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Digital Collections of the National Library of Medicine: A Treasure Trove for Health History

Digital Collections of the National Library of Medicine: A Treasure Trove for Health History

2.1 - Do you know - Resources
We often think of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as a place for current biomedical literature—PubMed searches, MeSH terms, and systematic reviews.But quietly, and generously, NLM also opens a window into the past through its Digital Collections. The Digital Collections of the NLM bring together digitised books, manuscripts, reports, images, films, and historical documents related to medicine, public health, and the life sciences. And the best part?They are freely accessible to anyone, anywhere. NLM Digital Collections website Why these Collections of the NLM matter Medicine does not exist in isolation from history. Many of today’s debates—on epidemics, ethics, medical…
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QMed Webinars: Building Better Literature Searching Skills Through Live Learning

QMed Webinars: Building Better Literature Searching Skills Through Live Learning

1.1 - Organization story, 8-Donor CONNECT
Learning literature searching and reference management works best when it is interactive and immediate. As QMed prepares to host two literature searching webinars (and reference management too!) - every month, recent live sessions have shown us how strongly learners respond to active elements such as real-time searches and immediate quizzes. These insights are shaping how we design QMed’s webinars going forward. Why QMed Is Committing to Two Webinars Every Month We would like all enrolled participants (across all QMed courses) to have opportunities to interact, learn live, and work through our Immediate Quizzes. These quizzes help learners grasp the most…
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Immediate Quizzes in Action: Lessons from Four Recent Lectures

Immediate Quizzes in Action: Lessons from Four Recent Lectures

1.1 - Organization story
January 2026—after a brief gap—has been full of lecture and webinar invitations, and it has been immensely energising. Across these sessions, we continued to experiment with immediate quizzes in teaching, an approach we first reflected on in an earlier blog post after a couple of lectures in December 2025. These recent talks gave us an opportunity to apply the idea more systematically and observe how it worked with very different audiences. A Month of Diverse Audiences So far, our Founder has delivered lectures at four institutions: 4th January – Institute of Nutrition and Fitness Sciences 6th January – Ayurved Mahavidyalaya,…
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