AI, Medical Writing and remembering Dr Sunil Pandya

AI, Medical Writing and remembering Dr Sunil Pandya

Recently I came across a post in LinkedIn, where the author of the post Dr Rahul Gopal shared an image of an article in a journal of a prestigious publishing house. The introduction began with “Certainly, here is a possible introduction to your topic….” And Dr Gopal writes about how the author has obviously used AI to write. But not just that, – there had been no checking, and the peer reviewers and editor/s apparently let this slip by.  My thoughts wandered to more than two decades ago when I was invited to attend a meeting of Editorial board members of several medical…
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Your support + WeDoGood = Stronger QMed

Your support + WeDoGood = Stronger QMed

At QMed, we are often advised to “get volunteers” for our work. But this was never easy for us. Almost every task we take up requires specific skills and professional expertise. We always felt uncomfortable asking people to give such work for free. Then came WeDoGood—and changed things for us. For a small fee, their team worked hard to connect us with two skilled volunteers—Pallavi and Satheesh—who helped us with something very important: documenting the workflow processes behind our E-Learning courses. They met our team online, understood our needs, and produced clear, professional workflow documents. This may sound simple, but for us it…
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Behind the Scenes at QMed + My Podcast Story 

Behind the Scenes at QMed + My Podcast Story 

I attended an event on 1st Sep, where a doctor was addressing a mixed audience – both medical and non medical, and the topic was about HealthCare IT and the ABDM. He started by saying “In this room I can see only around six doctors and so I have to stress – that there is so much that goes behind what you see that a doctor and medical team does.” How right he was. But that is equally true for anyone else – (maybe to varied extents). Do read our last blog post – that describes a similar situation for QMed. Recently I was…
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