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June 2021
You are receiving this issue as we have your name in our mailing list. Just in case you need to unsubscribe for any reason, please scroll to the end of this page and cancel or edit your subscription You could book mark the page - www.qmed.ngo/newsletter on our website and check it out when you wish to. Anyone can subscribe to the newsletter from the same link. What do we have for you this month?
• Two important blog posts by our Founder.
• Literature links on observances this month: Safety, Environment, Brain tumors and more
• Useful Resources - CoronaCentral, Medpix, ECRI Guidelines
• A bunch of interesting articles on EBM that came into our alerts this month.
And... The QMedCourses platform turned 1-year-old on the 13th of June. We had several new joinees. Specially we had the Foundation for Excellence, in Bengaluru, provide access to our courses, for students they support. The Resources section that we planned for was activated. The QMed Team |
From our Blog - Our CEO's Posts
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Vasumathi Sriganesh this month highlights that the AETCOM handbook on the NMC website talks about the need for every Indian Medical Graduate to know how to search. And for the need for every college to develop these capacities. She also writes about a lovely essay she read, where the author explains that there is no such thing as failure, but only results. And how we always need to plan what we do with results of our efforts. |
"The AETCOM handbook has it!" Every medical teacher would have definitely seen the "AETCOM book" (2018). Brought out by the erstwhile Medical Council of India, it is now in the website of the newer entity - the National Medical Council. The booklet is a 94 page document prepared by the Academic Cell of the Council. The guide includes a bunch of new competencies to the existing ones, in preparing Indian Medical Graduates of high standards. It specifies the need for every Indian Medical Graduate to know how to search. And for the need for every college to develop these capacities. QMed CAN help in this need! *Source: https://www.nmc.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/UG-Curriculum-Vol-I.pdf Read more. |
"There is no such thing as failing. There are only results" I am reading this book by Wayne Dyer – “Wisdom of the Ages” In one of the essays he says, “There is no such thing as failure. Failure is a label that we create, based on our judgement. There are only results we produce. And the question we should ask is – What do we do with the results we get”? In another course that I attended, the trainer said “If something does not work, try something else” How does QMed apply this learning? How can anyone apply this? And can we all work together to apply this learning, to help all medical college students get great literature searching skills? Read more. |
From our Social Media Posts- International Observances
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From our Social Media Posts - Other Events / Courses / NewsHimanshu Jindal is a UG student. He recently got a publication in a PubMed indexed journal. We feel wonderful when we hear these stories, and more so when a student is also a student of our courses and says that the course helped him in all his work! We shared this story with our donors. And guess what? We immediately got more donations from three donors. Himanshu - you brought us luck! And the best part - One of the donors is a nurse from Kolkata. Along with her donation she sent us this note: I find the NGO to be very useful for me as well people who are doing research. I have learnt and still learning a lot from you all. Let me know if I can contribute in any other way. That felt soooo good! Our FB Post Nandini came back to QMed early this year, after having worked with us in 2018. She shares her story. We had emailed this story to all our donors (both - those in India and abroad) - and we promptly go a response from Dr Lata - a senior nursing professional who wrote: The narrative of Nandini is very encouraging. Dr. Vasumathi I too loved your presence and your lecture in Mumbai in 2019. You gave me a lot of purpose and direction unknowingly. And one day I too will share with you if I succeed. Till then take care. Lots of love and good wishes It was wonderful getting such a response! Thank you Dr Lata! We also got a $150 donation from a doctor in the US, who read this post.
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From our Social Media Posts - Do You Know"CoronaCentral" is a fairly new resource which collates research publications from the three main coronaviruses: SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV.
You can browse by topics like Trending articles, Clinical articles, Epidemiology articles (and even their subsets!)
You can search for specific articles by title, drug name and more.
Visit the site - https://coronacentral.ai/- and take the easy tour to get a good idea. Seems very promising.
Do also check out this article - https://www.pnas.org/content/118/23/e2100766118 - that is all about the CoronaCentral database. Our FB Post MedPix® is a free, open-access online library of medical images, clinical subjects, and images with textual metadata. Their audience comprises physicians, nurses, allied health workers, medical and nursing students. ECRI (Emergency Care Research Institute) is an autonomous nonprofit organization committed to transforming the security, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of care in all healthcare settings around the world. Over 10,000 healthcare organizations worldwide are served by the organization, including hospitals, health systems, public and private payers, government agencies, and voluntary sector organizations. ECRI Institute offers its expertise in patient care enhancement, outcome measures, risk and quality management, evidence-based practice, healthcare processes, equipment, procedures, and medication technology with these organizations. To know more about ECRI guidelines, visit https://guidelines.ecri.org/ Our FB Post |
From our Social Media Posts- Interesting Articles |
Interesting articles that came up in our alerts this month 1. Al Shahrani AS. Development and evaluation of an evidence-based medicine module in the undergraduate medical curriculum. BMC Med Educ. 2020 Aug 6;20(1):256. PMID
2. Kumaravel B, Jenkins H, Chepkin S, Kirisnathas S, Hearn J, Stocker CJ, Petersen S. A prospective study evaluating the integration of a multifaceted evidence-based medicine curriculum into early years in an undergraduate medical school. BMC Med Educ. 2020 Aug 24;20(1):278. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02140-2. PMID
3. Paramasivan S, Davies P, Richards A, et.al. What empirical research has been undertaken on the ethics of clinical research in India? A systematic scoping review and narrative synthesis. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 May;6(5):e004729. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004729. PMID
4. Padhya D, Tripathi S, Kashyap R, Alsawas M, Murthy S, Arteaga GM, Dong Y. Training of Pediatric Critical Care Providers in Developing Countries in Evidence Based Medicine Utilizing Remote Simulation Sessions. Glob Pediatr Health. 2021 Apr 23;8:2333794X211007473. doi: 10.1177/2333794X211007473. PMID |
Lectures & Webinars this month
20-06-2021 - Dept of Microbiology, Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai - 200 participants. Topic - Literature search (Webinar). The college is celebrating its Centenary year and is having a series of webinars under the banner - "From Dissertation to Publication" and our lecture was the first of the series. 26-06-2021 - Global Consortium of Medical Education and Research - (a UG student body). 35 participants. Topic - Literature Search 27-06-2021 - Global Consortium of Medical Education and Research - (a UG student body). 23 participants. Topic - Reference Management 28-06-2021- MUHS event at KEM Hospital, Mumbai. 45 participants. Topic - Literature Search |
QMedCourses NewsNew Institution:
• Foundation For Excellence - an organization that funds higher education for bright students, joins us for Institutional access for QMed Courses. They have subscribed to our courses for about 65 students.
Additions to our Courses site:
• We activated our Resources Database which is filled with great Resources useful for searching, writing & reporting and reading
We present some current statistics about the overall progress of our courses. Course | Certified | Total Enrolled | Information Resources & Literature Searching (IRLS) | 329 | 2712 | Introduction to Referencing (IR) | 219 | 1740 | Mastering PubMed (PM) | 132 | 2244 | Reference Management with Mendeley (RMM) | 107 | 2244 |
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Testimonials for QMedCourses
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Course: Information Resources & Literature Searching
I haven't finished all the courses yet and even learning so much has helped me in my searches and understanding relevant journals and articles. PubMed was so daunting initially and now I find it really interesting and a simple, yet efficient tool. Neha Sharma, UG, Sir Ganagaram Hospital, New Delhi Course : Introduction to Referencing
No one really taught as madam has. Learnt the ground working skill. Debasis Patro, AIIMS Bhubaneshwar Course : Mastering PubMed
I can say this without any doubt that I have gained lots of knowledge within one month duration which couldn't be possible if not by QMed Courses. I am excited to use all the learnings that I got from this course and apply that to research projects. Srinidhi V Prabhu, UG Student, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute Course : Reference Management with Mendeley
I am really thankful to you. I was just totally unaware of how to use a reference manager. It helped me a lot. Satya Prakash, AIIMS Bhubaneshwar |
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