Medical and health systems have undergone considerable changes due to increased understanding of the importance of shift from bio-medical to socio-cultural models. This has lead to shifting focus from institutional care to community care and from treatment to prevention and promotion.

These changes have created many new and challenging opportunities for social scientists & workers within and outside hospitals. This new challenge demands specially trained professional Social Workers for manning medical and public health organizations and systems.

Objectives:

1. Critically understand, equip and respond to the challenging roles of Social Workers/ Scientists in medical and public health settings
2. To strengthen theoretical & practical knowledge base & skills required for a professional Medical & Public Health Social Worker/Scientist
3. To develop interdisciplinary and specialized professional outlook, upheld the dignity and esteem of the medical social work profession.