Module 13: Family Medicine

• Identify and diagnose illness in the family
• Follow up and study response(s) of the individual /family/community to the specific illness
• Identify and diagnose and manage illness in the family as a family physician to acquire familiarity with the common illness such as

• Acute respiratory infections
• Rubella
• Mumps
• Diptheria
• Pertusis
• Chickenpox
• Pneumonia
• Tuberculosis [Click Here]
• Measles
• Diarrhea
• Fever
• HIV and AIDS
• Bronchial asthma
• COPD

Study your assigned family and answer the following questions. (20)

     1. Briefly mention the sociodemography in terms of:

1. Construct a family record table
2. Draw a family tree and mention its significance in the clinical settings

2. Mention the environmental status in terms of:

1. Construct of house
2. Overcrowding
3. Water supply
4. Waste disposal
5. Biological environment
6. Psychosocial environment

3. Mention the significant social habits and customs in terms of:

1. Good habits and customs
2. Bad habits and customs

4. Calculate modified Kupppuswamy socio-economic status and interpret your finding.
5. Calculate the nutritional status of your family and interpret your findings.

Study your Index case (DRC) and answer the following questions. (10)

1. What is your Index case?
2. Mention the management of your index case based on the natural history of the disease.