As we discussed previously, Community medicine, also known as PSM for Preventive and Social Medicine, is a subject that requires mastering theory and clinical skills.
This third year subject is often a kinky part for many MBBS students giving their prof exams. We have provided the Vivek Jain PSM PDF Download links below using the Google drive links.
Vivek Jain PSM PDF Book
There are 17 Annexures with 16 chapters and a section for Image-based questions which are as follows:
List of Annexures
- Disease Incubation Period
- Days that Are Important for Public Health
- Important Public Health Instruments
- Mode(s) of Disease Transmission
- A Few Significant Health Laws Passed in India
- Some Important Indian Health Programs
- Transmitted Diseases and Vectors
- Guidelines for New Tuberculosis Diagnosis (RNTCP) in India (w.e.f. 01 April 2009 onwards)
- NPP 2000, the National Population Plan
- The 2015 National Health Policy (NHP)
- Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs)
- India’s updated malaria treatment recommendations (2013 onwards)
- Biomedical Waste Management Guidelines, Draft 2011, 2015
- Gold Medals
- India’s Current Public Health Statistics
- Honors in Medicine and Health
- Report on Universal Health Coverage from the High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) (UHC)
MCQs and their Explanations
- Background of Medicine
- Health and disease concepts
- Vaccines and epidemiology
- Examination for Disease
- Diseases that are communicable and non-communicable
- Indian National Health Programs, Policies, and Laws
- Population, family planning, and birth control
- Obstetrics, pediatrics, and geriatrics prevention
- Health and Nutrition
- Sciences Sociales and Health
- Climate Change and Health
- Disaster preparedness, biomedical waste management, occupational health,
- Health and Genetics, Mental Health
- Education and communication on health
- Planning and management of health care in India
- Health International
- Biostatistics
Questions with Images
In the 8th edition of Vivek Jain PSM book, the following changes and additions were made:
- Epidemiology New Live Updated Lecture, 3 hours (DVD)
- New Image MCQs with Solutions (Based on “Recent Exams”)
- Most recent MCQs papers with answers
- PGI May/November 2015, JIPMER Postgraduate 2015, Bihar Postgraduate 2015, AP Postgraduate 2015, and ESI IMO
- PGMCET 2015, UPSC CMS 2015, and 2014–15
- 2012 to 2015, ALL “Recent Questions”
- Recent/new issues and evolving PSM concepts
- 2016’s revised national immunization schedule
- 2015 Sustainable Development Objectives
- 2015 National Health Policy
- Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and evidence-based medicine
- Oseltamivir dosages and H1N1 classification
- 2015 New Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines, Weight Bands
- Latest DLHS survey
- Mission 2020 for TB, the ALL-IN Initiative, and the HIV-PEP
- NIKSHAY, Swajaldhara, Link Worker, Ujjwala, and ICPS are new programmes.
- NHM, RBSK, NSSK, RKSK, PMJDY, PMSSY, and NUHM are new health programs.
- New tactics include NLEP 2012–17, STOP/End-TB, and RMNCH+A.
- 2015’s New RTI/STI Treatment Changes (STD color kits, Suraksha clinic)
- 2015 PPTCT Updated Guidelines (Triple ARV Prophylaxis)
- 2015 New Rabies Prevention Guidelines (Essen, Thai Red Cross Regimen)
- NACP’s new guidelines (HIV district classification, LAC, LAC PLUS, ART PLUS)
- Earlier/Emerging Illnesses (H5N6, H7N9, Ebola, MERS-CoV)
- updated vaccines (Malaria, Rabies)
- Guidelines for the 2015 New Protein Quality Assessment (DIAAS)
- Epidemiology of Different Diseases Has Changed
- Modifications to National Health Programs (NRHM, MDMP, JSSK, HNBC, ICDS)
- 2012–2017: Twelfth Five-Year Plan
- newest businesses (NITI Aayog, NIRT, NIE, NIDM, NDRF)
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Overview
Dr. Vivek Jain PSM book is a finely carved book for MBBS students who are preparing for the NEET PG exam after MBBS and looking forward to the preparatory manual for the Community Medicine subject.
The latest edition of the book is an 18.2 MB file and has over 941 pages which contain the following Annexures, Chapters with Theory, MCQs, and Explanations, and finally, Image-based questions.
Vivek Jain PSM Latest Edition Book PDF Download
You can download the Vivek Jain PSM Book 8th edition by the links given below. We will update with Vivek Jain’s latest edition (11th and 12th edition) whenever we get the links.
13th edition please