QMed collaborates with the Campbell Collaboration!

QMed collaborates with the Campbell Collaboration!

Hello friends! A Very Happy New Year to all.This year, I hope to write more regularly and share QMed's developments and also my own thoughts and ideas for all of you. I am happy to start the year, with an announcement. QMed's vision is to see that Evidence Based Practice is in every health professional's DNA. And as we always insist, unless people learn how to search for evidence, this will not happen. Systematic searching is a hugely important component of every systematic review. QMed has been working to support Cochrane authors and Cochrane activity in the last few years.…
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Workshop on Developing and Conducting Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews

Workshop on Developing and Conducting Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews

Campbell Collaboration, QMed Knowledge Foundation & Chitkara University are jointly organizing a two day workshop on constructing a search strategy for a systematic review. The dates are 31 Jan & 1 Feb, 2018 The course will cover details about what it takes to develop an effective search strategy for a systematic review. The importance of using both thesaurus terms as well as all possible text words, the use of Boolean operators and truncation symbols will be covered in detail. The steps in creating a systematic search strategy that can be documented and reported will be demonstrated. More details
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7 Deadly Sins in Educational Research

7 Deadly Sins in Educational Research

Picho, K., & Artino, A. R. 7 Deadly Sins in Educational Research. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 Oct; 8(4): 483–487. A very interesting article as the title says! In conducting and reporting of medical research, there are some common pitfalls which may raise the question of validity of research. With the purpose of creating awareness about these mistakes and to encourage better research outcome, this article focuses on what the authors term as “7 deadly sins” in educational research. Sin 1: The Curse of the Handicapped Literature Review In scientific research, a comprehensive literature review is very important because it provides understanding…
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Writing a model research paper: A roadmap

Writing a model research paper: A roadmap

Tullu M., Karande S. Writing a model research paper: A Roadmap. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 2017;63 (3):143-146.  Full text We all know that research writing is something all health professionals have to do in their careers. Many often find it a little daunting in the absence of proper understanding of the basics of academic writing. These basics are always crucial to maintain and improve the quality of research.  This editorial attempts to cover these essential aspects, offers tips and suggestions on different angles of research writing. The main focus is on preparing a perfect manuscript for research. All elements of a research paper…
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“Smart” Search Service for Journal Articles

“Smart” Search Service for Journal Articles

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has come up with a solution for managing information overload. Many such efforts have been around and more will happen. The AI2's solution is - "Semantic Scholar."  It is a free, nonprofit, academic search engine for research papers in computer science and biomedical fields. It utilizes AI (Artificial Intelligence) methods for data mining, natural-language processing, and computer vision to create the search and browsing experiences. When we do a search, we can first view some added terms that the engine suggests for our term. Next, we are provided with filters (very similar to PubMed)…
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