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Digital Collections of the National Library of Medicine, USA

Digital Collections of the National Library of Medicine, USA

2.1 - Do you know - Resources
This one is for anyone interested in Historical works in Medicine. Here is something from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), USA - "Digital Collections" a free online resource of biomedical books, still as well as moving images. Unless mentioned specifically, the content is totally free. Wish to read about Semmelweiss' work on puerperal infections? Just search by the name Semmelweiss and you get 35 items. You can filter by the format option on the left side, and get images or his works - full books to download! The coverage of items is from - hold your breath - before 1600! There is such a…
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Delving into the minds of our target audience

1 - VS Shares
For nearly nine years, we at QMed, have been teaching, either by delivering lectures, or conducting workshops. In addition, we have helped people with their literature searches for their theses, articles they write, and even systematic reviews. It is indeed wonderful that we have reached out to a huge audience. The crying need in the country is however, tremendous. And we deliberate as to why we are unable to reach out to more, when everyone has praised our programs and sworn that they are very important. While there are several specific reasons for our workshops not reaching large enough numbers, we…
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Guest post: Meet Jain & team thank QMed for the literature search techniques

Guest post: Meet Jain & team thank QMed for the literature search techniques

4 - Guest posts
This post is contributed by Meet Jain and his team mates. This team (led by Kunal Marathe) won the first prize for their presentation at Quest Unplugged - an event conducted by Quest Medical - the brainchild of Dr Sushant Shinde, in Mumbai. The full team consisted of Kunal Marathe, Meet Jain, Tanmay Londhe and Ujjwal Sharnagat----------------------------------------------------------And the 1st prize goes to... "Stents! Stents! Stents!" shouted the crowd, much to our surprise. "Oh that one is unanimous! It's the Stents group!", announced one of our judges, Dr. Priya Tiwari. Our hearts stopped, quite ironic - considering the topic we spoke…
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