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The Health Sector Needs Story: an Urgent Upgrade in Learning about Systematic Reviews

The Health Sector Needs Story: an Urgent Upgrade in Learning about Systematic Reviews

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In my last story, (https://www.qmed.ngo/donor-connect/  – May 30) , I had written about an important progress in India. I had  mentioned that the ICMR has started providing funding for: Authors of systematic reviews  And for the conducting of courses for authors, to write good reviews.  I had also stressed upon the need for very systematic search strategies, for such work and that the majority in India are not trained in this activity. We at QMed not only offer such help and training; but we are also constantly upgrading our knowledge so that we can offer the best of help. Soon after…
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Miles to go! Deep Diving! Spreading our wings! All for India’s research outputs

Miles to go! Deep Diving! Spreading our wings! All for India’s research outputs

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Systematic Reviews are publications arising from “Secondary Research”. Which means a team of authors identifies all research papers on a topic and then together analyze and synthesize the findings in each, in order to generate evidence of what is useful. In India, recently there has been an upward movement in this area. Healthcare faculty are encouraged to author systematic reviews. And recently the ICMR is not only funding such secondary studies, but is also calling out to medical colleges to offer training in this area. Just like the foundation of a building needs to be very strong, for the building…
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A student from Bangladesh proves his worth

A student from Bangladesh proves his worth

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On the 2nd of May we had Sayeed – an MBBS student from Dhaka, registered on www.qmedcourses.in That is not unusual as we have had international students join off and on. Within a week he completed the first two courses and scored an 80% and a 100% respectively. While we applauded him for his scores, we were more impressed about two things: 1. That he finished the two courses very quickly (unlike a majority of participants)2. He gave constructive feedback!!  Apart from being specific in his feedback, he pointed out an error, in one of our assessment questions. When we checked it…
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Spreading QMed’s Mission – Travel Challenges

Spreading QMed’s Mission – Travel Challenges

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Sharing a story from our Founder – the human experiences of her train travels, as she spreads QMed’s mission When I conduct workshops in cities, most often I fly. We read a lot about flying woes these days – delayed flights and more. With train journeys, for me they are a wee bit more challenging as I get on in years. But my love for delivering lectures and conducting workshops all over India, makes me decide to accept most of these challenges! I am sharing the “good aspects” that I recently encountered, in the midst of challenges. In 2023, I…
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Single Sign On for our ELearning site for Institutions

Single Sign On for our ELearning site for Institutions

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At QMed, we continuously explore how we can make things better with our ELearning courses – www.qmedcourses.in One of the things we explored was the option of a Single Sign On, also known SSO. Several libraries have an SSO tool to allow their students and faculty to access various library resources they subscribe to. This helps in many ways Library users –  do not need to remember several different user ids and passwords The resource providers – do not need to physically enroll each person. They also need not worry about ineligible users having access – when students or employees leave…
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