THE 2ND MUHAS SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE-MAY, 2014

The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) announces its second scientific conferencethat will be organized with support from Sida (Sweden) and other development partners.
The Conference will be held at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) campus, Dar es Salaam  from the 14th – 16th May 2014.
   Announcement
Conference Theme: Health Research, Training  and Innovation for Sustainable Development.

TAPPING INTO E-RESOURCES WORKSHOPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS AT MUHAS

All Postgraduate students at MUHAS, you are hereby  invited to register and participate for 1 day training on open access and E-resources for health information .

The following concept will be covered;

1. Search strategies and Search techniques 
2. HINARI and Pubmed
3. Open Access and E-Resources
4. Plagirism issues
5. Reference Management
6. Web 2.0Technology

Also you will be introdcued  on how to   appraisal critically various health information.

Gained knowldge will help you in literature review for your proposals and your thesis writings

Dates are as follows
13th Nov 2013
22nd  Nov, 2013
11th Dec, 2013
18th Dec, 2013
8th Jan , 2014
15th Jan, 2014
22nd Jan, 2014
You can register as per your requirement and participate more than once.

VENUE: Muhas Library
Contact person: Charles Marwa
Mobile:0713422199
Email:librarymuhas@gmail.om

INVITATION TO ATTEND A SHORT COURSE ON ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT (26th -29th NOVEMBER 2013)

Date: 26th  - 29th  November 2013        

Venue: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)

Organized by: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Directorate of Library Services

Course Fee for Tanzanians: Tshs. 350,000/=

Course Fee for Non-Tanzanians: US$ 350/=

Overall Course objectives:

This four-day workshop will equip participants with relevant skills in organization, digitization, preservation, securities and challenges of electronic records.

  

Course Main Topics

•  Records keeping overview
•  Introductory components of E- records with related concepts
•  Statutory requirements of e records and
• Effects of not maintaining e- records
• Access and control of E-records
•   How to design and implement E-records System and Considerations  for  e- records System

Who Should Attend? The course is essential to those interested in acquiring skills on electronic records management. Beneficiary of the course includes professionals from both public as well as private sectors such as librarians, human resource personnel, records personnel, registry officers, information officers, archivists and documentalists.

Training Format: The training methodology will involve lectures, hands-on exercises, and presentations. Participatory methods will be encouraged throughout the course.

For further information about the workshop and workshop registration, please contact the following:

William J. Mviombo,

Tel: 0713-236649, Email: mviombojulius@gmail.com.

Kesia Rad

Tel: 0752-044896 Email: kesiarad@yahoo.com

Also copy to:

Mr.Charles Marwa

marwacharles@gmail.com or llibrarymuhas@gmail.com

Online literature search workshop for Health practitioners at MUHAS Library

MUHAS Library organized a one day workshop for health practitioners online literature search on 22 October 2013.

Topics covered:

- Online search strategies
- Open access resources for health

ADDED BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY COLLECTION

No	TITLE	AUTHOR	YEAR
1	Prevention of acute drug-related	WHO	2010
2	International Agency for Research on	WHO	2007
3	Pass the preregistration pharmacy exam	Cheung, Chi-Loon	2006

FIND NEW BOOKS ADDED IN OUR COLLECTION - 10 OCTOBER 2013

No. TITLE AUTHOR YEAR 1 Bacteriology and immunology for students of medicine Stewart, Frederick Stanley 1968 2 Barefoot doctor's manual :the american translation  1977 3 Outline of fractures including joint injuries Adams, Crawford John 1978 4 Textbook of surgical pathology Illingworth, Charles 1979 5 Forensic medicine Simpson, Keith 1974 6 Principles of chest roentgenology Felson, Benjamin 1965 7 Current medical treatment Havard, C.W.H 1970 8 Introduction to general pathology Spector, W.G 1980 9 Common symptoms of diaeases in children Illingworth, R.S 1975 10 Medical care in developing countries King, Maurine (editor) 1966 11 Textbook of medical physiology Guyton, Arthur C 1981 12 Textbook of pharmacology BOWMAN, W.C. 1968 13 Textbook of surgery :the biological basis  Sabiston, David. C 1972 14  A Short textbook of chemical pathology Baron, D.N 1969 15 Genetics in medicine Thompson, S. James 1966 16 Aids to pathology Dixon, F. Michael 1981 17 Home - based maternal records: guidelines for  WHO 1994 18 Diseases of children in the subtropics and tropics Jellifer, D.B (editor) 1978 19 Current pediatric diagnosis and treatment Kempe, C. Henry 1972 20 Samson wright's applied physiology Wright, Samson 1971 21 The Principles and practice of medicine :  Davidson, Stanley 1971 22  Essential immunology Roitt, Ivan M. 1980 23 Davidson's principles and practice Mcleod, John 1974 24 Paediatric priorities in the developing world Morley, David 1973 25 Textbook of contraceptive practice Peel, John 1969 26 Pathologic basis of disease Robbins L. Stanley 1974 27 Clinical anatomy :a revision and applied Ellis, Harold 1971 28 Nelson textbook of pediatrics Vaughan, C. Victor 1979

To all Information Professionals I argue to apply and participate in Web 2.0 once it advertized and organized it is very useful and very exhaustive as the one we have here at MUHAS