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Mendeley – Desktop vs Mendeley Reference Manager

Mendeley – Desktop vs Mendeley Reference Manager

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In September 2022 Mendeley - announced that its "Mendeley Desktop" version would no longer be available to download. This had been the version that was around for years and QMed has been teaching the use of this tool for quite some time. The new version - the "Mendeley Reference Manager" was launched more than a year ago. Ever since, both versions were available for downloading. But on September 1, Mendeley removed the option of downloading the older version Normally a new version has lots more features or is better in one more ways. As we analyzed it in QMed, we…
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Sharing a small story from our donor – NRK Raman

Sharing a small story from our donor – NRK Raman

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For long, we have shared stories about those who we have helped, about ourselves and about the context in which we work. How about a story from a donor?  I am happy to share something about NRK Raman an old friend. He was my husband’s colleague for several years and his family and ours still share a great rapport. I had attended his wedding, and his daughter’s wedding and he and his wife are proud grandparents too.  Raman was always interested in the work I did and once I set up the QMed Foundation he was even more interested. He has been a regular donor and has also been my…
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Medical Students and Peer Learning – Some Thoughts

Medical Students and Peer Learning – Some Thoughts

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As a child, in the 1960s, I had learnt the dance form Bharatanatyam for a few years. I used to go with some of my schoolmates for our evening classes. The dance master was a moody person - some days strict and almost angry; some days in a good mood. But one thing was sure - he was a great teacher. An interesting thing he did was - as new students joined the classes, he made the senior students (yours truly and some more) - teach them. Then he would make them perform and observe. Not only would he be…
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