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MUTONGA, [email protected]
MEDICAL STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OF KENYAUniversity of Nairobi5th November, 2012
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MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
• Why Students need OA
• Advocacy• Past Examples• MSAKE OA-
related Initiatives• Advocacy Tools• Conclusion
‘Clearly, making works free to read has a huge
impact on the dissemination of
knowledge.’ Rupert Gatti
OA publications are those
made freely available online to
anyone anywhere, with no
charges imposed for access”
Suber P., 2004
OA publications are those
made freely available online to
anyone anywhere, with no
charges imposed for access”
Suber P., 2004
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WHY STUDENTS NEED OA
MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
• A complete education • If your professors can’t read it, they can’t
teach it• Research for papers• The current system puts students from
smaller schools at a disadvantage• Research for papers• Researching beyond the degree
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ADVOCACY
MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
• Political process by an individual or a large group which aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions
• How to get started• Get up to date, stay connected• Join the coalition• Advocate Nationally• Get Your Chapters Involved• Get Others Involved
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WHO WE ARE
MSAKE (Medical Students’ Association of Kenya) is an umbrella body for medical students in Kenya– Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME)
– Standing Committee on Professional Exchange (SCOPE)
– Standing Committee on Research Exchange (SCORE)
– Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH)
– Standing Committee on Reproductive Health & AIDS (SCORA)
– Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP)
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PAST EXAMPLES
World Cancer Day, Feb 2011
Open Access Week, Oct 2011IFMSA NCD DAY, Sep 2011
Brain Awareness Week, April 2011
OA-RELATED MSAKE INITIATIVES
IFMSA AM, August 2011
IFMSA ARM Dec 2011
Open Access Week, Oct 2011
UMB Workshop, Aug 2012
ADVOCACY TOOLS
Social Media Webcasts Blogs Campus Campaigns Mainstream Media Letters International Conferences Trainings and Workshops Posters
R2RC Webcast Thursday, September 27th at 1:30pm EDT, 7:30pm CET
MORE TOOLS!
CONCLUSION
• Plan – OA Journal– OA Week– More Advocacy
• OA is important• Since we can do something,
WE WILL DO SOMETHING!
MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA5th Nov-12
REFERENCES
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy• http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/
organizations/index.shtml• http://blog.inasp.info/enthusiasm-open-access/
Nick Shockey, Rights to Research Coalition Director
Anne Powell, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
Waruguru Wanjau IFMSA, Regional Coordinator
Rosemary Otando, OA EIFL Kenya and UoN Librarian
Owmandho Charles, School of Medicine, UoN
Family and friends
Nick Shockey, Rights to Research Coalition Director
Anne Powell, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
Waruguru Wanjau IFMSA, Regional Coordinator
Rosemary Otando, OA EIFL Kenya and UoN Librarian
Owmandho Charles, School of Medicine, UoN
Family and friends
[email protected]@ifmsa.org
