Simple, complete, nicely presented course which will enhance literature searching skills

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Information Resources and Literature Searching

It was a great learning experience. As I’m going to start my PG training soon, hopefully I’ll have an easier time accessing information on PubMed for scientific articles.

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Information Resources and Literature Searching

The course was helpful and is very much required for an easy and efficient search of literature.

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Information Resources and Literature Searching

You have provided a very detailed description of all the aspects of PubMed which is totally satisfactory. Thank you so much ma’am for enlightening us with the much required concepts!!

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Mastering PubMed

Nicely prepared. Very informative

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Information Resources and Literature Searching

The Course is well planned and the faculty’s presentation is awesome. Excellent!!! the faculty

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Information Resources and Literature Searching

Very useful, glad I got a refresher on this.

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Information Resources and Literature Searching

Before I started the course I had used resources like pubmed many times but never had the opportunity to learn the basics of pubmed search as systematically put together in this course.

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Information Resources and Literature Searching

I was using mendeley already but was surprised to know so many new features which I was unaware of. Thanks, this will make writting and searching easier and of better quality! Also like to mention about the prompt replies to doubts. Thanks again Vasumathi madam.

Testimonial given for the Online Course –Reference Management with Mendeley

You have tried to make sure our basics are very clear by repeating the material atleast three times in the lessons. Keeping it short and crisp also makes it achievable. You break it all down in digestible capsules

Testimonial given for the Online Course – Information Resources and Literature Searching

I appreciate the efforts taken by the faculty

Testimonial given for the Online Course – Information Resources and Literature Searching

Correct literature search is the backbone of research and public health practice. The course is very comprehensive, easy to learn and very enriching. It has boost my skills to properly conduct literature search.

Testimonial given for the Online Course – Information Resources and Literature Searching

Very comprehensive and easy to understand. The hands on about the various topics and the teaching style of the faculty is very good. I learnt a lot very fastly.

Testimonial given for the Online Course – Mastering PubMed

The course was very much helpful and the way Vasumathi ma’am delivered the classes were really good. I learnt a lot and I’m looking forward to learning more. Thank you.

Testimonial given for the Online Course – PubMed Basics

It is an excellent course that helps and minimizes the work while writing research publications. It is made interesting by the the way it is delivered by Dr. Vasumathi, excellent!

Testimonial given for the Online Course – PubMed Advanced

Very nicely designed topic. Excellent expertise of faculty. Although I always use Mendeley for referencing. Still I learned many tips. Faculty is really excellent.

This testimonial was given for our Online Course- Reference Management with Mendeley

“The faculty gave an excellent overview of the topic with examples and made such a tough task look simple. Kudos to her. Thank you”

This testimonial was given for our Online Course

Enjoyed the simplicity of presentation and clarity of information .Thank you ma’am.

Comment received in Module 2 of the online course –  Mastering PubMed:Basics

It was a very nice session and it should be added in the UG program to make students life easy later on.

It was an excellent workshop. It took almost one year to arrange this workshop for my PGs. It is good to learn that courses are available online now. Many more people will have benefits

Being practical, easy to understand and interactive – these are the plus points of the workshop!

“Thank you  very much Madam for making the Mendeley Reference manager so easy to use. Much benefited by this course”

Testimonial given for the Online Course – Reference Management with Mendeley

“Excellent Madam, I am really enjoying this course. It is as if slowly the things are becoming more and more clearer”

Comment in the Online Course – “Mastering PubMed: Basics” – lesson – “Understanding Mesh”

This was an afternoon well spent. I am sure this will help save many hours. Should be part of UG and more importantly for residents and PG teachers

Testimonial: Workshop at Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, 5th Nov, 2019

I am an undergrad and would love to learn more and explore new courses.

Testimonial: Workshop at Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, 5th Nov, 2019

This course was an eye opener and I am hoping that I will definitely save some woman hours that I spent previously in searching relevant articles / literature. Thank you for using interactive methods to clear concepts. Would love to attend the Advanced sessions, once I have mastered the basics

Testimonial: Workshop at Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, 5th Nov, 2019

There should be PubMed training every month for better learning of search & research

Testimonial: Workshop at Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, 5th Nov, 2019

This was a wonderful session and gave a whole different perspective to searching medical literature. Wish I had access tot his 15 years back while working on my PG thesis. QMed Foundation is doing great work. Best wishes to the team and a special thank you to Vasumathi Sriganesh

Testimonial: Workshop at Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, 5th Nov, 2019

Vasumathi Sriganesh thank you mam for making the workshop very simple and easier. I was under the impression i know how to use PubMed effectively. But today you made me understand how much more effective it can be.

Testimonial: Workshop at Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, 2nd Nov, 2019

Thank you ma’am for this amazing workshop. Didn’t know how to access and use the different options available on PubMed before this. A must -attend lecture for all UGs

Testimonial: Workshop at Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, 2nd Nov, 2019

I saw the video lectures on how to search for medical literature and I want to salute you for your clarity, expression and above all the humongous effort to make the video on such an important topic. I have immense respect for what you have done. May God bless you

This testimonial was given for our Online Course

“This is something that I feel all medical students – especially post graduates should know. However it is one of the most underrated aspects of medical education.
The course was flawless.”

This testimonial was given for our Online Course

“Vasumathi and QMed provide essential services for the medical community, and the impact is worth every dollar donated and more.”

This testimonial was in response to our GlobalGiving report :

We were delighted to discover that our teaching has spread further!

I am extremely thankful for investing precious time in clearing our queries about systematic reviews

Dr Shruti wrote this in our Visitor’s Book after having a mentoring session. She is an MDS student. She came with two colleagues – Dr Burhanuddin and Dr Rex who also expressed similar sentiments

Listening to Ms Vasumathi and the QMed journey was incredible. I had an opportunity to understand a new field of work. Wishing the organization the very best in their endeavours

Sukanya works for iVolunteer, Mumbai and wrote this in our Visitors book

Testimonial given at a workshop conducted in ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar

This I think was a much needed workshop for the researchers as well as students – especially pursuing Public Health Courses. The students and faculty of medical colleges and nursing institutions should undergo this training program.

Testimonial given at a workshop conducted in ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar

The PubMed course should be included in the UG curriculum as a health information retrieval course – as an elective module along with the foundation course. I have attended a few such workshops before as a participant and resource person as well, but this workshop touched me. I am very much influenced by your style of presentation and demonstration, I would love to associate with your online course. Thank you

Testimonial given at a workshop conducted in ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar

Excellent teaching. We need to take the E-learning course to refine and update our knowledge and skills. If RMRC does as an institution it is well and good, otherwise we can pay and be the member. We may need help while we will be doing literature search. Best Wishes.

Testimonial given at a workshop conducted in Breach Candy Hospital

This course was an eye opener. It is a must for undergrads. Have just learnt how to save hours and hours of time by attending this course. A big thank you to madam

It was overall an amazing experience. Very informative and hands on experience gave me a very good idea about PubMed and Mendeley. Would definitely come back for more such workshops. Thank you so much for your time and patience

This is the best adult learning workshop I have ever attended. Dr Manasi Padhyegujar – SMBT Medical College, Igatpuri. Participant of the workshop conducted during the IAPSM-IPHA conference – 8th Feb 2019

Testimonial for our ELearning course – “Mastering PubMed”
“PubMed is one of the most important courses I could complete last fortnight. I could treat many of my blind spots related to PubMed searching.”

“I am happy to inform you that with your support we have improved the session on Literature Search in our Postgraduate orientation program. Since this year, it is now mandatory for our PGs to document their search strategy in their literature review section of their proposal. I look forward to see this happen properly. It has been a good learning for me too.”

I could not have done my MSc thesis without your help! I have never done a systematic review and the literature search for doing one is a daunting task. Thank you for all the hand holding.

I was able to work on my thesis protocol very quickly. In fact I was the first one to get the Ethics Committee approval and submit the protocol + synopsis to the University. This, I must say is only because of QMed’s workshop.

I consider myself really lucky to have found you and the QMed team, early in my career. I have done multiple projects with proper referencing and literature searching, winning commendations everywhere.

Loved it!! Would have stayed in the stone age (with regards to PubMed) had I not attended the workshops! Loved the resource persons!!

SIMSCON 2016 

Searching the literature is a crucial part of training to be a good researcher, whatever the area of research. The American Thoracic Society’s Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical & Operations Research (MECOR) Program trains Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep physicians to do high quality research in these subject areas as a way to improve health and the delivery of health care in low and middle income countries. QMed provides an important part of the MECOR Program Courses as literature searches are an essential component of research training.

It was a fun session (Mastering PubMed – Basics). I learned new methods with a hands on experience. Would recommend the workshop to everyone in the medical field. It makes PubMed searching fun and easy!

This workshop has taken using the Cochrane Library database to a whole new level or three! Improved my knowledge and ability to search/make sense of the data. Ability to look at systematic reviews and also clinical trials. Excellent all round. Now have to put to practice. 

An Excellent workshop on Literature Search and Reference Management. I am in my first year of MD and this workshop has happened to me at the right time, since I would need to know a lot of Literature Searching for my thesis in the coming 2 more year of MD. This will definitely help in reducing the wastage of time in Literature searching and reference management. Mrs. Vasumathi & Mrs. Lakshmi were very clear and concise in their lectures and very patient in teaching us the concepts. The best part was the hands on experience for the same. Thanks to Mrs. Vasumathi and Mrs. Lakshmi for the very interesting and educational experience.

Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Learnt a lot and I will make it a point to practice. I am sure it will help reduce the effort and time in searching articles.

Very good. Such workshops should be conducted every year for new PG residents. Keep it up

This is a wonderful workshop; It makes our work dead easy and narrows down our search, Workshops based on theoretical knowledge can be learnt from various sources but QMed workshop must be conducted in order to narrow down our search and save our precious time.

I attended a workshop by Vasumathi ma’am of QMed on Literature Searching. I went in, feeling quite sure I was doing it right!. But, by the end of the four-hour session, I was humbled. I realized till I attended the workshop, I had been using these amazing online tools much like a Palaeolithic man uses stone instruments!!

This session was extremely useful and I have found a new game to play with i.e. “PubMed”! Wish this was presented to us in 1st year of MBBS.

It is a very good learning workshop. I believe it is the first and the very important step to pursue your interest in research and even for the students who have been allotted research projects.

It was amazing, the sheer man-hours it saves is incredible. A real tragedy that quality of work suffers because we are ignorant about how to use technology. It should be part of MBBS curriculum right from first year, so that it promotes an aptitude for evidence based medicine and research and changes the outlook of students who otherwise consider literature reviews to be tedious and time-consuming. Best of luck. Looking forward to the other courses and e-learning.