MUTONGA, DANIEL
danielmutonga@gmail.com
MEDICAL STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
University of Nairobi
5th November, 2012
OUTLINE
• Why Students
need OA
• Advocacy
• Past Examples
• MSAKE OArelated Initiatives
• Advocacy Tools
• Conclusion
5th Nov--12
OA publications are those
made freely available online to
anyone anywhere, with no
charges imposed for access”
Suber P., 2004
‘Clearly, making works free to
read has a huge impact on
the dissemination of
knowledge.’
Rupert Gatti
MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
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
5th Nov--12
MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
ADVOCACY
• Political process by an individual or a large
group which aims to influence public-policy
and resource allocation decisions
• How to get started
•
•
•
•
•
5th Nov-12
Get up to date, stay connected
Join the coalition
Advocate Nationally
Get Your Chapters Involved
Get Others Involved
MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
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)
5th Nov-12
MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
PAST EXAMPLES
World Cancer Day, Feb 2011
IFMSA NCD DAY, Sep 2011
Brain Awareness Week, April 2011
Open Access Week, Oct 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!
5th Nov-12
MEDICAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF KENYA
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
danielmutonga@gmail.com
MSAKE-kenya@ifmsa.org