This book from Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers is an English medium (अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम) title by Dr. Vivek Jain, covering community medicine or preventive and social medicine (निवारक एवं सामाजिक चिकित्सा), the subject universally known to students as PSM. The author is an MBBS graduate of Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi with an MD in community medicine from Lady Hardinge Medical College, has been a consultant with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime — South Asia for the SAARC countries, and has taught medical undergraduates in India and abroad for over a decade. He is also the author of Review of PSM (Including Biostatistics), the book most PG aspirants know him by.
The purpose of this volume is narrower and more useful than a textbook's. PSM is a vast and varied subject to conceptualise and memorise, and this manual is built to get a student through the professional examination rather than through the syllabus in the abstract. It is organised into three sections — theory examination, practical examination and annexures. In the theory section, each chapter is divided into topics and sub-topics based on the questions actually asked in MBBS professional examinations, with each one answered concisely rather than expansively. That reverse-engineering from past papers is the book's core method, and it is why students use it in the last stretch before the examination alongside a full textbook such as Park.
This 5th edition is updated as per the revised competency-based undergraduate curriculum for the Indian medical graduate laid down by the NMC. The highlights carried on the cover give a sense of the revision: the most recent updates in epidemiology, a new section on COVID-19 including vaccines, genomics and recent advances, new updated guidelines and tools in public health, new health programmes, policies, legislations, schemes and initiatives, an updated compilation of public health statistics, and recent advances in public health and community medicine. Given how quickly programme names, targets and health statistics change in this subject, that updating is the practical reason to buy the current edition rather than an older copy. Presentation is heavily visual — questions, flowcharts, boxes, flashcards, diagrams and tables — and the book carries a scratch code for the Dr. Wise AI chatbot along with a genuine-product validation code. 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
By Dr. Vivek Jain, published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
5th edition, fully revised
As per the revised competency-based undergraduate curriculum of the NMC
Three sections — theory examination, practical examination and annexures
Chapters divided into topics and sub-topics drawn from questions asked in MBBS professional examinations
Concise, answer-shaped treatment of each topic rather than textbook-length explanation
Built for examination preparation alongside a full textbook, not as a replacement for one
Most recent updates in epidemiology
New section on COVID-19 — vaccines, genomics and recent advances
New and updated guidelines and tools in public health
New health programmes, policies, legislations, schemes and initiatives
Updated compilation of public health statistics
Recent advances in public health and community medicine
Flowcharts, boxes, flashcards, diagrams and tables throughout for rapid revision
Separate practical examination section
Annexures for quick reference
Includes Dr. Wise AI chatbot access and a genuine-product validation code
By the author of Review of PSM (Including Biostatistics)
Suitable for MBBS community medicine theory and practical examinations
जेपी ब्रदर्स मेडिकल पब्लिशर्स द्वारा प्रकाशित डॉ. विवेक जैन की 'Exam Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates: Community Medicine (PSM)' का यह 5वाँ संस्करण निवारक एवं सामाजिक चिकित्सा (PSM) विषय की परीक्षा तैयारी हेतु तैयार किया गया है। लेखक मौलाना आज़ाद मेडिकल कॉलेज से MBBS तथा लेडी हार्डिंग मेडिकल कॉलेज से MD (कम्युनिटी मेडिसिन) हैं और एक दशक से अधिक समय से चिकित्सा विद्यार्थियों को पढ़ा रहे हैं। पुस्तक तीन खंडों — थ्योरी परीक्षा, प्रायोगिक परीक्षा तथा परिशिष्ट — में विभाजित है। थ्योरी खंड में प्रत्येक अध्याय को MBBS प्रोफ़ेशनल परीक्षाओं में वास्तव में पूछे गए प्रश्नों के आधार पर विषयों एवं उप-विषयों में बाँटा गया है तथा उत्तर संक्षिप्त एवं परीक्षा-उपयोगी रूप में दिए गए हैं। यह संस्करण NMC के संशोधित दक्षता-आधारित पाठ्यक्रम के अनुसार अद्यतन है — इसमें महामारी विज्ञान के नवीनतम अपडेट, COVID-19 पर नया खंड, नवीन सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य दिशानिर्देश, नई स्वास्थ्य योजनाएँ एवं नीतियाँ तथा अद्यतन सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य आँकड़े सम्मिलित हैं। फ़्लोचार्ट, बॉक्स, फ़्लैशकार्ड, आरेख एवं तालिकाएँ पूरी पुस्तक में दी गई हैं। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं।
