“Search using keywords”. This is what most guides / teachers tell students when they want them to do a literature search. Keywords are usually the important words from one’s research question, that one uses to perform a search. For a research topic like: - “Long-term risk of pneumothorax in asthmatic…

Recently I had a chat with a faculty from a reputed medical college. At some point he said "We do not have a qualified librarian for our library". I almost said "What"? But as I am training myself to respond and not react, I just said "Oh, okay". After our…

When I was a child many doctors had compounders who would make "mixtures" in a bottle, based on a note the doctors gave them. We would get the mixture and maybe powders and tablets with the prescription. I just checked online to see if there are doctors who have compounders…

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…

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. AETCOM stands for Attitude, Ethics and Communication (AETCOM) competencies. The booklet is a 94 page…