QMed collaborates with the Campbell Collaboration!

QMed collaborates with the Campbell Collaboration!

Hello friends! A Very Happy New Year to all.This year, I hope to write more regularly and share QMed's developments and also my own thoughts and ideas for all of you. I am happy to start the year, with an announcement. QMed's vision is to see that Evidence Based Practice is in every health professional's DNA. And as we always insist, unless people learn how to search for evidence, this will not happen. Systematic searching is a hugely important component of every systematic review. QMed has been working to support Cochrane authors and Cochrane activity in the last few years.…
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All non profit organizations are not about charity. Some like QMed are “change makers”.

All non profit organizations are not about charity. Some like QMed are “change makers”.

I am often asked why QMed is a not-for-profit organization. And I think it is time I answered this in a blog post. Non-profit organizations work for overall societal benefit. Many work at making major changes in specific areas.  Some non-profits work for environmental preservation whilst non-profit Educational institutions create educated individuals. Libraries support the work of educational institutions. And yet, many people assume that non-profits mainly work for the underprivileged section of society. I felt that it is time to make some clarifications, and explain non-profits in the context of QMed. All non-profit organizations are first change makers. Their…
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Delving into the minds of our target audience

For nearly nine years, we at QMed, have been teaching, either by delivering lectures, or conducting workshops. In addition, we have helped people with their literature searches for their theses, articles they write, and even systematic reviews. It is indeed wonderful that we have reached out to a huge audience. The crying need in the country is however, tremendous. And we deliberate as to why we are unable to reach out to more, when everyone has praised our programs and sworn that they are very important. While there are several specific reasons for our workshops not reaching large enough numbers, we…
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