Narh-Bita College produces first Medical Journal for Tema
Tema, Nov. 21, GNA – The maiden Medical Journal for the Tema Metropolis has been launched with a call on health practitioners to publish their case reports, case series and findings from operational research in the Journal.
Professor Colonel Edwin Andrews Afari (Rtd), Epidemiologist, who made the call, said with those publications, health practitioners would be using the Medical Journal as a powerful tool to inform, educate, and entertain fellow practitioners, their students, other health workers, and readers about their services.
The 46-paged Journal, published by Narh-Bita College, has a five-member Editorial Board, with Dr Nii Bonney Andrews, as its Editor-in-Chief.
The journal, divided into two parts, has: “Depression and Anxiety among Infertile Women; Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Hydrocephalus; Building Bones, Building Institutions, and Dodging Bullets,” as some of the interesting and educative articles.
Prof Afari urged medical practitioners within the Metropolis to patronise the Journal by ensuring that their rich experiences were published in their “home-grown” Medical Journal.
He urged them to team up and conduct research area in areas like; Patient Engagement and Patient Empowerment; National Health Insurance, its impact on service delivery; Effectiveness of the Free Ante-Natal Case Services; the Quality of Health; the Law and Health Practice; and how Generated Data are Analysed and Used to Inform Service Provision.
“These are but few areas we can gather data, and share information through articles published in a medical journal such as the Tema Medical Journal,” he said.
“If we thought that we had limited avenues to publish our observations and experiences, now we have the opportunity to publish in our home-grown Medical Journal – the Tema Medical Journal.”
Prof Afari congratulated the Editorial Board for its commitment, dedication and devotion to duty, especially the efforts it put in to produce this first edition but reminded members of their herculean task to motivate health practitioners, students, faculty and partners, to own the Journal, to ensure its rapid growth in quality and quantity.
“There will be challenges and frustrations, but with commitment, determination and God being on your side, you shall overcome, since all things are possible with Him,” he said.
Dr Edward Narh, President of Narh-Bita College, and a member of the Editorial Board, said the main objective of the Tema Medical Journal “is to encourage learning and research, but most importantly, to provide an avenue for us to document our findings and experiences.”
Dr Narh pointed out that Narh-Bita College was just the institutional vehicle driving the Journal, but the tradition of teaching and learning in Tema would be for all and sundry to share.
Dr Nii Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, said this bold initiative would only succeed if it had the full support of all health workers, both within and outside the Metropolis.
The Editor-in-Chief expressed the hope that endowed with a goodly portion of God's divine wisdom, strength and beauty, the Editorial Board would be enabled to execute their onerous task with distinction to the honour and glory of His name.
Dr Ernestina Quainoo, Tema Metro Health Director, who chaired the function, urged health practitioners to feed and nourish the Tema Medical Journal with regular articles.
This, she expressed her hope, would go a long way to help them leave foot-prints in the sands of Ghana's medical history.
GNA