Decision making / taking responsibility

Decision making / taking responsibility

The years 1990 - 1992. I was an Assistant Librarian of the Indian Institute of Geomagmetism. Fresh out of Library School. However I was not in my twenties like most of my batchmates were. I was married and had two school going children. But having got married immediately after graduation, I was still carrying the mindset of - Listen to your elders / Do not break any rules and all the generally good/ethical stuff that one is taught. However, as a "professional", one is not often taught to make decisions that may not fall under the above We had a…
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QMed’s impact. A young doctor wishes to help his institution’s library

QMed’s impact. A young doctor wishes to help his institution’s library

I am delighted to share this month’s “DonorCONNECT” story – one that  touches our hearts. There are some days when we have unexpected calls / emails / visitors. A recent event was when a young doctor we knew, wrote to us after quite some time. He had attended our PubMed workshop a few years ago. He later enrolled in www.qmedcourses.in for advanced learning. For both events he gave us excellent feedback and had kept in touch with us off and on. When he called, he shared with me about having joined his Alma Mater as a resident a few years ago –…
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QMed completes utilization of its first Grant

QMed completes utilization of its first Grant

March has been a busy month with two workshops and three lectures. We finished the last two workshops with the first ever grant money we received from Pfizer in 2023. These two were at the Tata Memorial Hospital and the Seth GSMC & KEM Hospital. A slightly disappointing part was that at both venues, while about 35 registered, we had far less that actually attended. In medical institutions sometimes other emergencies make this happen and it was sad that it happened in both these institutions.Of course those who came, made it up with 100% enthusiastic participation and encouraged others who…
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