DR RIA ROY

Executive member of IACFM since 2022

Assistant Professor, Community Medicine, Santiniketan Medical College, Bolpur, West Bengal

(2023 – Present)

MD Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS Patna

(2019 – 2021)

MBBS, Medical College, Kolkata

(2012 – 2018)

My Vision for IACFM

Community and family physicians play a pivotal role in growing the primary care health facilities in this country and reaching each household to promote “Health for All”. My vision is universal access to comprehensive and affordable care to patients, no matter their sociodemographic or individual requirements. Family Physician is the need of the hour for India.

My Background

I have extensive patient care experience as general physician within the rural infrastructure of Bihar and West Bengal. Coupled with academic pursuit at medical colleges across these two states, I wholeheartedly promote the importance of primary care reaching the last household in India, which aligns with the goals of this association.

As an executive (non-elected) member of IACFM, I have taken lead in almost all the academic events successfully in the past 3 years. Working with my wonderful colleagues in this association, I have inculcated a camaraderie and passion to bring people together. I actively listen, take the opinions of all members, thus aim to assist my team in making good informed decisions. Besides this, I have a cumulative of more than 4 years of leadership and teaching experience at medical colleges. Since being inducted into Community and Family Medicine, I have been involved in

patient care of rural area as a physician and mid-level manager at Rural Health Centres, and been a part of multiple large-scale health camps. I have worked in several community based research projects for infectious diseases, NCDs including mental health, and nutrition across all age groups.

My future plans

 Capacity building – Fun learning moments with interesting and visually enhanced resource/study materials in the busy lives of the students and faculty

 Establishing zonal governing bodies led by Associate Members for coordination of zonal academic activities

 Building a tight-knit community of Primary Physicians where all enthusiastic participants can all pick each other’s brain and lift everyone up

 Addressal of any arising issues, suggestions and plans– Weekly review, decisions and grievance redressals updated to each member of IACFM

 Hold CME and workshops on Family Medicine and Community Medicine

 Offering complimentary associate membership to MD students of

CM/FM/PSM, and complimentary student membership to MBBS students

(only till completion of degree after which usual rules will apply)

 Making important resource materials for PG and MBBS students easily accessible in the website

 Organizing an offline event for IACFM

 Collaborate with other organizations and working for opportunities for capacity building of our members

 S tarting a journal of IACFM with our members.

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