Department of Community Medicine

Introduction

The graduates will have the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to promote health and well-being and to prevent disease with other health care professionals and community agencies to the benefit of the individual patient, the family and the community as a whole.

Courses Involved

Undergraduate:

• MBBS
• BSc Human Biology (special)
• BSc Nursing

Postgraduate

• M. phil.
• MSc. Community Medicine
• MD in Community Medicine

Services and Facilities

Field Services

The Department along with the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) of the Department of Health provides health care services to the Boralesgamuwa MOH area -a population of 60,000.

Regular clinics offering maternal, child care and family planning services are conducted on a weekly basis in the MOH area.

Department Staff

Senior Prof. K.A.K.K. Wijewardena MBBS(SL), MD (Community Medicine), Diploma in Statistics and epidemiology	Senior Professor
Prof. Pushpa Fonseka MBBS, Diploma in Child Health, PhD	Professor
Prof. S. Sivayogan MBBS(SL), MD(Col)	Professor
Dr. C .S. E. Goonewardena MBBS, MSc(Col), DRH(Liverpool, UK), MD (Community Medicine) (Col)	Senior Lecture II
Dr. B. C. V. Senaratna MBBS, MSc(Col), MD (Community Medicine)(Col)	Lecturer
Dr. M. V. F. Jayasuriya MBBS, MSc(Col), MD (Community Medicine) (Col)	Lecture
Dr. S. Prathapan MBBS(SL), MSc(Col)	Lecturer (Probationary)

Lecturers on Leave

• Dr. B.C.V. Senaratna is on study leave till the 31st of January 2008.
• Prof. S. Sivayogan will be on sabbatical leave from 1st February 2008 to 31st January 2009.

Research

Research Programs

Contact Details

Telephone: +94112758590

+94112801480

email: sampatha4@yahoo.co.uk