Department of Community Medicine

Nutrition Week celebration

The Department of Community Medicine and Dietetics department organized a Recipe Competition as part of the Nutrition Week celebrations at Pharmacology practical lab on 6th September 2023. Participants were asked to bring their cooked food items and were evaluated on the basis of their taste and flavor, presentation and creativity, nutritional value and balance, use of locally available ingredients, and overall appeal. Dr S.L Jadhav(Professor, Dept of Community Medicine), Dr Vinita Pandey(Professor, Dept of Paediatrics), Dr. Renuka Jadhav(Professor, Dept of Paediatrics), Dhyaneshwari Barve (charge of nutrition and dietetics department) were the judges. Dr Preeti Sonje from Dept of Anatomy was the winner of the competition followed by Dr Akshi Raj, Dr. Madhuri Singh from dept of Pathology as 1st runner-up, and Dr. Kanchan Ingale from dept of PSM as 2nd runner up. Dr. J.S Bawalkar and Dr. Vatsalaswamy emphasized the need for such activities. 

Nutrition Week Quiz Competition

1. Department of Community Medicine organized a Nutrition Week Quiz undergraduate MBBS third year students at Lecture Hall 3 on 4th September 2023 to enhance their understanding of nutrition and its significance in the medical field. The quiz had 4 rounds with the first round including image-based questions, rangoli designing with millets, and dumb charades. The audience was involved in the competition with various activities. Team Idli Sambhar (Hanshita Nandigem, Upasana Sarkar, Varun Raj Gupta) were the winners of the competition. The participants with the highest scores were recognized and awarded prizes by Dr J.S Bhawalkar (Dean) and Dr. Vatsalaswamy (Director of Academics).

World Breast Feeding Week

Department of community medicine on the occasion of World Breast Feeding Week on 7.8.2023 conducted a integrated teaching session for undergraduate MBBS third year students to enhance the importance of breast feeding by using Pictorial quiz, crossword puzzle and case scenario. Students were given a casebased scenario and they depicted using gather approach and Fun activity cum learning by using snake and ladder game. students actively participated and learnt about do’s and don’t during breast feeding.