Guest post: Students Research Forum of the SKN Medical College, Pune

Guest post: Students Research Forum of the SKN Medical College, Pune

QMed always enjoys doing events for or organized by Undergraduate medical students, because they are an audience that loves to learn, and they take great efforts to organize events. Here we share a Guest Post by the students of the SKN Medical College, Pune ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We, the members of the Student Research Forum - SKNMC Pune are a team dedicated to promoting research activities amongst undergraduate medical students and sensitising/educating them about research. As a part of this effort, we came up with an idea to organise a workshop on Citations, navigating PubMed and using Reference Management softwares (Mendeley), after…
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Workshop on Diagnostic and Screening test Evaluation–Imperfect Gold Standard, Meta Analyses and Application of Latent Class Models – October 9-11, 2017

This course’s main purpose is to impart basic knowledge in understanding the principles and practice of Diagnostic and Screening testing, specifically to assess the reliability and validity of those tests. It is tailored to medical, allied health professionals, non-medical faculty, and/or researchers who are interested in learning more about diagnostic test research (validity and reliability studies), or teaching institution members interested in furthering their knowledge and skills in methodology. More details 
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All non profit organizations are not about charity. Some like QMed are “change makers”.

All non profit organizations are not about charity. Some like QMed are “change makers”.

I am often asked why QMed is a not-for-profit organization. And I think it is time I answered this in a blog post. Non-profit organizations work for overall societal benefit. Many work at making major changes in specific areas.  Some non-profits work for environmental preservation whilst non-profit Educational institutions create educated individuals. Libraries support the work of educational institutions. And yet, many people assume that non-profits mainly work for the underprivileged section of society. I felt that it is time to make some clarifications, and explain non-profits in the context of QMed. All non-profit organizations are first change makers. Their…
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