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Dr Avinash Supe helps validate my thoughts for QMed!

Dr Avinash Supe helps validate my thoughts for QMed!

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In April, I had a great meeting with Dr Avinash Supe – one that lasted almost for an hour. I have known Dr Supe since around 1999/2000, and he has been a friend and well-wisher for years – something that I am very grateful for. When I met him in April, he helped me validate my thoughts, dreams for QMed, and more.   Here are my Questions and his Answers: VS: Could you frame the problem that QMed addresses, in your words? Dr Supe: In the medical and health sciences domain many people do not know how to search the literature and reference correctly and you…
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PubMed Labs

PubMed Labs

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PubMed Labs is a test site where the NLM/NCBI are experimenting with new features and tools that may eventually incorporate in PubMed.  They are looking for inputs on these features / tools and the final incorporation will be based on the inputs they receive – so what you see today may get included as it is, or in a revised form. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the NCBI/NLM working at? Better search algorithms: A new search algorithm that uses machine learning to more accurately find the best matches. The “best match” option to display results already exists and is based on…
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Framing the title and abstract of your paper

Framing the title and abstract of your paper

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Writing the title and abstract for a research paper: Being concise, precise, and meticulous is the key Tullu MS. Saudi J Anaesth. 2019 Apr;13(Suppl 1):S12-S17. doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_685_18. Have you come across titles / abstracts from search results that sounded very promising, but when you read the article, the content did not match what you first saw? Or have you come across titles that did not mean anything, and there was no abstract? You obviously would not bother to trace and read that article - unless the author was your friend! In the days of information overload, if you want your paper…
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