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Mindmapping and QMed

Mindmapping and QMed

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I recently enrolled for a course on Advanced Mindmapping. I was interested in this skill for long and while I learnt the basics of it from Dr Manu Mathew a few years ago, I did not get deeper into it. Recently when I stumbled upon an online course, on this topic, I enrolled for it. It has been great learning, and it has been fun applying the learning too. Learning to use a Mindmapping software is not rocket science. A little bit of trial and error and you are ready to go. It is the application that makes the difference.…
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Mendeley – Desktop vs Mendeley Reference Manager

Mendeley – Desktop vs Mendeley Reference Manager

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In September 2022 Mendeley - announced that its "Mendeley Desktop" version would no longer be available to download. This had been the version that was around for years and QMed has been teaching the use of this tool for quite some time. The new version - the "Mendeley Reference Manager" was launched more than a year ago. Ever since, both versions were available for downloading. But on September 1, Mendeley removed the option of downloading the older version Normally a new version has lots more features or is better in one more ways. As we analyzed it in QMed, we…
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Medical Students and Peer Learning – Some Thoughts

Medical Students and Peer Learning – Some Thoughts

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As a child, in the 1960s, I had learnt the dance form Bharatanatyam for a few years. I used to go with some of my schoolmates for our evening classes. The dance master was a moody person - some days strict and almost angry; some days in a good mood. But one thing was sure - he was a great teacher. An interesting thing he did was - as new students joined the classes, he made the senior students (yours truly and some more) - teach them. Then he would make them perform and observe. Not only would he be…
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