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Compliance. Ethics. Integrity…

Compliance. Ethics. Integrity…

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Compliance - makes us follow the law. We could be punished or fined if we are not compliant. Ethics - something we most often grow up with. Taught directly or indirectly by parents, other family members and teachers. Integrity - results when we have compliance and ethics deep rooted inside us. The absence of integrity leads to the breakdown of trust. And this erosion of trust is very expensive! Stephen MR Covey explains this in his book - The Speed of Trust. He quotes the example of the cost of airport security forces, soaring after the 9/11 tragedy! I would…
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Inviting your inputs: for a more holistic approach to expand QMed’s work

Inviting your inputs: for a more holistic approach to expand QMed’s work

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Holistic approach to education I recently happened to attend a “peer learning network session” where the participants were people from not-for-profit organizations worldwide. I attended this virtual session, not expecting much because I knew that the context of discussion would mainly be based on primary education. But to my surprise, the points discussed turned out to be very relevant in QMed's niche area too. How could QMed get more holistic in its approach?I started to think on how we could use all the learning, for our specialized area - teaching literature searching and reference management in health sciences institutions. I…
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Writing keywords while submitting articles – a new confusion

Writing keywords while submitting articles – a new confusion

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The number of authors writing in medical journals is increasing day by day, thanks to the "Publish or perish" and the "need for promotions" among academicians. I meet many of these authors (or want to be authors) when I deliver lectures or conduct workshops. I teach about MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) in PubMed - an important - actually the most important part of PubMed. And most often I understand that it is in my lectures and workshops that people understand how to use MeSH correctly. During one such event some years ago a journal editor had asked me if he…
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