PGIM MD Community Medicine case studies
PGIM MD Community Medicine · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Community Medicine is a postgraduate qualification offered through the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, which lists MD among its programmes alongside certificates, diplomas and MSc courses. Community Medicine is a broad public-health discipline, so candidates should expect the assessment to span epidemiology and biostatistics, health-services planning and management, communicable and non-communicable disease control, maternal and child health, environmental and occupational health, health promotion, and research methodology. The PGIM MD Community Medicine case studies are 5 cases and about 4,555 words.
1Dengue transmission in a semi-urban MOH area: prioritising a five-day window
You are the MOH of a semi-urban division with 62,000 residents, three PHIs, two field vehicles and one fogging machine. In epidemiological week 32, 48 febrile patients were notified: 12 were NS1-positive, four were admitted with warning signs, and an 8-year-old girl from the largest GN division died in the base hospital.
938 words, about 5 min2Should the district screen 45,000 adults for diabetes? Test performance and programme decisions
The district health authority proposes population-based screening for type 2 diabetes for all residents aged 35–64 - about 45,000 people - using fasting plasma glucose at the locally validated cut-off. The local validation study reported sensitivity 50% and specificity 95%.
911 words, about 5 min3Wedding reception, 210 guests, 76 ill: identifying the vehicle when the laboratory may be silent
You are the MOH called on Monday morning about a wedding reception held on Saturday evening in a rural GN division. About 210 guests attended; 76 have since reported vomiting, and 14 were treated at the district hospital, two of whom were admitted overnight.
874 words, about 4 min4A kidney disease cluster in paddy farmers: what the survey can and cannot tell you
A rural dry-zone district reports a cluster of young men presenting with advanced kidney failure. A rapid survey of 1,200 residents aged 30–60 in two MOH areas found reduced eGFR in 8.4% of men working in paddy cultivation (n = 700) compared with 2.1% of non-farming residents of the same age (n = 500).
891 words, about 4 min5Twelve maternal deaths, a small budget, and a provincial demand for measurable targets
You are asked to chair the district maternal death review committee. Last year the district recorded 12 maternal deaths for 18,000 live births.
941 words, about 5 min