Lecture: LTMMC (Sion Hospital). Event – DNB Research Methodology Workshop. July 17, 2013

Lecture: LTMMC (Sion Hospital). Event – DNB Research Methodology Workshop. July 17, 2013

It happened at last! For years, QMed somehow never had had an opportunity for either lectures or workshops at the LTMMC.  So this "inaugural" event we hope is the first of many more to come in the years ahead! Vasumathi Sriganesh describes QMed's first lecture: July 17 and 18 were dates for DNB residents from all over Maharashtra to gather at the LTMMC for a two day workshop on Research Methodology.  As I walked into the Seminar Room, there was a lecture on the basics of Designing a Protocol. Dr Mamta Manglani (also the main organizer of the event) was delivering…
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Lecture: Wound Care Management Event for Nurses. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai. June 25, 2013

Lecture: Wound Care Management Event for Nurses. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai. June 25, 2013

The Nursing Dept of the PD Hinduja National Hospital Mumbai organized a one day workshop on Wound Care Management for about 150 Nurses. The Director Nursing,  Ms. Phalakshi Manjrekar  invited Vasumathi Sriganesh to deliver a lecture on finding information related to wound care management. She felt that this would be a valuable addition to what the Nurses learned from seniors. We fine tuned our regular lecture with examples on wound care management. The Nurses were enthusiastic in learning about resources and searching. They had a number of questions. However, as usual a 1-hour lecture ends up serving to give a…
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Tips for teaching evidence-based medicine in a clinical setting: lessons from adult learning theory. Part 1 & 2.

Tips for teaching evidence-based medicine in a clinical setting: lessons from adult learning theory. Part 1 & 2.

Das Kausik et al.  Tips for teaching evidence-based medicine in a clinical setting: lessons from adult learning theory. Part 1 & 2. J R Soc Med. 2008; 101(10):493-500 AND 101(11):536-43. The articles (2 parts) describe how to teach EBM in a clinical setting. The authors have given some very practical tips on how to get good results form such a teaching program. The 2nd part also has a list of questions one should ask oneself regularly to be a practitioner of Evidence based practice. We also appreciate the authors' emphasis on the need to have good search skills and to…
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