Biomedical Research: Child health and nation's health.
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: In a recent study from the United Kingdom (UK) [1], the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health Commission on Child Health Research expressed concern regarding children’s biomedical research in the UK. Apart from concerns regarding funding, the committee noted that clinical trainees in pediatrics were “poorly equipped with core research skills”. “Little or no research experience” has also been noticed in most newly appointed consultant pediatricians. Conversely, Sudanese pediatricians are lucky that their pioneers clearly visualized the importance of biomedical research, and its positive impact on child’s health, and the nation at large [2–5]. They acquired this through heritage from their teachers and mentors at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum (U of K), who achieved remarkably on research that made a difference in the life of people in Sudan and elsewhere [6–8]. The postgraduate training in pediatrics was started by the Faculty of Medicine, U of K in the 1970s and consisted of a thesis which should be submitted by the trainee as a pre-requisite required for qualifying to sit the final clinical examination. This gave the necessary research orientation and strength to generations of consultant pediatricians, and parts of several of these theses were published as original articles and reviews in the Sudanese journal of Pediatrics (SJP) and also in high profile international journals.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2992960335