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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Digital Repository and Web 2.0 Technologies Workshop at MUHAS (18-20 April 2017)

 Participants attending a workshop on digital repository and web 2.0 technology at MUHAS from 18th to 20th April 2017.

A total of 23 participants attended the training from various institutions in Tanzania.









The training focused on building knowledge, skills and competencies on:

  • Digital repositories: policies, installation and configuration, generation of statistics and content management
  • Web 2.0 technologies including use of blogs and google drive to market repository contents, and use of Google analytics.

Short Course on Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (8th to 12th May 2017)

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The School of Public Health and Social Sciences in collaboration with Directorate of Library Services, and Africa Academy of Public Health are planning the first short course in Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis for members of academic staff. The aim of this short course is to provide members of academic staff in MUHAS with necessary hands-on skills to conduct systematic review. 

REQUIREMENTS
This short course targets academic staff of all schools in Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Junior faculties are highly encouraged to apply. Application and attendance is free and is inclusive of lunch but commitment to complete this one-week course is a pre-requisite. To maximize the productivity, participants are encouraged to have research ideas that they wish to work on in groups.

DELIVERABLE
The one-week course will have the selected protocols registered and published in a selected systematic review database (CRD-PROSPERO).
Following registration of the protocols, facilitators will continue to guide the review process by teams through publication of the systematic reviews within agreeable timeline.

 Date: 8th to 12th May 2017
Venue: MUHAS, Directorate of Library Services, Computer Room,
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Please send your application/inquiries to:
 Mariam Hashim: librarymuhas@gmail.com; 0653596815 

Also copy the following:
 Prof. Tandi Lwoga: tlwoga@gmail.com; 0766 279 686 
Dr. Bruno Sunguya: sunguya@gmail.com; 0685 217272
Dr. Mary Mwanyika Sando: mmwanyika.sando@gmail.com; 0713 269063

 Application deadline: Thursday 4th May 2017