About “Medline” and getting a journal selected for Medline indexing

About “Medline” and getting a journal selected for Medline indexing

Medline. PubMed. Two words used often without a person being sure if they are the same, if they are different and if yes, what is the difference. The other confusion being about getting a journal included for selection -  again in PubMed / in Medline... In February 2021, the National Library of Medicine created the Medline website - https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline/index.html - to make information about Medline and PubMed, easy to find. The home page tells us clearly that Medline is a premier bibliographic database of the NLM (National Library of Medicine)  and Medline is the main part of PubMed - which is…
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Sexual & Reproductive Health Awareness Day

Sexual & Reproductive Health Awareness Day

12th February marks a day of Sexual and Reproductive awareness worldwide. There is immense scope for work among health professionals in this area, particularly taking into account communities that bear the brunt of poor delivery such as transgenders and young adolescents in third world countries. A number of systematic reviews have been made available in PubMed to help you initiate better healthcare policies, and you can access them here. https://tinyurl.com/qmedsm210212
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

The Female Physician Compensation Report released by Medscape reports a difference of thirty two percent between male and female health professionals, equally equipped and in the same line of work. As in many domains, in healthcare too we observe underrepresentation and gaps in wages on the basis of gender. 11th February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To increase your awareness about such discrepancies and your own workplace rights, check out some PubMed references on this topic - brought to you by QMed
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