BMU launches E-Logbook in Postgraduate Residency Prog
City Desk :
Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) has initiated an e-logbook system in its postgraduate residency programme, starting with a pilot phase across five key departments.
These include Medicine, General Surgery, Anaesthesia Analgesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Radiology and Imaging, and Hepatology (Liver).
The university plans to roll it out to all departments soon, with its ICT office leading the effort, says a press release.
The announcement came today at a meeting held at the office of BMU’s Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic). Key attendees included Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Shahinul Alam, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Administration) Prof Dr Md Abul Kalam Azad, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Development) Prof Dr Md Mojibur Rahman Howlader, Treasurer Prof Dr Nahreen Akhtar, Registrar Prof Dr Md Nazrul Islam, ICT Cell Director Prof Dr AKM Akhtauruzzaman, Associate Professor Dr Md Nazmul Hasan from Internal Medicine, Assistant Professor Dr Khaled Mahbub Murshed, and other relevant officials.
Addressing the meeting, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Shahinul Alam emphasised the need to align higher medical education with global standards in this automation era.
“E-logbooks are crucial for advanced medical training, and e-governance is a hot topic in healthcare systems today,” he said. “We must fully succeed in implementing this for the nation’s benefit.”
Discussions also covered elevating the residency programme to international standards, launching e-logbooks across all departments from March this year, and resolving implementation challenges.
In this technology-driven age, digital systems are replacing paper-based records everywhere.
The e-logbook is a modern, software-based digital record system that electronically stores activities, attendance, official data, and daily tasks.
It reduces risks of loss associated with paper logs, enables long-term data preservation, and supports easy analysis and reporting for faster decision-making.
Environmentally friendly by cutting paper use, it boosts transparency and accountability-features increasingly adopted in educational institutions.
