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Published:April6,201517:25IST|Updated:April6,201517:25ISTVIJAYAWADA,April6,2015
NTRversityelibraryforstudents,facultyinAP,TG.VENKATARAMANARAO
Around34,000studentsand10,000facultymembersfrom70medicalanddentalcollegesaffiliatedtotheDr.N.T.R.UniversityofHealthScienceinAndhraPradeshandTelanganahavebeengivenonlineaccessto5,294journalsandthousandsofdigitalbooksthroughagatewayportal.
InauguratingtheportalattheUniversityhereonMondayViceChancellorT.RaviRajusaidthatDr.N.T.R.HealthUniversitywasthefirstinthecountrytoextendthefacilitytoallcollegesincluding220nursingcollegesaffiliatedtoit.
HesaidthattheUniversityspendsbetweenRs.3croreandRs.4croreperannumtosubscribetothebestofmedicaljournals,butneitherthestudentsnorthefacultymembersweremakingproperuseofthemforvariousreasons.NumberofbooksandcomputersweremadeavailableinalllibrariesaspertheMCInorms,butmanydidnothavethetimetogotothem.Theusageinsomecollegeswaszero,hesaid.
Withthelaunchingofthegatewayportalthiswealthofinformationcouldbeaccessedanywhereontheinternet.Moststudentshadinternetontheirsmartphonessotheycouldaccessitevenathome.Theusershadtoregisterinadvancewiththeiremailidentitytogetapersonalisedpasswordwhichtheycanchangesubsequently,heexplained.
Thenewtrendinthemedicalfraternitywastheemergenceofthephysicianscientist.Researchdoesnotmeaninventingthings.Itmeanshavinggoodstatisticsandmakingepidemiologicalsurveys,hesaid.Medicinewasbecomingmoreindividualisedandpersonaliseddependingonthegeneticpeculiaritiesofthelocalpopulationsanddoctorsneededtobelearningcontinuously.
Physicianscientistsweretheneedofthehourandstudentswouldneedinformationattheirfingertipstomeetthechallengesofmodernmedicine,thevicechancellorexplained.HealthUniversityRegistrarS.BabuLal,DirectorR&DG.KrishnaMurthy,NTRMEDNETConsortiumanddigitallibrarycoordinatorM.JaganMohan,ELSEVIEREditorialandPublishingOperationsDirectorGaneshVenkatesanandConsortiumformercoordinatorPadmavathiDevispoke.
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