Guest post: Students Research Forum of the SKN Medical College, Pune

Guest post: Students Research Forum of the SKN Medical College, Pune

QMed always enjoys doing events for or organized by Undergraduate medical students, because they are an audience that loves to learn, and they take great efforts to organize events. Here we share a Guest Post by the students of the SKN Medical College, Pune ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We, the members of the Student Research Forum - SKNMC Pune are a team dedicated to promoting research activities amongst undergraduate medical students and sensitising/educating them about research. As a part of this effort, we came up with an idea to organise a workshop on Citations, navigating PubMed and using Reference Management softwares (Mendeley), after…
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17th FERCAP International Conference – November 20 – 22, 2017

17th FERCAP International Conference – November 20 – 22, 2017

The Forum for Ethics Review Committees in India (FERCI) is set up as the national chapter of FERCAP (Forum for Ethics Review Committees in Asia-Pacific), which is an initiative undertaken by WHO TDR. The objective of this body is to improve understanding and implementation of ethical review of biomedical research in India, with relevance to local cultural values. Annual International Conferences, deliberations and conducting training workshops are some of the components of this objective. This year FERCI  is hosting the 17th FERCAP International Conference & 5th FERCI National Conference in the City of Delhi, from 19th to 22nd November on a theme…
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Structured Abstracts – Some Interesting Learning

Structured abstracts are abstracts that have clear sections, and not just a full paragraph (as abstracts of the past used to be). These kind of abstracts first evolved in 1987. The IMRAD format is the most common structure for a structured abstract, but other formats are also used. Why did structured abstracts emerge? It made reading an abstract easier. It possibly made the writing of structured abstracts better, because the authors had a basis on which they would summarize their research article's contents. This also made it better for health professionals searching the literature in selecting clinically relevant and methodologically…
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