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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Literature Search and Reference Management Workshop at Medicon, 2013 – UCMS, Delhi

Literature Search and Reference Management Workshop at Medicon, 2013 – UCMS, Delhi

QMed conducted a one-day workshop on Literature Search and Reference Management on 11th April at Medicon 2013 which was held this year at the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi. The workshop was attended by undergraduate students who had registered for Medicon as well as post-graduate students from UCMS. Some of the students from UCMS had attended our workshop held there in the month of November. The literature search session went off smoothly as students tried to absorb the concepts and features of the PubMed database. It was the session on reference management tool Mendeley that stole the show. Mendeley helps…
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