RESEARCH IN THE COLLEGE

RESEARCH IN THE COLLEGE:

1. OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES:
Research is being given significant priority since the outset:
F To establish student interest and excitement for the production of health professionals
who could contribute for the development of sciences and technology in the country
F To contribute to the advancement of knowledge of health and disease
F Because of the central role which research plays in supporting teaching.

A particular strength of GCMS in this respect is in its:

Unlimited involvement of students in research
Focus on applied research with direct relevance to provision of health care
Emphasis on public health problem identification, surveillance and intervention
Unique approach of research in service and teaching
Endeavour in promoting multidisciplinary collaboration.
Research funding from the college RPO-Fund

2. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OR CARRY OUT A RESEARCH

PROJECT IN THE COLLEGE

Any party (individual or group) who is an employee of the college is eligible to carry out any research project and have access to available facilities provided that he/she has got approval and ethical clearance from the Research and Publication Committee of the college. However, non employee who is interested in conducting joint research project in the college must have a formal link with the college. This link can be established by:

a. Providing a substantial input in a funded research project where the research
grant is administered by GCMS, OR
b. Being a member of or having affiliation with a partner school, OR
c. Setting a collaborative agreement with any department or staff of the GCMS.

3. BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ELIGIBLE
RESEARCHER/S

   Access to the regularly updated base-line data of well defined community
      (community laboratory) which is well suited to any form of community based study.
Tropical Hospital setup with a classical tropical disease pattern.
Access to biomedical and clinical laboratory facilities.
Access to experienced researchers in public health, clinical and biomedical researches.
Access to any form of assistance in designing and analysing collaborative research project.
The ability to register and attend meeting held in the college on a variety of researches
      related topics.
A range of computing facilities on site which can often be used for data processing,
       analysis, interpretation and publication.
The possibility of getting financial support for projects from the college research fund.
       (Optional)
The use of the GCMS library, central computing service, image scanning, copies printing
      and international electronic mail facilities

4. FUNDING RESOURSES TO MEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING

             a) The GCMS research and publication fund
         b) The Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission
         c) The Ministry of Health
         d) Tropical Health Education Trust
         e) The European Union
         f) The World Health Organisation
         g) The Regional Health Bureau
         h) Gondar Leicester Medical Link
         I) Helpage International
         j) German Foundation for International Development (DSE)

     * Any interested and eligible party (individual, group or institute) who is willing to do joint
        research projects in the College is entitled to cover part of, or all expenses required for
        the project.

5. LIST OF CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Current research projects being carried out by staff in the college include:

1. Basic and Social Sciences Department		a) In country and overseas Brain Drain
2. Pre-clinical Departments	Clinical Biochemistry	External Laboratory assessment
	Anatomy	Community survey for anthropometric data
	Physiology	a) Occupation and lung health b) Comparative analysis of micronutrient status c) Dark adaptation patterns and disease states d) Aetiology of byssinosis e) Control mechanisms in physiology f) Post therapeutic pulmonary function of lung disease
	Microbiology	a) Drug sensitivity of streptococcus strains b) Campylobacter enteritis among children
3. Clinical Departments	Internal Medicine	a) Treatment and outcome of complicated malaria b) Research on Tropical Splenomegaly Syndrome c) Chronic illness follows up strategy development d) Diarrhea and AIDS e) Drug induced hepatitis f) Lymphadenopathy aetiologies g) Survey of cardiovascular abnormalities
	Surgery	a) Post operative wound infections b) Determinants of small intestinal volvulus c) Ileosigmoid volvulus analysis d) Gunshot and blast injuries Management
	Paediatrics	a) Asthma prevalence in Children b) Nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriers c) Efficacy of loading dose of quinine
	Obstetrics and gynaecology	a) Contraceptive prevalence b) Trends of birth weight c) Review of still births d) Body constitution and obstetrical performance e) Analysis of abortion f) Asymptomatic bacteriuria
	Ophthalmology	a) Intra-capsular cataract extraction analysis b) Trachoma in the community
4. Diploma programmes training Departments	Environmental health Department	a) Sanitation survey and analysis b) Jigger flea control methods and strategy
4. Diploma programmes training Departments	Nursing Department	a) Nursing recording and reporting
5. Miscellaneous	Dabat Health Project team	a) Health needs of local communities b) Community Health Surveillance and Research laboratory
5. Miscellaneous	Researches which involve more than one department	a) School health need assessment ( School Health team) b) Self-medication assessment (Pharmacology and Community Health) c) Community oriented nutritional programmes Paediatrics and Community Health) d) AIDS and ocular disease (Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine) e) Pattern prevalence of Epilepsy (Paediatrics and Internal Medicine)