं जैव सांख्यिकी जैसे कठिन माने जाने वाले विषय सरल किंतु विस्तृत रूप में हल सहित प्रस्तुत किए गए हैं। स्मृति सहायक बिंदु, एल्गोरिद्म, फ़्लो चार्ट तथा दोहराने के सुझाव पूरी पुस्तक में सम्मिलित हैं और सामग्री जनवरी 2024 तक अद्यतन है। यह प्रथम अध्ययन की पाठ्यपुस्तक नहीं, बल्कि परीक्षा तैयारी की पुस्तक है — MBBS के साथ NEET-PG, NExT, USMLE एवं UPSC के लिए भी उपयोगी। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं।
