MD in Community Medicine  

• Operational Research, Epidemiology, Medical Education, Qualitative research, Basic biostatistics, Regression, Diagnostic Tests, Health Technology Assessment, Preventive Oncology, Tuberculosis

• SORT IT OR network
• Indian Public Health Association
• Karnataka Association for Community Health
• Indian Medical Association

Training

• Operational Research, Epidemiology, Medical Education, Qualitative research, Basic biostatistics, Regression, Diagnostic Tests, Health Technology Assessment, Health Costing

1. Vijayageetha M, Kumar AMV, Ramakrishnan J, Sarkar S, Papa D, Mehta K, Joseph NM, Rajaram M, Rajaa S, Chinnakali P. Tuberculosis screening among pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, South India: is it worth the effort? Glob Health Action. 2019;12(1):1564488.
2. Shrestha I, Shrestha S, Vijayageetha M, Koju P, Shreshtha S, Zachariah et al. Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Administration Improved after Introducing Dedicated Guidelines: A Before-and-After Study from Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal (2019–2023). Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2023, 8, 420. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/tropicalmed8080420
3. Jeyashree K, Thangaraj J, Rade K, Modi B, Selvaraju S, Velusamy S, Akhil S, Vijayageetha M et al. Estimation of tuberculosis incidence at subnational level using three methods to monitor progress towards ending TB in India, 2015-2020. BMJ Open. 2022;12(7):60197 DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060197
4. Ponnaiah M, Bhatnagar T, Ganeshkumar P, Bhar D, Elumalai R, Vijayageetha M et al. Design and implementation challenges of massive open online course on research methods for Indian medical postgraduates and teachers –descriptive analysis of inaugural cycle. BMC Medical Education. 2022;22:369 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03423-6
5. Vijayageetha M, Sen A, Subramanian S, Anuja M, Anushree J, Arya A B et al. Presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis and its associated factors among adult patients availing out-patient services in a tertiary care center, Puducherry, South India. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2020;7(7):2703- 2707.

• Selected and completed National Structured Operational Research Training course held at ICMR-NIRT, Chennai [funded by Department for International Development (DFID), UK, and La Fondation Veuve Emile Metz-Tesch(Luxembourg)]
• Won 1st Prize for Poster Presentation at the National Environmental and Occupational Health Conference held by National Institute for Occupational Health, ICMR, Bangalore.