Department of Family Medicine

About Us

The Department of Family Medicine at SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre is committed to providing comprehensive, continuous, and patient-centred healthcare across all stages of life. The department focuses on holistic care for individuals and families, with emphasis on disease prevention, health promotion, early diagnosis, treatment, and continuity of care.


Family Medicine integrates clinical knowledge from various specialties with a patient-centred approach, addressing the physical, psychological, social, and preventive healthcare needs of the community. The department provides students and trainees with opportunities to understand common health conditions, chronic disease management, preventive healthcare, and the importance of continuity of care.


The department is dedicated to developing competent healthcare professionals with strong clinical skills, effective communication, ethical values, and a community-oriented approach to patient care.

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Our Vision

Our Mission

Academics

The Department of Family Medicine provides structured academic and clinical learning opportunities with emphasis on comprehensive patient care and community-oriented healthcare.

Academic activities include:

  • Undergraduate teaching and clinical orientation in Family Medicine.
  • Training in history taking, clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up.
  • Exposure to common acute and chronic medical conditions encountered in primary care.
  • Training in preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative healthcare.
  • Learning about screening and early detection of common diseases.
  • Management of chronic diseases and coordination of care.
  • Geriatric, adolescent, maternal, and child healthcare perspectives.
  • Health education and counselling for patients and families.
  • Community-based learning and understanding of healthcare needs at the primary-care level.
  • Case discussions, seminars, tutorials, clinical demonstrations, and bedside teaching.

Infrastructure

The Department of Family Medicine is supported by the clinical and academic infrastructure of SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, providing an appropriate environment for teaching, training, patient care, and community-oriented learning.

The department provides access to:

  • Dedicated clinical consultation and examination facilities.
  • Patient care facilities for comprehensive assessment and follow-up.
  • Clinical teaching areas for undergraduate and postgraduate training.
  • Seminar and discussion facilities.
  • Access to hospital diagnostic and laboratory services.
  • Access to various specialty and super-specialty departments for multidisciplinary patient care.
  • Electronic medical records and hospital information systems, wherever applicable.
  • Library and digital learning resources.
  • Community-oriented clinical learning opportunities.

The department works in coordination with other clinical departments to facilitate integrated and comprehensive patient care.

Faculty

Dr. Kuryan George

MBBS., MD

Professor

Dr. Nithya Ashok. K

MBBS., DNB (Family Medicine)

Assistant Professor

Teaching–Learning Methods

The Department of Family Medicine follows a structured, student-centred, competency-oriented approach to teaching and learning. The teaching methodology combines theoretical knowledge with practical and clinical exposure.

Teaching–learning methods include:

  • Interactive lectures and classroom teaching.
  • Small-group discussions and tutorials.
  • Bedside and outpatient clinical teaching.
  • Case-based discussions.
  • Clinical demonstrations.
  • Patient-centred history taking and clinical examination.
  • Seminar presentations and journal discussions.
  • Problem-based learning and clinical problem-solving exercises.
  • Case presentations and clinical case discussions.
  • Health education and patient counselling exercises.
  • Community-based learning and field exposure.
  • Interdepartmental teaching and multidisciplinary case discussions.
  • Formative assessment and continuous feedback to learners.

The department emphasizes clinical reasoning, communication skills, professionalism, preventive healthcare, continuity of care, and holistic patient management.