Lectures – Jan 2014

Lectures – Jan 2014

Jan 2014 was a wonderful month for us as we had the opportunity to deliver four lectures on literature searching / reference management. One was at a preconference workshop - The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHBPA)  Conference, Mumbai – on Jan 9, two were at Research Methodology workshops, one at LTMMC (Sion Hospital) and the other at GSMC (KEM).  LTMMC organized this for DNB students of their college as well as others. At KEM, the Dept of Medicine had it for residents and faculty of their department.  The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology organized the workshop that was open to all. All events…
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Lecture: LTMMC (Sion Hospital). Event – DNB Research Methodology Workshop. Oct 08, 2013

Lecture: LTMMC (Sion Hospital). Event – DNB Research Methodology Workshop. Oct 08, 2013

The LTMMC also known as Sion Hospital conducted the 4th workshop for DNB students. Again there were 35 students today and my lecture was after Dr Supe's and Dr Mamta Manglani's. I went in during the last 20 minutes of Dr Manglani's lecture and while the contents may be more or less the same as usual, it is always a delight listening to her, as she weaves in life stories and keeps the students laughing often, so that they enjoy the sessions. This time I loved the way she said "many people read the Bhagavad Gita  (or any spiritual reading)…
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PubMed & Mendeley – Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai, Sep 29, 2013

PubMed & Mendeley – Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai, Sep 29, 2013

Lotus College of Optometry, located in Juhu, Mumbai is in institution that is special for us. They had included our workshops - PubMed and later Reference Management in their PG curriculum - the Masters of Optometry course, right from the first batch! Every batch has eight students and this time's was an extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable one. In one hour I was able to teach them most of PubMed and in another hour almost all of Mendeley. Of course they will need practice. But, they seemed to soak what I taught and they will have a refresher course soon, so…
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