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April: Workshops Are Back. Will You Help Keep the Momentum Going?
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April was a nice month for us, for two reasons - we conducted a full day workshop at the Breach Candy Hospital Mumbai and we also got a donation from Dr Devashish Saini with a lovely message from him!
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We had this opportunity for a workshop after a little more than a year - that was a long gap. But soon after this one got confirmed, we also got a confirmation for one in May - this time at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi. Again - suddenly invitations for lectures and webinars are streaming in. I am happiest when teaching and all these events are so very welcome.
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I have also written a blog post, where I mentioned about how persistence paid early in my career and how persistence is still an integral part of me - for QMed. Do read our blog posts to learn more. I have shared them below.
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Who wants to help QMed with our persistence? Do write to us. Telling us what you can do.
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Put us in touch with the right people in your institution and at higher levels too. You never know you might work magic! Write to us at - INFO [AT] QMED [DOT] NGO
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From our Blog
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PubMed and Zotero Workshop at Breach Candy Hospital: A Day of Learning and Collaboration
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QMed Returns to Breach Candy Hospital for a PubMed and Zotero Workshop On 23rd April, QMed conducted a full-day PubMed and Zotero Workshop at the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai. The workshop focused on strengthening literature searching and reference management skills among healthcare professionals. We covered effective use of PubMed and Zotero, equipping participants with practical tools for research and evidence-based …
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Dr. Devashish Saini: A Family Physician with a Broader Vision for Healthcare
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Dr Devashish Saini, a family medicine doctor and donor in India, represents a growing group of clinicians who are shaping healthcare both through patient care and by supporting stronger research and education systems. As the driving force behind Ross Clinics, he brings together clinical practice and long-term giving in a meaningful way. Rooted in Family Medicine At the heart of …
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The Early 1990s. My Years as a Medical Librarian. The Foundations of My Persistence
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From Quiet Shelves to a Living Library My second library job was in a hospital library. In the early 1990s. And I miss it even today! In the 3.5 years I spent there, I had the privilege of transforming a minimally used space into one that buzzed with activity from the moment it opened until closing time. Empty reading tables …
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Do You Know
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What Are Paper Mill Publications
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What are paper mill publications? In simple terms, paper mill publications are "scientific papers" that are not genuinely researched or written by authors listed in such publications. Instead third-party agencies produce these for a fee. These “paper mills” operate like businesses. They may: Sell ready-made manuscripts Offer authorship positions on pre-written papers Fabricate data, images, or results To an untrained …
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You Might Be Using Boolean Operators Wrong. But That’s Easy to Fix!
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Anyone who learns how to search online, at some point learns the use of Boolean operators – AND, OR, NOT. If they learn further, they learn about proximity operators too But interestingly this is a tool often highly misused. Either due to lack of knowledge, or plain human error. The latter happens less as one practices. But if one repeatedly …
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Useful Articles
- Das RR, Bang A. Reporting and critical appraisal of evidence-based research: Making the journal club most effective. Indian J Pharmacol. 2026 Mar 1;58(2):145-149. PMID: 41766241; PMCID: 13004567. Our Blog
- Nikukaran J, et al. Design and evaluation of a mobile application for educational purposes and facilitating scientific literature search for students and researchers. BMC Med Educ. 2025;25:1396. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-07897-y. PMID: 41074070; PMCID: PMC12512720.
- Ringwald BA, Bosworth KT. Empowering the Next Generation: Expanding Access to Research Methods in Family Medicine Education. PRiMER. 2025;9:49.
doi: 10.22454/PRiMER.2025.687751. PMID: 41089081; PMCID: PMC12517384.
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Lectures, Webinars & Workshops
- 8th Apr – QMed’s Webinars – Webinar on Mastering PubMed
- 11th Apr – Webinar on Referencing for the UG scholars of Foundation for Excellence
- 16th Apr – Lecture at MGM Panvel at a Advanced Research Methodology workshop
- 17th Apr – QMed’s Webinars – Webinar on Introduction to Referencing & Zotero (Open to all)
- 23rd Apr – QMed’s Webinars – Webinar on Reference Management with Zotero
- 23rd Apr – Workshop at Breach Candy Hospital on Literature Searching and Reference Management
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QMedCourses News
Currently we have 7072 participants including 5 institutions and 2123 individuals registered for the courses
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Testimonials for QMedCourses
Course: Information Resources & Literature Searching
This course will help me to understand the research field and help me in gaining various research skills mainly literature searching and screening. I enjoyed learning about Boolean operators and Tagging research terms and the four principles. I am very grateful to QMed for this course. Preeti, UG student, Lady Hardinge Medical College (Supported by Foundation For Excellence)
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Course: Advanced PubMed Searching for Authoring Systematic Reviews
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I understood why a search strategy has to be so detailed for a systematic review. I also learnt that I cannot use the [Mesh] tag for just any search term. I got clarity that subheadings need to be used only in rare instances. I learnt how careful I need to be while using Boolean operators and understood how to find all possible text words. I learnt how to document the strategy to use in the Review. What I liked the most about this QMED course, was the practical training and hands-on experience. Rabiul Rahaman Shaikh, UG student, Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital (Supported by Foundation For Excellence)
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