Daniel Mutonga, Medical Student`s Association of Kenya

1. MUTONGA, DANIEL
danielmutonga@gmail.com
MEDICAL STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
University of Nairobi
5th November, 2012

2. OUTLINE
• Why Students OA publications are those
OA publications are those
need OA made freely available online to
made freely available online to
• Advocacy anyone anywhere, with no
anyone anywhere, with no
• Past Examples charges imposed for access””
charges imposed for access
Suber P., 2004
Suber P., 2004
• MSAKE OA- ‘Clearly, making works free to
related read has a huge impact on
Initiatives the dissemination of
knowledge.’
• Advocacy Tools
Rupert Gatti
• Conclusion
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3. WHY STUDENTS NEED OA
• 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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4. ADVOCACY
• 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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5. 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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6. PAST EXAMPLES
World Cancer Day, Feb 2011 Brain Awareness Week, April 2011
IFMSA NCD DAY, Sep 2011 Open Access Week, Oct 2011

7. OA-RELATED MSAKE INITIATIVES
IFMSA AM, August 2011 Open Access Week, Oct 2011
IFMSA ARM Dec 2011 UMB Workshop, Aug 2012

8. 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

9. MORE TOOLS!

10. CONCLUSION
• Plan
– OA Journal
– OA Week
– More Advocacy
• OA is important
• Since we can do something,
WE WILL DO SOMETHING!
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11. REFERENCES
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy
• http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/organizations
/index.shtml
• http://blog.inasp.info/enthusiasm-open-access/

12. Nick Shockey, Rights to MSAKE-kenya@ifmsa.org

Research Coalition Director
MSAKE-kenya@ifmsa.org
 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
danielmutonga@gmail.com