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:
- Construct a family record table
- Draw a family tree and mention its significance in the clinical settings
- Mention the environmental status in terms of:
- Construct of house
- Overcrowding
- Water supply
- Waste disposal
- Biological environment
- Psychosocial environment
- Mention the significant social habits and customs in terms of:
- Good habits and customs
- Bad habits and customs
- Calculate modified Kupppuswamy socio-economic status and interpret your finding.
- Calculate the nutritional status of your family and interpret your findings.
Study your Index case (DRC) and answer the following questions. (10)
- What is your Index case?
- Mention the management of your index case based on the natural history of the disease.