Giving Back-NGO India 2013 exhibition

Giving Back-NGO India 2013 exhibition

QMed participated in the Giving back - NGO India 2013 exhibition (14-15 June) a CSR initiative of UBM India  at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon, Mumbai. This was the second such exhibition by UBM India and 160+ NGOs from across the country participated in it. Apart from the stalls there were also conferences and seminars on interesting topics about running NGOs in an effective manner. This exhibition acted as a platform for us to propose the idea of conducting awareness lectures for the “non-medical people” who  use the internet to search for medical information. The neatly displayed banners with catchy one-line messages…
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Lecture at the Research Methodology Workshop by JCOR, Mumbai: May 10, 2013

Lecture at the Research Methodology Workshop by JCOR, Mumbai: May 10, 2013

Literature searching – by Lakshmi Padmanabhan Reference Management – by Parvati Iyer Group activity – by both QMed was invited to deliver a lecture on Literature Search and one on the Reference Management tool – Mendeley at a workshop organized by the Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology & Research and the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology conducted at the PD Hinduja National Hosiptal, Mumbai on 10th May 2013. Participants included doctors from various parts of India; in fact three participants had come from Nepal.  Lakshmi Padmanabhan from QMed delivered the lecture on Literature Search which covered five basic tips of searching and…
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Literature Search and Reference Management Workshop at Medicon, 2013 – UCMS, Delhi

Literature Search and Reference Management Workshop at Medicon, 2013 – UCMS, Delhi

QMed conducted a one-day workshop on Literature Search and Reference Management on 11th April at Medicon 2013 which was held this year at the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi. The workshop was attended by undergraduate students who had registered for Medicon as well as post-graduate students from UCMS. Some of the students from UCMS had attended our workshop held there in the month of November. The literature search session went off smoothly as students tried to absorb the concepts and features of the PubMed database. It was the session on reference management tool Mendeley that stole the show. Mendeley helps…
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