Newprospectus 2022-23. cdr

Establishment of a primary care mental health team
One of the core objectives of this course is to create 
primary care mental health teams. It is for this reason 
that every doctor has been asked to enroll along with 
another graduate. To achieve the goal of creating 
mental health teams, the course has been specifically 
designed to foster team building. Course materials 
have been appropriately designed to meet the 
learning needs of both the doctors and the mental 
health workers.
Non-pharmacological strategies, which are time- 
consuming, are very important in the management of 
mental health problems. These can be effectively 
administered by appropriately trained non- doctor 
graduates as well. Therefore, an integrated 
management plan that involves a doctor and a mental 
health worker will greatly benefit patients in primary 
care se ings where specialist care is scarce or 
unavailable.
Eligibility Criteria
• This course is open to both Indian citizens and 
foreign nationals
• All candidates must possess a valid MBBS degree 
certificate or equivalent. (Provisional MBBS 
certificates shall not be considered / accepted). 
Candidates possessing higher degrees, diplomas, 
or fellowships can also apply.
• All candidates must possess a valid MCI/ State 
Medical Council registration.
• Foreign candidates should be registered with 
appropriate accrediting bodies in their own 
countries.
• All candidates must bring along a non-MBBS 
graduate in any field with an interest in (or 
a ached to) medical/mental health work 
(examples could include social worker, nurse, 
occupational therapist, physiotherapist, public 
relations person, psychologist, chaplain/pastor, 
etc). Any graduate degree holder is eligible (but 
must possess a valid degree certificate and should 
be comfortable in wri en and spoken English).
• Applicants, please note that the above criteria are 
mandatory for admission to the course.
Duration:
This is a one year 'blended learning course' involving 
both self-learning, as well as a hands-on component 
in the form of contact programmes
Maximum no. of seats:
30 pairs (MBBS doctors and Mental Health Workers)
Contact programme:
Two contact programmes for a total of 12 days. First 
contract program at CMC vellore and the second 
contact program at a CMC network hospital. The 
contact programs are of hybrid nature: both online 
and onsite face to face sessions will be conducted. The 
onsite (face to face) session will be held, subject to the 
relaxation of travel and other corona pandemic 
related regulations stipulated by the government and 
our institute (CMC) periodically.
Application and Prospectus
You can get further details at our website: h p:// 
courses.cmcdistedu.org/ or email us at info@ 
cmcdistedu.org. The application form for this course 
is likely to be available by June of this year.
Post Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation 
Medicine (PGDRM)
Preamble:
In India, around 26.8 million people are disabled as 
per the 2011 census. This number is estimated to be 
around 65 million in 2018. Around 70% (18.7 million) 
people with disabilities are living in the rural areas. 
Locomotor disability and multiple disabilities are 
more in rural and remote areas than urban regions. 
The percentage of disabled to total population in 
India has also increased considerably compared to 
the previous decade. Only 36.3% of the disabled 

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population is employed primarily because they were 
not properly rehabilitated and motivated.
According to a study, persons with disabilities are 
more likely to be victims of violence or rape, less likely 
to obtain access to healthcare facilities, social justice, 
legal protection and preventive care. After cost, the 
lack of services in the local area is the second most 
frequent reason for people with disabilities not using 
health facilities.
Objectives
In order to target the poor people with disabilities in 
remote and rural areas, it is quite crucial to train 
va r i o u s l e ve l s o f h e a l t h c a r e p r o v i d e r s i n 
rehabilitation care. This will further enable creating 
and strengthening the mini rehab setups. Practicing 
general physicians with an MBBS degree are 
primarily to be upgraded in rehabilitation skills so 
that scientific, evidence based medicine can be 
appropriately administered to this section of 
vulnerable people.
This one year program uses many teaching-learning 
techniques to make adult learning both stimulating 
and interesting – contact classes include interactive 
lectures, clinics, skills development, group activities 
and assessments. Assessments will be both formative 
and summative in nature. Formative assessments will 
include online assignments and quizzes as part of the 
interactive online modules, participation in online 
discussion forums, assessments during the contact 
programs as well as successful completion of a 
project. Summative assessments include both theory 
and practical examination at the end of the course. 
The course also has a strong component of ethics, 
values, and social responsibility. All this enables the 
doctor at the periphery to recognize the patients with 
disabilities early and provide care for them, as much 
as possible, at the grass-root level.
Eligibility Criteria
:
This course is open only to Indian citizens residing 
and working in India.
• All candidates must possess a valid MBBS degree 
certificate or equivalent. (Provisional MBBS 
certificates shall not be considered/accepted). 
Candidates possessing higher degrees, diplomas, 
or fellowships can also apply.
• All candidates must possess a valid MCI/ State 
Medical Council registration.
• All candidates must bring along a non-MBBS 
graduate in any field who has an interest in 
medical/ rehabilitation work. Any graduate 
degree holder is eligible (but must possess a valid 
degree certificate and should be comfortable in 
wri en and spoken English).
Applicants, please note that the above criteria are 
mandatory for admission to the course.
The Doctor is the primary applicant for the course.
Duration:
This is a one year 'blended learning course' involving 
both self-learning, as well as a hands-on component 
in the form of contact programmes
Maximum no. of seats:
30 pairs (MBBS graduate along with Rehabilitation 
Assistant).
Contact programme:
Two contact programmes for a total of 12 days. First 
contract program will be held at CMC vellore and the
second contact program at 2 of the CMC network's 
rural mission hospital. The contact programs are of 
hybrid nature: both online and onsite face to face 
sessions will be conducted. The onsite (face to face) 
session will be held, subject to the relaxation of travel 
and other corona pandemic related regulations 
stipulated by the government and our institute 
(CMC) periodically.
Application and Prospectus
You can get further details at our website: h p:// 
courses.cmcdistedu.org/ or email us at info@ 
cmcdistedu.org. The application form for this course 
is likely to be available by Feb of this year.

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