Open Access Week: Tanzania Medical Students' Views on Open Access
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MD3 Student .
Catholic University of Health & Allied Sciences – BUGANDO
Open Access:Redefining Impact
Faisal Hooda
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Open AccessOA literature is:
DigitalOnlineFree of chargeFree of most copyright & licensing
restrictionsOA literature is not free to produce
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Open Access: the Future
“Open Access means that no one has to miss out on the benefits of new research and discoveries because they can’t afford to read it – and that’s [truly] awesome”
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ARE ALL DENIED ACCESS
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Medicine & Open AccessMedicine is deeply indebted to open access:
Helps make new discoveriesAllows research to be more easily readIntegration of researchTransparent to sponsors & donorsDigital record of medicine is preserved
to everyone
WWW.RIGHTTORESEARCH.ORG
Medical Students’ Efforts
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OA improves educational experience: Students have access to full text of scholarly
contentWhether for
ReadingResearchLiterature review
Why TAMSA Supports Open Access
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OA democratises access to researchFull access should be provided to: Students:
Scholarly literaturePatients:
Medical infoGeneral public:
Miscellaneous scientific topics
Why TAMSA Supports Open Access
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OA advances researchResearchers become more productive
OA paves the way for scientific advancementsNew techniquesComputer-assisted research
Why TAMSA Supports Open Access
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OA improves scholarshipVisibility Impact
Open Access articles are utilised more often as compared to articles that subscription-only literatureOA fulfills researchers’ professional responsibility
Why TAMSA Supports Open Access
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Efforts by TAMSA Holding regular meetings within constituting chapters
CUHAS (Catholic University of Health & Allied Sciences )HKMU (Hubert Kairuki Memorial University) IMTU (International Medical & Technical University)KCMCo (Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College)MUHAS (Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences)SFUCHAS (St. Francis University College of Health & Allied Sciences)UDOM (University of Dodoma School of Medicine)
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Efforts by TAMSA
Promoting training in different faculties:PharmacyLaboratory SciencesDiagnostic & Imaging SciencesNursing
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Efforts by TAMSA
Boosting establishment OA institutional repositories:Institutionally definedScholarly Cumulative PerpetualOpen & interoperable
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Efforts by TAMSA
Encouraging faculty to publish their research literature in open access journalsBioMed CentralICAAP PubmedPublic Library of ScienceEuropean Geosciences UnionSciELO
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Efforts by TAMSA
Spreading the message:Student organisations of other disciplines Academics Publicly-funded research establishments
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Open Access: CancerOA allowed 16-year old Jack Andraka to make a cancer breakthroughUsed Pubmed to research and come-up with his innovation:X3000 cheaper5 minutes99% accurate
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