In the last couple of years there is a spurt in the number of students and faculty wanting to do systematic reviews. We do notice that many initially think this would be easy as this is secondary research about papers, and not primary research done on patients. But one area where they get stuck (and sadly often get away with a not so good job) - is the searching for studies. However there are those who believe in learning and we are happy to share the story of one Dr Girish - a Professor from a medical college. He shares…

In the last week of November we got an email from AIIMS Guwahati – one of our registered institutions. In the email they indicated that they wanted to provide access to our courses to their MBBS students. We were delighted. Just as we were getting over the euphoria, on the next day we got a similar request from AIIMS Kalyani! Both institutions have mentioned that they would make the first two basic courses mandatory for all their MBBS students.  Our delight just doubled! We have been dreaming of the day when our courses are made mandatory right from the Undergraduate…

In May 2021 a young doctor - Vinayak Mishra - approached QMed. He had completed his medical degree and experienced that it was difficult to get mentors if he wanted to author a systematic review. He asked us if he could work on a collaborative project with us where QMed would take care of its major area of helping with the search strategies and he would coordinate with senior mentors and help students to author reviews. We started off in earnest. We currently have two groups of authors - medical students - working on two separate reviews.  Vinayak created groups,…