Vacation update from VS

Vacation update from VS

Dear Friends of QMed I am right now in the US on vacation AFTER a hectic two weeks. The first week - I was at the Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association. During the 2nd week, I visited the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health Library (both for formal visits) and then a quick tourist visit to the Library of Congress. This is a quick update from a vacation spot (am sneaking in some time!). I will write more details posts as I can   Annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, USA The Medical Library…
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Lecture at the Research Methodology Workshop by JCOR, Mumbai: May 10, 2013

Lecture at the Research Methodology Workshop by JCOR, Mumbai: May 10, 2013

Literature searching – by Lakshmi Padmanabhan Reference Management – by Parvati Iyer Group activity – by both QMed was invited to deliver a lecture on Literature Search and one on the Reference Management tool – Mendeley at a workshop organized by the Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology & Research and the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology conducted at the PD Hinduja National Hosiptal, Mumbai on 10th May 2013. Participants included doctors from various parts of India; in fact three participants had come from Nepal.  Lakshmi Padmanabhan from QMed delivered the lecture on Literature Search which covered five basic tips of searching and…
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Medicon 2013 – at UCMS Delhi

Medicon 2013 – at UCMS Delhi

Medicon - the Annual Event of INFORMER was held in the University College of Medical Sciences, in Delhi on the dates 11 - 14, April this year. I have had the privilege of attending every one of these except the 2nd in Coimbatore in 2010. The first Medicon (with that name) was held in KMC Mangalore in 2009, the 2nd in PSG Coimbatore in 2010, the 3rd - Grant Medical College Mumbai in 2011, the 4th in MGIMS, Sevagram in 2012 and this was the 5th.  Before these five "Medicons", there were two events in 2007 and 2008, which paved the…
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