The Basics We Are Never Taught

The Basics We Are Never Taught

A “They Don’t Know What They Don’t Know” Problem in Medical Search Literacy When 1005 Wasn’t One Thousand and Five This happened just a few days back. Our domestic help—educated only till primary school but otherwise very intelligent—once wrote down an expense as ₹1005. That surprised us. Whenever she spends money on our behalf and we later reimburse the same, it is usually a small amount, almost always under ₹300. So we asked her, - “What did you spend one thousand and five rupees on?” She immediately replied in Marathi,“Nahin — ek she paanch.”(No — one hundred and five.) She…
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Online Searching: Truncation & Filter Errors

Online Searching: Truncation & Filter Errors

Can you believe that many people use truncation and filters wrongly while doing online searching? You may not. But it is happening all the time!  From January 2022, QMed has been hosting mini webinars every Tuesday and Friday, with two objectives: Promoting awareness of our work and our e-learning courses Motivating those who have enrolled in our courses to finish them In these webinars, in every session we cover a specific topic. And we teach a little about the topic. More importantly point out how much we cover in our courses. And that way, people know what they miss, if…
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