PGIM MD Community Medicine study plan
PGIM MD Community Medicine · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Community Medicine
Map the Community Medicine syllabus into a one-page checklist covering epidemiology, biostatistics, health planning, national health programs, environmental and occupational health, maternal and child health, and health education
Define incidence, prevalence, cumulative incidence, and attack rate, and compute each from a small dataset
Distinguish measures of association (risk ratio, odds ratio, attributable risk) and state when each is appropriate for a study design
Sketch the main observational and experimental study designs with their bias profiles
Your checkpoint
A one-page formula sheet of frequency and association measures, each formula worked through with one numeric example
Community Medicine
Explain sampling methods and calculate sample size for a proportion and for comparing two means
Interpret sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and likelihood ratios, and construct a 2x2 screening table
Describe validity and reliability, and identify selection, information, and confounding bias in short scenarios
Outline the steps of an outbreak investigation and the criteria for causal inference
Your checkpoint
A solved 2x2 screening table plus sample-size calculations for three scenarios, written up in under two pages
Community Medicine
Select the correct statistical test for a given data type and study design across at least ten vignettes
Perform and interpret a chi-square test, a t-test, and a confidence interval around a proportion by hand
Explain type I and type II error, power, and p-value interpretation without common misstatements
Describe the structure of a demographic profile using birth rate, death rate, infant mortality rate, and life expectancy
Your checkpoint
A ten-item test-selection decision table with worked calculations for chi-square, t-test, and a 95% confidence interval
Community Medicine
Summarize the national health programs relevant to the exam, including their objectives, target populations, and indicators
Explain health planning cycles and the components of a district health system
Distinguish primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention with concrete examples for five diseases
Interpret commonly used health indicators and demographic rates in short data-interpretation sets
Your checkpoint
A summary table of national health programs with objectives and monitoring indicators, plus 20 answered data-interpretation items
Community Medicine
Describe water purification, chlorination, and the standard tests of water potability
Explain waste disposal, sewage treatment, and vector control measures for malaria, dengue, and filariasis
Identify occupational hazards and the principles of occupational health surveillance
Relate housing, air pollution, and food sanitation standards to disease prevention
Your checkpoint
A one-page environmental health reference covering water, waste, vectors, and occupational exposure limits, self-quizzed to 90 percent recall
Community Medicine
Outline antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care schedules and the risk approach in maternal health
Describe growth monitoring, immunization schedules, and nutritional deficiency disorders in children
Explain the components and evaluation of health education and behavior change communication
Apply the principles of screening program design to maternal and child health conditions
Your checkpoint
A maternal and child health flow chart from antenatal registration through postnatal follow-up, with immunization schedule annotated
Community Medicine
Integrate epidemiology, biostatistics, and health program content by answering 100 mixed practice items under timed conditions
Categorize every missed item by cause: knowledge gap, misread question, or calculation error
Re-derive the five formulas most frequently missed from memory
Review weak subtopics flagged by the error log
Your checkpoint
An error log of all missed items with corrected reasoning and a ranked list of the five weakest subtopics
Community Medicine
Complete two full-length timed mock papers and score above the target pass mark on both
Revisit the error log and close every remaining knowledge gap
Recite key definitions, rates, and program indicators from the formula and summary sheets without notes
Plan exam-day time allocation and question-skipping strategy
Your checkpoint
Two completed mock papers with scores, a closed error log, and a one-page exam-day strategy sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 70 percent on a self-made 30-item quiz on epidemiology and study design, and correctly compute sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values in a 2x2 table without notes
Week 4: Score at least 70 percent on a 40-item mixed block covering biostatistics, health planning, and national health programs, with all calculation items worked correctly
Week 6: Score at least 75 percent on a 40-item block covering environmental, occupational, maternal, and child health, and recite the immunization schedule from memory
Week 8: Score at or above the target pass mark on two full-length timed mocks, with no repeated error category from the week 7 log