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Empowering FFE Scholars: Building Research Skills Through QMedCourses

Empowering FFE Scholars: Building Research Skills Through QMedCourses

1.1 - Organization story, 8-Donor CONNECT
Empowering FFE Scholars Through QMedCourses The Foundation for Excellence (FFE), Bengaluru, has been supporting students who have high potential, but do not have the financial means for higher studies, for many years. By funding the education of students who gain admission into Medicine, Engineering, Technology and Law, FFE helps them pursue professional careers that might otherwise be out of reach. For the third year (with some gaps in between), QMed has had the privilege of working with FFE, empowering the FFE scholars with a strong foundation for research. Through this collaboration, FFE has sponsored access to QMedCourses for their students,…
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QMed Webinars: Building Better Literature Searching Skills Through Live Learning

QMed Webinars: Building Better Literature Searching Skills Through Live Learning

1.1 - Organization story, 8-Donor CONNECT
Learning literature searching and reference management works best when it is interactive and immediate. As QMed prepares to host two literature searching webinars (and reference management too!) - every month, recent live sessions have shown us how strongly learners respond to active elements such as real-time searches and immediate quizzes. These insights are shaping how we design QMed’s webinars going forward. Why QMed Is Committing to Two Webinars Every Month We would like all enrolled participants (across all QMed courses) to have opportunities to interact, learn live, and work through our Immediate Quizzes. These quizzes help learners grasp the most…
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Punctuality & Responsibility In Conferences & Webinars

Punctuality & Responsibility In Conferences & Webinars

1.2 - Sector story, 8-Donor CONNECT
“Indian punctuality” is a well-known phrase—unfortunately, not in a flattering sense. We often joke about “Indian Stretchable Time (IST)”, but the humour hides a persistent problem: punctuality (or the lack of it) in conferences and webinars, especially in professional and academic settings. When Time Truly Matters Broadly, two kinds of situations shape how seriously people treat time. In the first, arriving late means missing the event altogether—catching a bus, train, or flight, or appearing for an examination. Most people make every effort to be on time here. Some arrive well in advance; others prefer to cut it close and arrive…
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From Student to Cardiologist: A Journey that Began with a QMed Workshop

From Student to Cardiologist: A Journey that Began with a QMed Workshop

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A few days ago, I received a LinkedIn connection request from Dr. Bhavik Shah, now a Cardiologist. What made this special was that I remember him from his medical student days — when he attended one of QMed’s workshops as a second-year MBBS student. It is always heartwarming to see how our early participants have grown and evolved in their careers. And when they share how QMed played a part in their journey, it reaffirms why we do what we do.  Bhavik’s story is one such example — a reflection of how early exposure to structured literature searching can spark a lifelong engagement…
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The Beginnings of our Evidence Based Searching

The Beginnings of our Evidence Based Searching

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I would like to share a story of the year 2000. It actually is a part of the genesis of QMed. In that year, I had attended my first ever International Conference (the ICML or International Congress on Medical Librarianship). That year it was in London. I also attended a preconference workshop on “Critical Appraisal Skills” by a well known Informationist Prof Andrew Booth I have no hesitation in saying that this was a turning point in my career. I not only learnt the basics of Critical Appraisal, but for the first time, I understood that one could search the literature to…
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