Inviting your inputs: for a more holistic approach to expand QMed’s work

Inviting your inputs: for a more holistic approach to expand QMed’s work

Holistic approach to education I recently happened to attend a “peer learning network session” where the participants were people from not-for-profit organizations worldwide. I attended this virtual session, not expecting much because I knew that the context of discussion would mainly be based on primary education. But to my surprise, the points discussed turned out to be very relevant in QMed's niche area too. How could QMed get more holistic in its approach?I started to think on how we could use all the learning, for our specialized area - teaching literature searching and reference management in health sciences institutions. I…
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9th Annual International conference of the Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences – IABSCON 2020- February 27- 29, 2020

9th Annual International conference of the Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences – IABSCON 2020- February 27- 29, 2020

The Department of Biochemistry, D.Y.Patil Medical College, Kolhapur is organizing IABSCON 2020 from 27th to 29th Feb 2020 at Sayaji Hotel, Kolhapur. The Theme of the conference is “ADVANCES IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH-FROM BASICS TO TRANSLATIONAL. The conference will cover all the research areas like Laboratory Medicine/Quality Assurance, Metabolic Syndromes & Inborn Disorders, Cancer Biology and Therapeutic Advances, Cardiovascular & Respiratory Diseases, Brain Diseases, Drug Discovery/Drug Delivery, Indian Systems of Medicine, Stem cell & Regenerative Medicine and many more. This is a multi-disciplinary conference open for scientists, faculty and students from the fields of Modern Medicine, Indian Systems of Medicine, Dentistry,…
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Predatory journals can affect global research!

Predatory journals can affect global research!

Negative Effects of “Predatory” Journals on Global Health Research Forero DA et al. Negative Effects of "Predatory" Journals on Global Health Research. Ann Glob Health. 2018 Nov 5;84(4):584-589. PMID: 30779504 Our blogs have covered predatory journals earlier, but there is always more to learn on this topic. This article has a great abstract giving the most important information about predatory journals. If anyone has read this term for the first time, this paragraph gives them all they need to know. Predatory journals exploit the "Open Access concept" in negative ways - acceptance of practically anything - including bad stuff, and…
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