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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An International Award – thanks to the support & good wishes from ALL of you!

An International Award – thanks to the support & good wishes from ALL of you!

Coinciding with the launch of the blog, I am delighted to share some great news with all of you!  I have won an international award, which has been established this year and I am a proud "first winner". A huge big thanks to all of you on behalf of my QMed Team (this award is as much theirs for all their behind the scenes work) and from me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Announcement: The International Clinical Librarian Conference Organising Committee are proud to announce that Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh is the winner of the International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award for 2013.    …
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Inviting participation

Inviting participation

Hello all This is my first post to all Friends of QMed and blog visitors, at the launch of this blog. As we mentioned in the welcome message, we had been planning this blog for while now. The idea was initiated when a young lady, Kiran Gill gave me an hour of time last year, at a Marketing Clinic offered by UnLtd India. (This organization had me as an investee for a year in 2010-2011 and helped me reframe our Foundation's plans). Kiran said "newsletters could get boring and many would never read them fully. Blogs are what your medical students…
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