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Not a call for papers – a call for systematic reviews!.

Not a call for papers – a call for systematic reviews!.

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Minhas, R. (2011) Not a call for papers – a call for systematic reviews!. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 65: 518.  "The rate of acceleration of the research enterprise means that soon one day the systematic review will almost certainly become the only acceptable form of review that journals choose to publish". The author, who is a Director of the BMJ Technology Assessment Group, in this editorial describes a Systematic Review in very simple language, and also how the IJCP has been encouraging authors to write systematic reviews. A great read for anyone who needs clarity on such publications! Appeared…
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Why your manuscript was rejected and how to prevent it?

Why your manuscript was rejected and how to prevent it?

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Dogra S. Why your manuscript was rejected and how to prevent it? Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol;77:123-7. For students of health sciences, young professionals or anyone who is writing for the first time, this article helps understand why a manuscript is rejected. The author gives a list of common reasons and also several points with crisp explanation as to how to avoid rejection. Two most important points that he mentions are to follow the "Instructions to authors" meticulously (it is surprising that many often do not!) and to have a positive attitude towards learning from reviewers' comments. Appeared in QMedCONNECT…
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Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information

Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information

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Cleveland AD Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information* J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 January; 99(1): 61–69 The author discusses the urgent need to upgrade health information based degrees where she stresses that while the important principles of library science need to be taught, the curriculum should now include concepts of healthcare as well as other information centred disciplines. In India, it is not about "upgrading", as we do not have a health information degree; we have Library & Information Sciences as a broad discipline. What we need for our medical colleges…
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