Family Medicine Residency
Jan Swasthya Sahyog offers a three-year DNB Family Medicine course recognized by the National Board of Examinations. There are currently four spots available, two for post diploma students and two as post MBBS seats.
JSS believes in producing ‘specialist generalists’ who can provide the critical access to preventative and curative services needed in rural areas. Family medicine residents are broadly trained in the outpatient and inpatient aspects of Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, and OBGYN. We also believe that strong acute care training is important to manage sick patients and residents also rotate through the emergency department and ICU. The JSS hospital at Ganiyari sees over 65,000 patients per year, admitting around 4,000 patients, and conducting close to 2,500 surgeries. In addition, our community programme caters to the comprehensive needs of 42,000 residents across 72 villages through a network of village health workers and three health and wellness centres. We use a mix of paper and electronic medical records, and utilize tele-consultations from specialists across India and globally.
People in small places don’t have small problems. We see many neglected diseases of poverty from leprosy to rheumatic heart and even common conditions present late, with complications, or have a different pathophysiology such as ‘lean’ diabetes. Our residents also gain experience treating a wide array of less common clinical issues, from various metastatic cancers, high-risk pregnancies, to tuberculosis of all types fueled by chronic malnutrition. Our residents benefit from our founders, who graduated from AIIMS and provide daily guidance and mentorship. Residents also learn from our skilled, experienced staff including senior nurses, OT assistants, and laboratory technicians in a non-hierarchical, cooperative team environment. All residents engage in meaningful research, with each student tasked with writing a final thesis by the end of the programme which we expect to be of publishable quality.
Because JSS serves a poor, tribal region of rural Chhattisgarh, many of the conditions we see are compounded by social, political, and economic marginalization. In addition to engaging in clinical work, our DNB residents are taught about the intersection of illness and poverty, and they engage in health projects that seek to address some of the underlying issues of ill health. Becoming a true generalist, and learning this wide scope of clinical skills requires dedication. We ask a lot of our residents, not only hard work and long hours, but a commitment to our vulnerable patients and the value of social justice. The unique JSS culture is not for everyone, but we look forward to welcoming those who share our dream.
Basic shared room accommodation is provided on campus, along with a simple mess for all meals, and print and electronic access to a host of medical materials for learning.
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