Vasumathi Sriganesh, Author at QMed Knowledge Foundation

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Background knowledge vs Foreground knowledge

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An Event: In 2010, I had conducted a PubMed workshop. At the end, a doctor asked me” “Can you do a half day program for practitioners, where they learn how to search all resources to actually treat a patient?" And I answered – “Doctor, would you ask for a change…

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Online Searching: Truncation & Filter Errors

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Can you believe that many people use truncation and filters wrongly while doing online searching? You may not. But it is happening all the time! From January 2022, QMed has been hosting mini webinars every Tuesday and Friday, with two objectives: Promoting awareness of our work and our e-learning courses…

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A doctor did not know how to cite and reference for an article he had written. Such a lacuna in training is scary

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An interesting experience: A few months back I got a request from a doctor who had studied in India. He is now working in another country. He had written an article and this was the first time he had attempted to write for a journal. He asked if I would…

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When patients google

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I often read social media posts where doctors express concern about patients googling and coming to them. Very understandable. There is so much of misinformation on the net that patients could be picking up. Asking questions based on these could be a major waste of time for a doctor. It…

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Medical libraries and their usage – faculty and librarians need to work together!

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In institutions with libraries, the librarians are expected to provide statistics of usage. Budgets are often pruned if there is a decreased trend in use and alarmingly some libraries are closed down. What is "library usage" today? Not any more should one measure this only by footfalls (number of people…

The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has approved QMed for credit points for webinars

Background knowledge vs Foreground knowledge

Online Searching: Truncation & Filter Errors

A doctor did not know how to cite and reference for an article he had written. Such a lacuna in training is scary

When patients google

Medical libraries and their usage – faculty and librarians need to work together!

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