As per norms of National Medical Commission, Family Adoption Program was initiated for the first time in Government Medical College Doda from December 17. The flagship Programme has been undertaken by Department of Community Medicine.
Family adoption program aims to provide an experiential learning opportunity to Indian Medical graduates to- wards community-based health care and thereby enhance equity in health.
The Objectives of the Program is to Orient the learner towards primary healthcare, create health related awareness within the community, to function as a first point of contact for any health issues within the community and allotted family, generate and analyze related data for improving health outcomes and Evidence based clinical practices and understanding long-term follow up of chronic morbidity and prevention and control of such diseases in allotted family.