Your first reaction - is most likely to be - "What"??? That's right. The two words mean just nothing in this context. I'd love to share some thoughts about getting and giving feedback. This based on what we receive for our courses on www.qmedcourses.in Most of us love getting great feedback: How many of us, in our school days waited for the teacher to write in our notebooks - "Excellent"? Better still if they added a few words to describe you. I would not be surprised if most of us felt elated. In fact it is a human trait -…

"Students these days are very savvy - they find articles in no time. They just google it"... This is what I hear most often when I say that I teach Structured Literature Searching. And for the 1000th time I think with a sigh "No wonder students and their teachers get away with nil or poor searching skills. We are dealing with a "They don't know what they don't know" syndrome! Why is everyone getting away with this lacuna? I thought through several incidents I have encountered and felt I should share them, highlighting the levels at which I encounter this.…

In November 2022, AIIMS - Kalyani invited me to deliver a lecture at their Foundation Course for I MBBS students. I was delighted. For QMed, while MBBS students were always a priority, it is becoming more so since the recent years. We are very sure that what we teach must be taught in the UG stage. PG students, Residents and professionals show interest in what we teach, but often set a low priority in learning. The interesting part is that once they go through the learning, their feedback is "I wish I had learnt this earlier" For the students at…