The session had 226 participants- Senior Nursing professionals, Nursing Faculty, PhD Scholars and students of Masters and Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing. By a show of hands many indicated that the basics of literature searching and referencing should be taught during the Bachelor’s degree. More advanced teaching maybe implemented during the Master’s degree program onwards.

Some senior professionals have asked for details of the Online Courses as well as workshops and expressed interest to have them at their institutions.

The session had around 52 participants – mixed audience of PG Students and faculty members. We asked participants to scan a QR Code from our presentation and respond to our small survey. Out of the 52 participants 36 filled up the form.

Twenty-eight said they learnt MeSH properly for the first time, 30 learnt Boolean Operators, 23 learnt Single Citation Matcher, 18 learnt Fields. Two participants mentioned that they had learned about MeSH, Fields, Boolean Operators and Single Citation Matcher earlier.

Twenty-Six felt this should be introduced in the UG level and 10- at the PG level.

The session had around 150 participants – mixed audience of Clinicians, Research personnel and PG Students. For the first time we asked participants to scan a QR Code from our presentation and respond to our small survey. Though everybody appeared to work on it, only 21 actually responded to our survey.

Nineteen said they learnt MeSH properly for the first time, 16 learnt Boolean Operators, 15 learnt Single Citation Matcher, 9 learnt Fields. One participant mentioned that he had learned about MeSH, Fields, Boolean Operators and Single Citation Matcher earlier.

Ten felt this should be introduced in the UG level and 11- at the PG level.

The session had around 150 participants – mixed audience of Clinicians, Research personnel and PG Students. For the first time we asked participants to scan a QR Code from our presentation and respond to our small survey. Though everybody appeared to work on it, only 47 actually responded to our survey.

Twenty-eight said they learnt Adding citations while writing properly for the first time, 22 learnt Importing through web importer, 19 learnt Adding records manually, 16 leant Importing from exported file and 12 leant Managing duplicates. Twelve participants said that they had learnt all these on their own or through a different workshop.

Twenty-eight felt this should be introduced at the PG level, 17 – at UG level, 1 participant felt this should be introduced at the beginning of second year PG and 1 felt it should be introduced in the PG course at end of first year and beginning of 2nd year.

The session had 60 participants – mixed audience of Clinicians, Research personnel and PG Students. Only one said that she had learned MeSH, Fields, and Boolean Operators earlier. None had known about Single Citation Matcher. 59/60 opined that these skills should be taught at the UG level; one felt that it should be introduced at PG level

The session had 50 participants – PG residents. None had heard of MeSH, Fields, Boolean Operators and the Single Citation Matcher. All 50 opined that these skills should be taught at the UG level

The session had 60 participants – all UG students. One had heard of MeSH. None had heard about Fields, Boolean Operators and the Single Citation Matcher. All 60 opined that these skills should be taught at the UG level

The session had 50 participants – First year residents. None had heard of MeSH, Fields, Boolean Operators and the Single Citation Matcher. All 50 opined that these skills should be taught at the UG level

All participants agreed that this learning must be introduced at the UG level

The lecture was followed by a bunch of questions and good discussions!