Home grown: the development and structure of urological training in the Caribbean

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-172
Author(s):  
Satyendra Persaud ◽  
Lawson Douglas ◽  
William Aiken ◽  
Belinda Morrison ◽  
Lester Goetz
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Training ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
The West ◽  
Training Plan ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Urological Training ◽  
The University

Training in general surgery at the University of the West Indies commenced in Jamaica in 1972 and urology training followed just over a decade later. Since then, the ‘Doctor of Medicine’ diploma offered by the university has also expanded to include the Trinidadian campus. Most urologists in the English-speaking Caribbean are, in fact, graduates of this programme. Residents follow a two-part training plan and two years of core surgical training are followed by four years of urology training. Despite the tremendous regional impact of this training programme, there is a lack of awareness of its existence among the wider urology community. This article reviews the history, development and structure of urology training in the English-speaking Caribbean.

A library at the touch of a finger-tip: an analysis of mobile library services at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian St. Patrick Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
West Indies ◽  
The State ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The West ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the state of mobile library services available for students’ information needs at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. In addition, this study will determine the extent to which mobile services has helped the Mona libraries to have greater reach to students. Design/methodology/approach Surveys and content analysis were used to collect data. A comparative content analysis was used to highlight the strides made in mobile library services in universities across the world vis-à-vis the current reality in the Caribbean, specifically Jamaica. Findings The findings identified that there is a proliferation of mobile and internet users among university and college students and they are heavily using their devices for the furtherance of their educational attainment. Additionally, the findings indicated that libraries in the academic realm can benefit greatly from allowing their content to be accessible through these mobile devices, as it would also help with greater usage. Furthermore, this service is guaranteed greater support the distance programmes offered by these universities. Research limitations/implications This study will focus on assessing the state of mobile library services offered at the University of the West Indies, Mona Jamaica. This study will also determine the extent to which mobile services can help libraries to have greater reach to students and provide best practices for academic libraries implementing mobile service offerings to clients. This study will not attest to the financial feasibility of academic institutions to start such a programme. Practical implications The research excavated that the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, along with other academic libraries in the Caribbean are all not fully offering mobile library services to all their users. In addition, with the rise of technology and the proliferation of cell phones and other mobile devices, students (distance and onsite) expect a service that allows them greater access to the offerings of the university and their libraries. Originality/value This is the premier investigation of its kind into how the University of the West Indies Mona Campus has responded to the mobile library environment. The value of this research is in helping academic and university libraries in the Jamaica to identify the importance of leveraging the benefits of the dynamic technological era, allowing greater and wider reach through mobile library services proliferation and access to services. In addition, this study showed that academic libraries need to enhance services in a bid to provide greater support the teaching component of the university or college they serve.

scholarly journals The legacy of George L. Beckford’s plantation economy thesis in Jamaica

1995 ◽  
Vol 69 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Besson
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
West Indies ◽  
World Economy ◽  
The West ◽  
Late Professor ◽  
Plantation Economy ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Persistent Poverty ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

[First paragraph]Plantation Economy, Land Reform and the Peasantry in a Historical Perspective: Jamaica 1838-1980. CLAUS STOLBERG & SWITHIN WILMOT(eds.)- Kingston: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1992. 145 pp. (Paper n.p.)This interdisciplinary collection focuses on the integration of Jamaica's classical plantation economy with the world economy, and the impact of the plantation economy on the peasantry, land reform, and agrarian modemization in Jamaica from emancipation in 1838 up to 1980. The eight papers comprising the volume were, as a one-page editorial "Introduction" outlines, presented at a symposium at the University of the West Indies, Mona, and are dedicated to the late Professor George Beckford whose work on persistent poverty in plantation economies championed the Jamaican peasantry. As such, the book is a welcome addition to the literature on the Caribbean plantation-peasant interface. However, the chapters are uneven in quality, with some reflecting analytical weaknesses and a lack of historical depth. Typographical errors, grammatical mistakes, and poor documentation are also noticeable. In addition, contrasting perspectives emerge among the contributors and this is not addressed by the editors.

Caribbean Literary Historiography and the Jamaican Literary 1950s

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-180
Author(s):  
Ronald Cummings
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
English Department ◽  
The West ◽  
Literary Historiography ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Literary Archive ◽  
And Function ◽  
The University ◽  
Role And Function ◽  
Key Questions

This essay utilizes an alternative politics of directionality as a way of reentering the mid-twentieth-century Caribbean literary archive. Rather than focusing on Windrush as the main orienting point, this discussion examines and regrounds what events and institutions in Jamaica might tell us about the literary 1950s. Beginning by rethinking the historiographical gaze toward London, the author then raises key questions about what the narrative of the founding of the English department at the University College of the West Indies and the work of Focus magazine in Jamaica might tell us about the development of literary culture in the Caribbean. The author ends by thinking about how a focus on returns might also help us to rethink the decade. The essay examines instances of migrant returns, through which people recrossed the waters, and explores literary remittances that saw the role and function of the London scene being debated and contested within the region.

Managing research data at an academic library in a developing country

IFLA Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamin Renwick ◽  
Marsha Winter ◽  
Michelle Gill
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
The West ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The University

Managing research data has become an issue for many universities. In the Caribbean, the St Augustine Campus Libraries at the University of the West Indies are keenly aware of the need to support researchers in this regard. The objectives of this study were to identify current practices in managing research data on the campus and to determine a possible role for the Campus Libraries. A pilot study of 100 researchers on the campus was conducted. Analysis of the 65 valid responses revealed that while researchers owned data sets they had little knowledge or experience in managing such. This low level of awareness is instructive and validates a role for the Campus Libraries to play in supporting researchers on campus. The Campus Libraries need to sensitize researchers about what data planning and managing research data entail as well as provide technical assistance with actual data storage.

Political struggle and West Indies cricket

1996 ◽  
Vol 70 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay R. Mandle ◽  
Joan D. Mandle
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
The West ◽  
The People ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The University

[First paragraph]An Area of Conquest: Popular Democracy and West Indies Cricket Supremacy. HILARY McD BECKLES (ed.). Kingston: Ian Randle, 1995. xviii + 154 pp. (Paper n.p.)Liberation Cricket: West Indies Cricket Culture. HILARY McD BECKLES & BRIAN STODDART (eds.). Kingston: Ian Randle, 1995. xii + 403 pp. (Paper n.p.)We discovered cricket's importance in the English-speaking Caribbean nearly thirty years ago when we took up our first post in the West Indies. Exploring the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, we were alarmed to observe so many people who appeared to be hearing-disabled. Wherever we went we found people with ear-pieces who were slightly distracted and at the same time prone to violent mood swings, ranging from the depths of despair to enormous elation. Uncertain about the meaning of what we observed, but reluctant, as newcomers, to reveal our ignorance of public health problems in the region, we delayed inquiring about hearing disabilities until we could confide our concerns to a trusted friend. At first convulsed with laughter, she finally recovered sufficiently to assure us that the people of the West Indies did not suffer disproportionately from hearing loss. Rather, the large numbers of people with ear-pieces were listening to a cricket test match!

The Caribbean Multilingual Lexicography Project

English Today ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
JEANNETTE ALLSOPP
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
West Indies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The West ◽  
Caribbean Diaspora ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Compilation Process ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The University

This article will give an overview of the compilation process of a Caribbean Multilingual Dictionary by describing the work of the Caribbean Multilingual Lexicography Project at the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. The work involved, namely, the compilation of the first volume of the Caribbean Multilingual Dictionary (CMD) of Flora, Fauna and Foods (in English, French, French Creole and Spanish) is deemed to be pertinent to the development of research skills in the field of dictionary-making and provides insights into some of the problems faced by the Caribbean multilingual dictionary-maker in the chronicling of the Caribbean environment. In addition, the article also lists the wide range of users at which the CMD is aimed and illustrates its value to Caribbean systems, such as the regional education system, sectors such as the private enterprise, trade and tourism sectors and individual researchers as well as the general Caribbean public, the Caribbean diaspora in North America and Britain, and the French- and Spanish-speaking countries of the European Union.

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