PubMed & Mendeley – Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai, Sep 29, 2013

PubMed & Mendeley – Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai, Sep 29, 2013

Lotus College of Optometry, located in Juhu, Mumbai is in institution that is special for us. They had included our workshops - PubMed and later Reference Management in their PG curriculum - the Masters of Optometry course, right from the first batch! Every batch has eight students and this time's was an extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable one. In one hour I was able to teach them most of PubMed and in another hour almost all of Mendeley. Of course they will need practice. But, they seemed to soak what I taught and they will have a refresher course soon, so…
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Lecture: College of Ayurveda, Pune. Event – Research Methodology Workshop for PG Students. Sep 23, 2013

Lecture: College of Ayurveda, Pune. Event – Research Methodology Workshop for PG Students. Sep 23, 2013

Pune means a drive from Mumbai, and especially when the venue is not near a railway or a bus station. The College of Ayurveda is located very close to where the Mumbai Pune Expressway ends, so that makes it a bit more convenient - avoiding the city traffic. I reached the college a little ahead of the day's lunch hour and as it happens in many such events, I got to hear an earlier faculty member - in this case Dr Prasad Pore from BVDUMC, Pune delivering his lecture. I enjoy having my knowledge getting strengthened. I also like to…
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Workshop: PubMed Interactive – Sep 21, 2013 Event Report

Workshop: PubMed Interactive – Sep 21, 2013 Event Report

“I had attended your Lecture and I wanted to attend your workshop”. “I missed your lecture at TMC & my friends told me that I must attend the workshop”. “I am a research student & I find it difficult to search with the time constraints involved”. “I am a practicing consultant and I see so many new types of cases in the OPD; I know I need to stay updated”. “We doctors have such mad schedules & I really don’t want irrelevant results when I search. So I am here”. These are some of the reasons that 12 participants -…
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