This book from Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers is an English medium (अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम) title by Dr. Vivek Jain, covering preventive and social medicine including biostatistics (निवारक एवं सामाजिक चिकित्सा तथा जैव सांख्यिकी) — the subject universally called PSM. It is the standard PSM review book for postgraduate entrance preparation and has been a best-seller in that space for over fifteen years. The author is an MBBS graduate of Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi with an MD in community medicine from Lady Hardinge Medical College, and has taught medical undergraduates in India and abroad for more than a decade.
This is a review and question book rather than a textbook, and that distinction matters when deciding what to buy. PSM in postgraduate entrance examinations is a high-yield, fact-dense subject where the difficulty is not understanding the concepts but holding onto the numbers, definitions, programme details and cut-offs — and recognising which of them the examiners keep returning to. The book is written for that purpose: it is aimed at NEET-PG, INI-CET and the FMGE for foreign medical graduates, and works through the subject in the form the examination actually tests it.
This 16th edition is thoroughly revised and updated, including all recent questions along with conceptual questions, controversial questions, concept-based questions and image-based questions — the last of which have grown steadily in importance in recent NEET-PG and INI-CET papers. Facts and references are drawn from the latest editions of Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gordis's Epidemiology and Mahajan's Methods in Biostatistics, so a student can rely on the source of each fact rather than guessing at it. Given how quickly health statistics, programme targets and scheme names change in this subject, buying the current edition rather than an older copy is the practical point. Dr. Jain also authors the Exam Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates: Community Medicine (PSM), which serves the MBBS professional examinations while this volume serves the PG entrance. 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
16th edition, thoroughly revised and updated
Best-selling PSM review book for over 15 years
Written for NEET-PG, INI-CET and FMGE preparation
A review and question book, not a first-reading textbook
Includes all recent examination questions
Conceptual questions to test understanding rather than recall
Controversial questions with the reasoning behind the accepted answer
Concept-based questions built around high-yield themes
Image-based questions, increasingly common in recent papers
Facts and references from the latest edition of Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine
Epidemiology facts referenced to the latest edition of Gordis Epidemiology
Biostatistics referenced to the latest edition of Mahajan's Methods in Biostatistics
Covers epidemiology, biostatistics, screening and study designs
Covers national health programmes, policies, schemes and current health statistics
Covers nutrition, MCH, demography, occupational health and environmental health
Updated health data and programme targets, which change year on year
Companion to the author's Exam Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates: Community Medicine (PSM)
जेपी ब्रदर्स मेडिकल पब्लिशर्स द्वारा प्रकाशित डॉ. विवेक जैन की 'Review of Preventive and Social Medicine (Including Biostatistics)' का यह 16वाँ संस्करण स्नातकोत्तर चिकित्सा प्रवेश परीक्षाओं — NEET-PG, INI-CET तथा FMGE — के लिए PSM विषय की मानक रिव्यू पुस्तक है और पंद्रह वर्षों से इस श्रेणी में सर्वाधिक बिकने वाली पुस्तकों में रही है। यह प्रथम अध्ययन की पाठ्यपुस्तक नहीं, बल्कि परीक्षा-केंद्रित रिव्यू एवं प्रश्न पुस्तक है। इस संस्करण में सभी नवीनतम प्रश्नों के साथ अवधारणात्मक (conceptual), विवादास्पद (controversial), संकल्पना-आधारित तथा चित्र-आधारित (image-based) प्रश्न सम्मिलित किए गए हैं। तथ्य एवं संदर्भ Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gordis Epidemiology तथा Mahajan's Methods in Biostatistics के नवीनतम संस्करणों से लिए गए हैं। इसमें महामारी विज्ञान, जैव सांख्यिकी, अध्ययन अभिकल्प, राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य कार्यक्रम एवं योजनाएँ, पोषण, मातृ-शिशु स्वास्थ्य, जनांकिकी तथा व्यावसायिक एवं पर्यावरणीय स्वास्थ्य सम्मिलित हैं, अद्यतन आँकड़ों सहित। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं।
