The Basics We Are Never Taught

The Basics We Are Never Taught

A “They Don’t Know What They Don’t Know” Problem in Medical Search Literacy When 1005 Wasn’t One Thousand and Five This happened just a few days back. Our domestic help—educated only till primary school but otherwise very intelligent—once wrote down an expense as ₹1005. That surprised us. Whenever she spends money on our behalf and we later reimburse the same, it is usually a small amount, almost always under ₹300. So we asked her, - “What did you spend one thousand and five rupees on?” She immediately replied in Marathi,“Nahin — ek she paanch.”(No — one hundred and five.) She…
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Evidence Doesn’t Start with Results: A New Cochrane Protocol Is a Wake-Up Call on Why Search Skills Are Crucial

Evidence Doesn’t Start with Results: A New Cochrane Protocol Is a Wake-Up Call on Why Search Skills Are Crucial

Search Skills Matter We talk a lot about evidence-based practice, but far less about the skill that makes it possible in the first place: finding the evidence. A newly published Cochrane protocol examining educational interventions for literature searching sends a clear message—searching skills matter, and gaps in training persist across health professions Not All Searches Are the Same A key message from the Cochrane protocol is that not all searches serve the same purpose—a distinction often described as precision versus recall, but rarely explained to health professionals. Searching for precision aims to find a small number of highly relevant papers…
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Internships, Interns, and QMed: Bridging Theory and Practice

Internships, Interns, and QMed: Bridging Theory and Practice

Internships at QMed Internships at QMed are designed as learning experiences that help students move thoughtfully from classroom theory into the realities of professional practice. Over the years, we have had the opportunity to work with interns at different stages of their academic journey, and these experiences have shaped how we think about responsibility, mentorship, and meaningful experiential learning. What follows are a few reflections from our ongoing engagement with student interns and academic institutions. A Long-Standing Academic Partnership The SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women’s University has been sending student interns to QMed for many years, - from…
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