Novel approach for N-S partnerships for training, & capacity- building utilizing an Electronic Health Library (E-H L). Abobakr Shadad Lecturer in Medicine.

Novel approach for N-S partnerships for training, & capacity-building utilizing an

Electronic Health Library (E-H L).

Abobakr ShadadLecturer in Medicine

National University of Ireland, Galway

Background

Developing countries lack modern resources for health education which reflect on training and the quality of health services.

Educational Libraries lack up-to-date resources, books are too expensive , the majority can`t afford to pay for subscription journals.

Access to up-to-date educational resources is limited, poor internet service if it is available.

Provision of educational resources has been an important approach for North-South partnerships.

Background Educational resources

are essential towards improving education, training and healthcare practice.

SMA considered a partnership with Sudan educational institutions the through development of an E-Health Library.

Aim:

A robust Multi-disciplinary library which is accessible to students and trainee from different healthcare disciplines Sudan.

Target users groups : all healthcare disciplines

- Medical Students and Trainee.- Nursing Students and Trainee.- Allied health sciences. - Health informatics- Research in Health.

An E-Library& more....

The library is aimed to acts as an interface for knowledge& experience exchange .

Platform for distant learning and continuous health education.

Partnership

SMA UK&I represents the Northern partner with a number of health education institute in Sudan.

Academy of Medical Sciences Nursing and Allied health.

Sudan Medical Specialisation Board Public Health Institute (major research institute) 2 Public hospitals 3 Public Universities.

Moodle

Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment

Over 50.000 sites, serving 37 million users worldwide.

Upload a wide range of file types :

-Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.

-Multimedia (MP3 files, links to YouTube etc)

-HTML files (web pages)

The Library main sections

Medical Library

Nursing & Midwifery Library

Dental &Pharmacy Library

Student Library

Professional Exams Resources

Copy rights Journals (accessible only from Sudan)

Memorial folders

Pharmacy Library

Education, teaching &Learning

Open sharing Repositories

Information Literacy & Research Skills

Discussion forum

Academic folders

Honorary folders

Public University FTE Presence of intranet IP address

KhartoumGeziraOmdurman Islamic Al-Za’eem Al-AzhariAlneelainSinnarGadrefRed SeaKassalaNihoodKostiFasherNyalaKordofanShendiNile Valley (Wadinneel)Dongola

Private Universities FTE Presence of intranet IP address

Medical Sciences & TechnologyScience & TechnologyInternational University of AfricaSudan International UniversityAhfad University for WomenNational RibatAlmughtaribeenOmdurman AhliaNational CollegeYarmook CollegeRazi CollegeBayan CollegeNile College

Target institutions in 2 years ?

The project funding

Steps undertaken

Funding : in 3 phases Phase 1 : 6 Month

- Library construction - Consultation with partners in

Sudan Generate a priority list for

resources Agree on access policies & user

agreement. Provide start-up package of

resources

Funding for Phase 1

Individual sponsors

Folder = (share) or (unit)

- 1. Memorial folders- 2.Academic folders- 3. Honorary folders

1st category ; Memorial folders

Do you know those people? Do you know those people?

Why Memorial folders

- The memorial folder will contain a brief biography & a photo of the named person.

- Sponsors are committed to the minimum annual pay, which is estimated to equates the annual subscription of one medical journal.

2nd category ; Academic folders

Professor Osama Elamin Dr Mutwakil Gubara Professor of Dental Surgery

University of Dublin , Ireland

Consultant Obs & Gyn

University Hospital Galway

http://www.bjog.org/view/0/index.html

3rd category : Honorary folders

Prof Martin Cormican Professor of Medical Microbiology NUIG Ireland

Meeting sessions podcast Further reading materials

Guidelines on Lab Quality

Selected papers (>100) Prof Cormican will be

contactable to respond to queries via the LMS

Honorary folders

Mr Elrasheed Saeed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV9DEJH0H_8&feature=youtu.be

The list is ... long

1. Contemporary senior academics

2. Papers and publications available

3. Nomination by academic institution

4. Significant contribution in any aspect of health service, medics, nursing, pharmacy dentistry etc.

5. Once more we are looking for an added teaching value for younger generations.

Consultation with Stakeholders

SMA Conference Dec 2011: Was a good opportunity to discuss

Participation of individual & institutions.

How to make this more and more relevant to students and trainee in Sudan

Prioritisation of educational resources Access and user policies.

Examples of resources for Postgraduate Students ,Hospital Practitioners

- Suggested start-up contents: hospital libraries

-The BNF

- BMJ Journals http://group.bmj.com/group/subscriptions-and-sales/journals%202011%20v2.pdf.

-Oxford handbook series: http://oxfordmedicine.com/

-We are aiming to continuously build up the library contents in all target disciplines and institutions.

Oxford Medicine Online is a collection of online medical resources which cover every stage in a medical career, from medical students and to those for senior doctors and consultants.

New titles are added to Oxford Medicine Online throughout the year, with all existing titles replaced by new editions soon after print publication

Oxford Medicine Online

BMJ Learning

http://www.sdmedlib.com/

Our Moodle Library ( Home page )

Lesson learned

This partnership relied on personal communication with our colleagues in different institution in Sudan.

This helped to identify potential funders, prioritise the educational resources as well as the target user groups.

Expatriates professionals in the North have great potential to establish effective partnerships between North and South.

We believe that knowledge is the only thing that underlies change

We still have a long way to go...

Public University FTE Presence of intranet IP address

Khartoum

Gezira

Omdurman Islamic

Al-Za’eem Al-Azhari

Alneelain

Sinnar

Gadref

Red Sea

Kassala

Nihood

Kosti

Fasher

Nyala

Kordofan

Shendi

Nile Valley (Wadinneel)

Dongola

Private Universities FTE Presence of intranet IP address

Medical Sciences & Technology

Science & Technology

International University of Africa

Sudan International University

Ahfad University for Women

National Ribat

Almughtaribeen

Omdurman Ahlia

National College

Yarmook College

Razi College

Bayan College

Nile College

Phase 2 : Target institutions within 2 years

Challenges

Internet Infra-structure The project should encourage institutions to build up

intranet facility

The US government sanctions on Sudan limited our ability to purchase educational and training resources.

Sanctions on Medicines and Health Education

Sanctions exclusively target developing countries.

Sanctions hurt the poor hardest. Filters for dialysis, chemotherapy

drugs and transplant rejection medicines are included in sanctions.

Populations in many countries have their right to live in dignity violated.

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