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Workshops – January 2014

Workshops – January 2014

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1. Hinduja Hospital College of Nursing -  21-Jan-2014 This  was a 'Pre-PhD' research methodology workshop. Two candidates registered for a PhD Program (one was an external candidate), faculty of the HCON and MSc Nursing students participated in this workshop. What was a recognition for us is that in the five day workshop, we got a large slot of four hours! We appreciate this as we always believe that the foundations of good research activities begins with a good literature search. The stronger people get in this, the better their research output. We covered some basics about information resources and literature…
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Lectures – Jan 2014

Lectures – Jan 2014

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Jan 2014 was a wonderful month for us as we had the opportunity to deliver four lectures on literature searching / reference management. One was at a preconference workshop - The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHBPA)  Conference, Mumbai – on Jan 9, two were at Research Methodology workshops, one at LTMMC (Sion Hospital) and the other at GSMC (KEM).  LTMMC organized this for DNB students of their college as well as others. At KEM, the Dept of Medicine had it for residents and faculty of their department.  The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology organized the workshop that was open to all. All events…
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Workshops: PubMed and Mendeley, AIMS, Kochi – Dec 8, 2013

Workshops: PubMed and Mendeley, AIMS, Kochi – Dec 8, 2013

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We were at AIMS again on Dec 8, 2013 to conduct a full-day workshop on literature search and reference management. Ms Indira Nair, the chief medical librarian along with help from Dr Rajesh Pai worked hard to organize this one. They personally approached HOD’s of various departments to spread the word about this workshop. We require individuals and institutions to put such efforts to create awareness about literature searching till the day the system makes it mandatory for health professionals and students to know these skills. This workshop saw a mix of students and faculty members. As always, the participants…
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