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Maharashtra Medical Council Accredits QMed for CPD Webinars: A Recognition of Information Skills in Medical Practice

Maharashtra Medical Council Accredits QMed for CPD Webinars: A Recognition of Information Skills in Medical Practice

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Accreditation by the Maharashtra Medical Council We are pleased to share that the Maharashtra Medical Council - MMC Accredits QMed Webinars. for CPD - (Continuous Professional Development) programs! Medical professionals participating in these webinars will be eligible to receive CPD credit hours as recognized by the Council. Focused Education in Core Information Skills What makes this accreditation particularly significant is the nature of the education being recognized. QMed’s work focuses on structured teaching in medical literature searching and reference management—core competencies that underpin evidence-based medicine, yet remain underrepresented in formal medical training. These skills extend beyond research and are essential…
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The Knowledge I Carry Today Must Not End With Me

The Knowledge I Carry Today Must Not End With Me

1 - VS Shares, QMed Shares
A conversation that stayed with me The world's largest storehouse of knowledge is in the graveyard, said a Professor friend. And that made me feel "The knowledge I carry today must not end with me.". I must share it In QMed’s August 2025 newsletter, I had mentioned that I had been interviewed for a podcast as part of my school’s celebration of 40 years of our Alumni Association. Later, a classmate and a good friend, Mohan, was also interviewed as part of the same podcast series, and he happened to mention the above lines. Mohan had spent a part of…
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The Beginnings of our Evidence Based Searching

The Beginnings of our Evidence Based Searching

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I would like to share a story of the year 2000. It actually is a part of the genesis of QMed. In that year, I had attended my first ever International Conference (the ICML or International Congress on Medical Librarianship). That year it was in London. I also attended a preconference workshop on “Critical Appraisal Skills” by a well known Informationist Prof Andrew Booth I have no hesitation in saying that this was a turning point in my career. I not only learnt the basics of Critical Appraisal, but for the first time, I understood that one could search the literature to…
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