“Immediate quizzes” reveal a hard truth about literature searching skills

“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)

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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Finding Related Research and Identifying a Research Gap:  Try “Connected Papers”

Finding Related Research and Identifying a Research Gap: Try “Connected Papers”

Short Summary Many researchers search PubMed to find articles on a topic, but few know how to visually map related research and identify gaps. In this post, I explore a real example using my paper on searching PubMed in radiology — and demonstrate how a tool like Connected Papers can help researchers refine or choose a research topic by finding related research or identifying research gaps or both! Why This Topic Matters When we publish, we often wonder: Who else has written something similar? Has the topic evolved? Is there a gap I can explore further?Traditional searching gives us a…
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