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Literature searching – this article gave us a sense of deja vu!

Literature searching – this article gave us a sense of deja vu!

3 - Interesting Articles
Measures of Self-Efficacy Among Doctors in Conducting an Online Search for Clinical Decision Making Salman Bin Naeem, Rubina Bhatti Health Info Libr J. 2020Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/hir.12289 Recently we came across an article written in Pakistan, about the ability and level of confidence among doctors in conducting an online search. Reading it gave us a sense of deja vu! The authors conducted a survey in 36 District Headquarter Hospitals (DHQs), 89 Tehsil Headquarter Hospitals (THQs), 293 Rural Health Centers (RHCs) and 2455 Basic Health Units (BHUs) in Punjab, Pakistan. The doctors perceived themselves able to perform different tasks involved in conducting an online…
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Single Citation Matcher & the New PubMed

Single Citation Matcher & the New PubMed

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The New PubMed was launched late last year (2019). It became the default in May 2020. The old PubMed (now called the legacy PubMed) is still available at https://pmlegacy.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ and is likely to be available till at least end Sep 2020. Many people want to know how the new PubMed is different - apart from the look and feel, of course. Here we demonstrate one important change in the way technology works: The Single Citation Matcher: The job of this tool is to help you find an item in PubMed, in case you do not have the full bibliographic details,…
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A New PubMed calls for New Online Courses

A New PubMed calls for New Online Courses

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We once again needed a break - as we finalized our new online courses. But YES - here they are! Our brand new site for our courses - www.qmedcourses.in has been up for about three weeks. We have three courses: Introduction to Resources and Literature Searching:This one is targetted at students and new residents, but it is turning out to be useful to many more!. It helps one understand different types of information resources and the very basics of literature searching Mastering PubMedMost importantly - this one is based on the New PubMed - which has replaced the old as…
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