Guest post: Dr Navjeevan Singh, UCMS, Delhi

Guest post: Dr Navjeevan Singh, UCMS, Delhi

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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MECOR 2016 – A Research Methodology Workshop with a difference!

MECOR 2016 – A Research Methodology Workshop with a difference!

WHAT:  MECOR 2016- Methods in Epidemiology, Clinical & Operational Research - an event that takes place in India (MECOR India) every alternate year. The workshop is organized by a group of Physicians from the American Thoracic Society, USA, in collaboration with the Public Health Institute (USA), and in India, with the Indian Chest Society and the National Center for Disease Control. MECOR offers the program at three levels. Participants have to qualify for each level before going to the next one. The faculty includes three Indians - who have been participants in earlier MECOR programs. I have been a special lecturer in four out of…
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