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Sachdeva and Sachdev: Skills and practices for the post graduate trainees
Table1: Selected skills and practices applicable for community medicine, public health, and hospital administration
trainees in India
Organization
Management
Administration
Holding conferences, workshop, quiz;
Health management planning,
Concept note, project, and
debate, anchoring, and stage and audience
organizing, staffing, training, directing,
proposal buildup including
management
decisionmaking, controlling, supervision,
budgeting, staffing, and activities
Screening including community/rehabilitation/
interview, recruitment, appraisal,
File drafting
disability/occupational camps;
retention, and feedback; termination
Agenda setting, conducting
Preplacement and periodic medical
Disaster management, triage, base setting, administrative, and functional
examination of students/staff
resource mapping, shelter, sanitation
meetings toward actionable
Conduct of rapid assessment surveys
arrangement, transportation
outcome
Need assessment; drawing up
Drafting letters, reminders,
equipment/furniture/drug specification;
memorandums, feedback report
bid purchase; tendering procedure,
Conduct of preliminary enquiry,
purchase/supply order; receipt;
audit, disciplinary, infection
inspection; quality control; installation;
control, and other committee
maintenance, condemnation, and disposal proceedings
Banking, taxation, and financial handling
Medical audit
Quality management, control, circles,
Developing program schedule
assessment, practices, evaluation
and itinerary plans
Accreditation
Resource mobilization
Inventory control
Biomedical waste management
Communication
Epidemiology, surveillance, and outbreak Research methodology
Verbal
investigation
Research methodology including
Written
Hazard identification and risk assessment review of literature, drafting
Body movement
objectives, study design, sample
Soft skills
size estimation, and sampling
Basic and advance statistical
analysis
Data management, statistical
and software handling (Excel;
EPI info, SPSS, SAS, STATA,
Rsoftware)
Clinical practice
Personality development
Teaching and training
Clinical, diagnosis, investigative, and patient
Selfawareness, motivation, leadership,
Teaching and training
management of common illness/national
drive, emotional maturity, anger control,
undergraduate and postgraduate
health program
and stress management
students; medical officers,
Vaccine/injection administration
Constructive politics
paramedical workers
Midwifery skills, contraceptives, and conduct
Spiritual practices, yoga, and meditation
Training needs assessment,
of delivery
Time management
curriculum development, content,
Proficiency in basic life support for critically
Ethical, social, and legal conduct
and objective buildup
ill patient and emergency care
Active listening and critical evaluation
Drafting question paper/
Nutritional assessment, counseling, and advice Comprehension, detailing, and
multiplechoice questions;
summarizing
pre and posttest evaluation
Assertiveness practices
Conducting mock test, vivavoice,
practical and university
examinations
Delivering health talks, seminar,
and journal club presentation
People management
Information technology
Publications
Community engagement, motivation, and
Computer and teaching/training
Technical/policy report writing
mobilization
technology aid usage (social media,
Research publications
Appreciate and acknowledge others
projector, fax, photocopier, scanner,
Setting/formulating technical
Collaboration with peers and team formation
data transfer, telemedicine, video
standards
Networking and relationship building
conferencing, etc.)
Counseling
Health management information system
including international classification of
diseases
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