To learn more – teach more. Pros and cons

To learn more – teach more. Pros and cons

When I was in school and college, I often helped younger cousins with their lessons. When I taught my cousins, I read their lessons and explained concepts to them. Something that their teachers had already taught, but they could not understand. I did not try to teach them new lessons and I made no attempts to get them ahead of their peers. It is said - The more you teach, the better you learn. As I taught in different contexts in my life, I not only kept learning more but also learned that: You must prepare yourself by studying thoroughly…
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Meta-analyses: Do not rely on them

Meta-analyses: Do not rely on them

I got your attention there, did I not? Well - that is NOT my statement. I am quoting a senior professional from one of the super specialties in surgery. I heard this person mentioning this in a conference of the said super-specialty a few years ago. He was from one of the top medical institutions in India. I figured that he was an expert in his discipline, going by the talk he delivered and the several questions he was asked. This is what he said in his talk: "And I come to meta-analyses. Please do not pay too much attention…
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Access alone is not enough. Train everybody

Access alone is not enough. Train everybody

Dr GN is a faculty in a medical college. He is registered for QMedCourses and approached me with a request for help. He is studying for an additional degree in an institution in the UK and has to write a systematic review as part of the program. He said that the requirement was that he had to do it all by himself and could not get a team to work with him. While this is unusual as systematic reviews are ideally done by a team (to reduce bias), in this case the objective of solo working is to learn every…
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