Ten Years Later: Why Indian Systematic Reviews Still Miss the Mark

Ten Years Later: Why Indian Systematic Reviews Still Miss the Mark

Ten years have passed, but the quality of search strategies in Indian systematic reviews tells the same story — one of missed opportunities for true rigor.... Looking Back: The 2015 WAME Poster In 2015, I participated in a conference organized by the World Association of Medical Editors, in New Delhi, India. I had presented a poster titled “Systematic reviews in Indian publications. How many are really systematic reviews?” At that time, my co-authors and I analyzed about 147 results retrieved from PubMed — articles with the words “Systematic review” in the title, appearing in Indian journals only. With not very…
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What Happens to PubMed When a Shutdown Looms?

What Happens to PubMed When a Shutdown Looms?

An easy-to-read summary of Hilda Bastian’s post on PubMed and the US Government Shutdown Every now and then, something happens in the world of health information that makes all of us — librarians, researchers, teachers — sit up straight. Recently, a message on PubMed’s home page did just that. It mentioned the possibility of disruption due to a US government shutdown. And for anyone who depends on PubMed daily, that’s a scary thought! Hilda Bastian, who often writes excellent, evidence-informed posts about science communication, explored this in her blog — “Tracking Shutdown Impact and Changes at PubMed”. I read it…
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How Search Skills Helped an Anesthesiologist Save a Patient’s Limb

How Search Skills Helped an Anesthesiologist Save a Patient’s Limb

In this guest post, we share a powerful real-life story from Dr. Jitendra Bapat, an anesthesiologist. Dr Bapat had used the PubMed search skills he learned from QMed to find a crucial answer to treat his patient. He describes this as an invaluable experience. Incidentally this also led to his resident presenting this case study at a conference, and winning a prize I am Dr. Jitu Bapat, an anesthesiologist, and I would like to share how QMed’s training directly helped me in patient care. During an emergency duty, I received a call from the recovery unit about a patient who…
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