Is HINARI Appropriate for Medical Students in the Developing World?

dc.contributor.authorEssen, Van Caleb
dc.contributor.authorCartledge, Peter
dc.contributor.authorKyamanywa, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorManirakiza, Achille
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-06T06:51:32Z
dc.date.available2022-04-06T06:51:32Z
dc.date.issued2011-12-30
dc.description.abstractThe Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), which arose in response to medical literature needs in developing countries, gives online access to scientific information to a variety of institutions throughout the world. This is a great resource; however, little research has been performed on the effectiveness and usefulness of HINARI, specifically to medical schools. Our study sought to find out whether the textbooks (e-books) available on HINARI could form a virtual library that would cover the curriculum of a medical school. After categorising and reviewing the medically relevant e-books on HINARI, we found that they were insufficient in providing adequate subject material relevant to medical school curricula from Rwanda, the United Kingdom and the United States. This literature gap could be closed by additional medical textbooks being made available from contributing publishers. An increase of only 14% in HINARI e-book resources would provide material for the entire medical school curriculum.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVan Essen, C., Cartledge, P., Kyamanywa, P. and Manirakiza, A. (2012). Is HINARI appropriate for medical students in the developing world?. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 17(4), pp.406-408.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1360-2276
dc.identifier.issn1365-3156
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/2906
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTropical Medicine & International Health;17(4)
dc.subjectHINARIen_US
dc.subjectMedical studentsen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping worlden_US
dc.subjectInformation disseminationen_US
dc.titleIs HINARI Appropriate for Medical Students in the Developing World?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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