PubMed Workshop – March 23, 2013 at Jaslok Hospital

PubMed Workshop – March 23, 2013 at Jaslok Hospital

The third workshop of 2013 was held in Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai on Saturday, 23rd March 2013, between 4 pm and 7.30 pm. Vasumathi Sriganesh & Lakshmi conducted this one. We had been trying to do this for quite some time at Jaslok. Drs Sanjay Nagral and Rajesh Sainani helped us plan it out, and were assisted by Dr Pravin Agrawal. Though they initially hoped that a good number of DNB residents from their own hospital would sign up, the final participants were a mix of only a small group of residents, and more of faculty from their own hospital plus…
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Training & Teaching – the Time Involved

Training & Teaching – the Time Involved

Tomorrow (23-03-2013) marks the completion of 21 years of my having entered medical librarianship. And tomorrow, I conduct with my colleague Lakshmi,  the 105th literature searching workshop, after the setting up of QMed Foundation. Lakshmi and I spent a better part of today, planning the program which will be held at Jaslok Hospital, primarily for the DNB residents. Very often people ask me - "Can't you do this workshop in  your sleep"?  My answer - "Of course I can". Then what made us spend so much time today?  The answer: - We go on trying to see how we can…
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Lectures at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Mar 19. 2013

Lectures at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Mar 19. 2013

Lectures: a) Literature Search and b) Reference Management with Mendeley at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Mar 19. 2013 Update from Vasumathi: AIIMS Bhubaneswar is one of the six AIIMS like apex healthcare institutes being established by the MOHFW.  The Department of Community Medicine organized a Research Methodology Workshop on the 18th and 19th of March, 2013. Initially planned for faculty of AIIMS, the workshop eventually had PGs, Residents and Faculty from five other colleges in Bhubaneswar and proximal areas (Cuttack, Behrampur and Burla), as well. There were 40 participants in all. I travelled to Bhubaneswar on the 18th evening and went to…
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