Origins of QMed Foundation – “The CD Story”

Origins of QMed Foundation – “The CD Story”

People often ask me what made me start QMed. The answer is – several things, but a big trigger was the QMed’s “General Medicine CD” What was this CD about? When QMed was first only a private limited company, one of the activities we often did was to carry out PubMed searches for students, and doctors who asked for them. Every topic was different and obviously, the search steps were different. Rajeev Surana, who used to work with us then kept saying “You should not have to re-do searches every time. Every effort needs to be re-usable”. My standard response…
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What if someone gave you this feedback – “More details”

What if someone gave you this feedback – “More details”

Your first reaction - is most likely to be - "What"??? That's right. The two words mean just nothing in this context. I'd love to share some thoughts about getting and giving feedback. This based on what we receive for our courses on www.qmedcourses.in Most of us love getting great feedback: How many of us, in our school days waited for the teacher to write in our notebooks - "Excellent"? Better still if they added a few words to describe you. I would not be surprised if most of us felt elated. In fact it is a human trait -…
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Presenting the need for a curriculum change: Invited to speak to a group of doctors

Presenting the need for a curriculum change: Invited to speak to a group of doctors

When in school, I wanted to study Medicine. I could not pursue this field, for a number of personal reasons. My family humorously mentions that I got into Medicine “through the back door”. That is true – my life has just evolved in this profession. To the extent that I recently had an opportunity to speak about introducing a change in the curriculum. A friend of mine – Dr Ravi Shankar, is an alumnus from my school. We have been in touch over years. He recently happened to read one of my LinkedIn posts highlighting an interesting article about ethics…
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