Event: MBBS Students of DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai – on Public Health Challenges

Event: MBBS Students of DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai – on Public Health Challenges

Networking with students and recent graduates (Yes - Social Networking being a predominant part) sometimes "takes me places". I recently got introduced to Anita Kumar who is a III MBBS Student at the Dr DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai. She invited me for an event that she and her colleagues organized today at the college. The team - "The Student Scientific Committee" in collaboration with the Dept of Community Medicine, presented a program "Public Health Challenges: Young Minds at Work" I had no clue what it was about, and Anita had  not given me details.  And it happened to…
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Back from vacation & one month later

Back from vacation & one month later

Hello friends In case you got sick of reading my "Away on vacation" and wondered if I had extended it, the answer to that is "No". I did return on the 1st of June but was jet lagged and a bit unwell for a couple of weeks. We then got deeply involved in an exhibition planning (Lakshmi has written about that) and a whole lot of other things! Just to keep you updated with what is to come: We are working hard at creating training modules which we can adapt for E-Learning, Skype based teaching and for Training of Trainers.…
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Vacation update from VS

Vacation update from VS

Dear Friends of QMed I am right now in the US on vacation AFTER a hectic two weeks. The first week - I was at the Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association. During the 2nd week, I visited the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health Library (both for formal visits) and then a quick tourist visit to the Library of Congress. This is a quick update from a vacation spot (am sneaking in some time!). I will write more details posts as I can   Annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, USA The Medical Library…
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