| Because child care must extend beyond the hospital, training in social pediatrics should provide the medical student with the opportunity to work and study not only in the hospital but in various health centres (rural, urban, MCH, and/or family welfare centres). He will then experience a comprehensive health team approach to the child's welfare, family, and community. One such scheme is operated by the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Pondicherry (India). In this programme, undergraduates and interns serve at urban and rural health centres that are affiliated with the department. They treat outpatients, make home visits, attend schools, undertake projects, etc. Two appendices outline the activities to be conducted at each c the department. |