QMed’s blog posts

QMed began blogging in 2012, and over time, our format evolved. We realised that much of what we shared for learners was also meaningful for donors and supporters, so for a while, our communication streams merged. In 2024, we reintroduced a dedicated blog and began posting once a month. By 2025, after some reflection, we found a better balance — creating more content without overwhelming inboxes. Today, we email only selected categories, while all posts remain accessible here — fully searchable and easy to revisit anytime.
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The Knowledge I Carry Today Must Not End With Me

The Knowledge I Carry Today Must Not End With Me

A conversation that stayed with me The world's largest storehouse of knowledge is in the graveyard, said a Professor friend. And that made me feel "The knowledge I carry today must not end with me.". I must share it In QMed’s August 2025 newsletter, I had mentioned that I had been interviewed for a podcast as part of my school’s celebration of 40 years of our Alumni Association. Later, a classmate and a good friend, Mohan, was also interviewed as part of the same podcast series, and he happened to mention the above lines. Mohan had spent a part of…
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“Immediate quizzes” reveal a hard truth about literature searching skills

Here is a story about how in recent lectures which were part of workshops, we used "Immediate quizzes" to reveal gaps in literature searching skills. And further stressed what we have known for years - that these skills need to be taught in the curriculum In December, our Founder delivered two lectures as part of two workshops at a Dental College — one on Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analysis (SRMA) and the other a Research Methodology (RM) workshop. In both lectures, we introduced a small but significant change. Along with the lectures, we used "Immediate quizzes" to assess how well participants…
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Why QMed’s teachings matter even more in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI is everywhere now. Students use it. Faculty use it. Researchers use it. In othe words - AI in literature searching for health research is here to stay Increasingly, we hear something like: “I asked AI to find articles for my topic — it gave me everything I need.” That’s the moment when Team QMed quietly raises its eyebrows.You say, “But AI gave me a list of references!”Our eyebrows stay raised. You continue, “It even summarized them! This saved so much time.”Our eyebrows go a little higher.We say:Think again — could something have gone wrong in this process? Did you…
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