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EDITORIAL

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
(BSMMU) is pleased to present the first issue of the
BSMMU Journal. Though some of the departments of the
university have their own journal but BSMMU centrally
does not have any journal since it’s establishment in 1998.
A few months ago, a task group was formed to evaluate
the possibility of starting a journal of the University. This
group determined that a journal in medical science in its
broadest interpretation, including all branches of Medical
science should be published at an earliest time. On October
2008 the Editor-in-Chief was selected and an Editorial
and Advisory Board was appointed to get the new journal
to be started. They formulated the mission statement of
the journal

As we enter the new millennium and prepare to celebrate
the ten years of our beloved University, we are happy to
announce the arrival of our Journal of BSMMU. I want to
open this first issue of the Journal of BSMMU thanking
everybody who contribute by writing and editorial staff
of this journal whose sincere and  hardworking has made
it reality.

Those of us not dealing with publishing may not perceive
the enormous pressure on any scientific journal, and
particularly new ones. Thus we like to express our gratitude
to all who helped in publishing this journal and we are
looking forward to many more since they are the ones that
keep the ship afloat, just like the contributors that trust
the success of the journal and its crew.

The primary objective of all scientific journals is
dissemination of scientific knowledge. Scientific
publications stimulate thinking and research. It acts as
repository and provides permanent record of facts. Medical
publications of research journals likewise play a vital role
in dissemination of new data. Launching scientific research
oriented journal is certainly an uphill task.

The number of students has increased steadily over the
years. As a result, Teacher’s have found it increasingly
difficult to maintain the same high standards and
excellence of academic and clinical teaching that has
indeed been traditional and characteristic of our University.
Remaining busy with students and patients care perhaps
we have ignored the need for a journal of the university.

Editorial : Our First Issue

At present atleast 150 students in different discipline
complete their M.Phil, MD and MS degree each year. As
a part of the course they have to perform a thesis work.
An estimated 200 original article should come out of these
thesis. If we make it mandatory for publishing one article
of the thesis in University journal, University will need
atleast five regular journal to accommodate these articles.
I don’t find any  reason why BSMMU shouldn’t have more
than one journal.

I would like to remind you that this journal is meant to be
your space: submit original article, case report, letter to
editor and review article. In terms of style: “As far as
possible our idea is that every article should be
comprehensible to all readers, interesting to most readers,
and actually useful to at least some readers”.

It is a pleasure to acknowledge the help and encouragement
from many sources and in particular from the personnel at
administration of the University who have gone well
beyond the terms of their contract in getting the journal
started. The editorial board recognize the all full fledge
help of the Vice Chancellor Professor Pran Gopal Datta
for publishing the journal.

Each of you also have a vital role to play in the further
development of the journal by publicizing it among your
friends and colleagues, submitting manuscripts for
consideration to be published and finally by telling us how
the journal can be improved.

To sum up our experience from few weeks of working
with and for the journal, let us share some of our ideas
with you. We started with an impressive list of engaged
colleagues that contributed to the starting phase of the
journal. Due to time commitments, shift of interest, etc.,
we felt the need to alter the composition of the members
in both the editorial board and the group of editors.

Professor Noorzahan Begum
Editor-in-Chief


