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What is Creative Commons?

2 - Do you know
We keep hearing about open access and creative commons. What exactly is Creative Commons? It is a license by which the author retains the copyright (unlike what happens when s/he publishes in a journal - the article becomes the journal's copyright). And public who read the author's works have a right to copy, acknowledging the author's work. This way research is shared with a much wider audience. There are six types of CC licenses. This infographic by Wiley Publishers explains all of them clearly. To read more of our "Do you know" posts, do check out our blog posts on these 
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Refining the Journal Club Presentations of Postgraduate Students in Seven Clinical Departments for Better Evidence-based Practice

3 - Interesting Articles
Herur A, et alRefining the Journal Club Presentations of Postgraduate Students in Seven Clinical Departments for Better Evidence-based Practice. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2016 May-Jun;6(3):185-9 PMID:27398252The article describes a study in Bagalkot, South India, where seven departments of a medical college, gave tests to postgraduate students to evaluate their understanding of evidence based practice. They were given the test before a journal club, and then after a hands on training on the steps of EBP, and then a week later. They found that test scores improved immediately after the training and also a week later. Will more institutions add this…
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Guest post: Meet Jain & team thank QMed for the literature search techniques

Guest post: Meet Jain & team thank QMed for the literature search techniques

4 - Guest posts
This post is contributed by Meet Jain and his team mates. This team (led by Kunal Marathe) won the first prize for their presentation at Quest Unplugged - an event conducted by Quest Medical - the brainchild of Dr Sushant Shinde, in Mumbai. The full team consisted of Kunal Marathe, Meet Jain, Tanmay Londhe and Ujjwal Sharnagat----------------------------------------------------------And the 1st prize goes to... "Stents! Stents! Stents!" shouted the crowd, much to our surprise. "Oh that one is unanimous! It's the Stents group!", announced one of our judges, Dr. Priya Tiwari. Our hearts stopped, quite ironic - considering the topic we spoke…
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