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Refining the Journal Club Presentations of Postgraduate Students in Seven Clinical Departments for Better Evidence-based Practice

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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

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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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Guest post: Dr Navjeevan Singh, UCMS, Delhi

Guest post: Dr Navjeevan Singh, UCMS, Delhi

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The date - 4th Nov 2012 was a landmark day in the evolution of many of us, students and faculty, at the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), Delhi. Our institution has long taken pride in its research output.The 'Index Medicus' daysI recall the time when I would trawl Index Medicus in the search for literature without really having an inkling of how things worked. Sometimes they did, sometimes they did not. I would assume that if, with what I now recognize as my ham-handed ways, I could not find published work in my area of interest it did not exist.…
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