Family Medicine

About the Specialty

Making family healthier, stronger, and ready for a brighter future! The Family Medicine Department at MGMCH is a medical speciality within primary care.

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The department provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the complete family. A family physician this department treats individuals and families across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. Our team of experts provides treatment for all regardless of their age or health condition. They work towards maintaining, an enduring and trusting relationship with the patients and their families.

We provide preventive care, including routine check-ups, health-risk assessments, immunization, screening tests, and personalized counselling to encourage a healthy lifestyle.

Family Medicine is a department which dealing with the health and well-being of every member of your family. They are the forerunners of the preventive care, well-being, and family fitness drive. Our department had a crucial role to play in conquering the challenging times of patient care during a pandemic like COVID-19 and the post-Covid era.

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Dr. Mukesh jain

Professor & HOD

Department of Family Medicine

The Department of Family Medicine at MGMCH, Jaipur prides itself on being a pioneer in patient care, education, and scientific research.

The department is dedicated to providing compassionate and comprehensive health services to all its patients. We provide best patient care on grounds of Family medicine principles. While we have the best facilities available today, our most notable asset is our phenomenal faculty.

Our dedicated and highly qualified team of professionals deliver efficient and compassionate patient care that is par excellence.

Specialty Clinics

Screening and Preventive Clinic

The Screening and Preventive Clinic offers a multifaceted approach to assess and screen cancers and other common chronic diseases like Diabetes, Hypertension, thyroid diseases etc. The experts here provide to all its patients treatment accordingly. They also play a vital role in creating awareness towards a healthy lifestyle.

Diabetic Clinic

Diabetes is a lifestyle disorder that has an adverse impact on the human body. This Clinic offers accuracy in screening and management of Diabetes. The experts here familiarize the patients and their families with the type of the disease and the complications surrounding it. They assist patients and their families in regular follow-up and rehabilitation of patients.

Geriatric Clinic

Health complications are common with increasing age. The Geriatric Clinic at MGMCH has a patient-centric and give personalized care to all patients. The Experts from this Clinic focus on preventing and managing illnesses that may be problematic for an elderly patient.

Immunisation

The first step towards a healthier future is through preventive care. Immunization is the most important step in the process of preventive care. This Clinic focuses on providing adult and paediatric vaccinations.

Core Competencies

Patient care

We offer comprehensive patient care with compassion. Our treatment plans are personalized and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.

Medical knowledge

The members of our team demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and cognate sciences. We use this knowledge to provide Holistic care.

Practice-based learning and Improvement

Our team is focused on delivering accuracy in the investigation and evaluation of the ailments of the patient. They appraise and assimilate scientific evidence. Which help in improving their patient care practices.

Interpersonal and Communication Skills

Our team demonstrates high interpersonal and communication skills. This helps in effective information exchange and teaming with patients, their families and professional associates.

Professionalism

We have a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities. Our team strictly adheres to ethical principles. Our treatment plans are driven by sensitivity to a diverse patient population.

System-based Practice

Creating awareness of responsiveness to the larger context and system of healthcare is our priority. Our team is able to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.

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Diagnostic and Clinical Services

  • OPD, IPD services and Day care services – Treatment of General diseases to patient of all ages in both OPD and IPD
  • Community based services – Health camps, school camps, PHCs and CHCs
  • Preventive checkups -Routine check-ups, health-risk assessments, Health packages
  • Elderly care, chronic care, screening tests, and personalized counselling to encourage healthy lifestyle
  • Adult Immunization
  • Tele-consultations
  • Counselling & Addiction session –(Smoking, tobacco & alcohol cessation
  • Post graduate training- Teaching of Family Medicine PG students according to NMC

Achievements

  • Attended and part of organizing committee, RAJ APICON Nov. 2022
  • Published research Articles in 2022
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Aims and Objectives

Aims

  • Person centred care
  • Family oriented care
  • Community based care
  • Comprehensive care
  • Continuous care
  • Health promotion and disease prevention
  • Collaborative, coordinated team-based care
  • Resource management and health advocacy
  • Lifelong self-learning

Objectives of Family Medicine Specialty

  • Promotion of health and prevention of diseases in the families under care.
  • Effective medical management of common diseases in all age groups, in various clinical specialties within the limited resources of family practice setting.
  • Management of a wide range of common medical emergencies in family practice, with evidence-based medicine.
  • Identification of red flag signs and symptoms in any disease or health problem and their appropriate management or referral.
  • Coordination of care with the other specialties , follow up, continuity of care, domiciliary care, and palliative care.
  • Ability to care for disadvantaged groups in the community such as the elderly, mentally and specially abled individuals
  • Effectively communicate with patients, family, colleagues and other health care workers.
  • Develop ability to take decisions on appropriate and cost-effective use of investigations and interpret the results accordingly
  • Be a role model in behavior and able to organize community care programmes, focusing on promotion and maintenance of health of the family and the community in general.
  • Acquire competency in legal certification and documentation, keeping medical records and data management.
  • Able to conduct research and submit the results as thesis.

Treatment(Ailment)

At the Division of Family Medicine of MGMCH, we invest our efforts, time, and expertise to detect and treat various types of ailments.

  • Common diseases in general practice
  • Infectious diseases and its management
  • Chronic diseases - Diabetes and its complications, Hypertension, thyroid diseases etc
  • Common surgical ailments and its management – Diabetic foot, Incision and drainage, Dressing and debridement, wound care including suturing
  • Elderly care – Management of Polypharmacy, Falls, dementia, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rehabilitation and palliative care
  • Common ENT and skin problems – Ear pain and discharge, nasal discharge, throat pain and related issues.
  • Common skin conditions like infections, acne, hair fall, allergies etc.
  • Preventive – Immunisation (both paediatric and Adult), Screening, health check-ups and behavioural counselling

Procedures

General procedures
  • IV cannulation, Urinary catheterization, feeding tube insertion
Obstetric procedures
  • Conduction of normal labour, PAP smear, IUCD insertion and removal, per speculum examination
Surgical procedures
  • Incision and Drainage (I&D) – abscess, sebaceous cyst
  • Debridement and dressing of wounds, suturing of wounds
  • Nail removal under local anaesthesia
Skin procedures
  • Keloit Repair Corn repair, allergic testing, skin biopsy, skin scraping for fungal infections
Orthopaedic procedures
  • Splinting and cast for fractures, Steroid injections, Rehabilitation
ENT and eye procedures
  • Foreign body removal, chalazion I &D, IOP measurement.

Facilities

All Healthcare Solutions Under One Roof

  • OPD, IPD and Day care Services
  • 24X7 Pharmacy
  • 24X7 Clinical Laboratory Services
  • 24X7 Ambulance
  • OPD procedure
  • Health Check ups

24X7 Radiology & Imaging Services

  • MRI Machine – Advanced 1.5 Tesla MRI
  • CT Scan – 16 Slice CT scan
  • Computerized Radiography (CR) System
  • Ultrasound
  • X-ray
  • Doppler Studies

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FAQs

Family medicine is a clinical speciality which is devoted towards comprehensive health care for people of all ages, sex and gender.

Family Physician provides continuous, comprehensive and holistic care to their patients. They give patient centred care rather than disease centred care. Family Physician advocates treating the patient and not just disease.

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