Dr. Jayanti Acharya

Brief Biography:

Present Occupation:

Associate professor in community medicine at Bhaskar Medical College, Yenkapally, Moinabad, RR Dist, Andhra Pradesh

Qualifications:

1. MBBS: Lady Hardinge medical college, Delhi, (Delhi University), Dec 1986
2. DHE: Insistute of Health care adminstration, Madras, 1993
3. MD(Community Medicine), B J Medical College, Ahmedabad(Gujarat Univ), Dec 1999

Thesis topic: Non-Compliance of Medication among patients attending out-patient Clinic in Ahmedabad Cantonement.

Academic positions:

Appointments/Jobs held

1. Full time paid resident 1st and 2nd year in dept of physiology, Lady hardinge medical college, 02 Aug'88 TO 03 May'90
2. Private practice in civil nursing home at mathura and gauhati from 1990 TO 1994 -2-
3. Service in the army medical corps as captain, then Major, from 10 sep 94 TO 10 sep 99
4. Cantonement board medical officer in Ahmedabad from Feb 2000 TO April 2001
5. Lady doctor in Family welfare centre, Dinjan Cantt, Assam From Aug 01 TO May 02.
6. Private practice in Dinjan Cantt, Assam From June 02 to March 05
7. Asst Professor in Community Medicine at Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur Village, RR Dist, Andhra Pradesh, From 01 April 05 TO Dec 06
8. Asst Professor in Community Medicine at Bhaskar medical College, Yenkapally, Moinabad, RR Dist, Andhra Pradesh, from Dec 06 til Oct '10.
9. Associate Professor in Community medicine from Nov 10 Till Date.
10. External examiner for MBBS, NTR University, Andhra Pradesh.

Research interests:

Mother and Child health prevention of communicable diseases

Any other information:

Publications:

1. A Study in compliance and behavioural responses of patients in an out patient clinic. Authors: Dr(Mrs) J P Acharya, I Acharya Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol XXVIII no 1 Jan-Mar, 2003
2. Illness and Compliance profile of patients attending an out patient clinic Authors: I Acharya, Mrs J P Acharya, Indian Journal of Preventive and social medicine, VOL 35 no 3&4, 2004

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