Guest post: Dr Aditi Rangnekar

Guest post: Dr Aditi Rangnekar

Thesis writing, for a postgraduate resident is a compulsory element in the program. It is also a very interesting part of the course, but for most of us we learn that it can be interesting, rather late. When it is almost the time for submission. Many of us feel that we could have learned more, if it had all been more structured. One of the very interesting learning for the thesis activity is  “Literature searching and Referencing”. I feel that if only we could have invested time for this, around the second, third and fourth post, then our thesis writing can become…
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Research Methodology Workshops- An Essential Need

Research Methodology Workshops- An Essential Need

Shrivastava M, Shah N, Navaid S. Assessment of change in knowledge about research methods among delegates attending research methodology workshop. Perspect Clin Res 2018;9:83-90. A medical student or a practitioner in this age needs to be aware of current practices in the field. Evidence –based medicine is the word of the hour in health practice. It requires updated, measured use of current evidence to form informed clinical decisions. Medical research is an essential component of evidence based medicine. For research to be thorough, a proper methodology has to be in place. Drs. Manisha Shrivastava, Nehal Shah, Seema Navaid address this…
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The hurdles that we face – when we search for literature

The hurdles that we face – when we search for literature

Since February, I wrote four posts about the issues in India regarding literature searching and access to resources. February : Twenty years since of PubMed access and are our health professionals “information savvy” This was all about the lack of information literacy. March: Literature searching and the ideal researcher Covered what a literature searcher should know April: Country wide access to databases / journals: an urgent need About access to databases and journals that we badly need in the country. May: Online access to health information resources in India, what more should we be doing?  In other words, what should we be doing about this.…
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