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Announcing a new course in QMedCourses

Announcing a new course in QMedCourses

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"Mam I need your help for a literature search as I am going to do a systematic review". In the recent years I have had several phone calls with this request. The person who calls, asks for help saying "I do not know enough about this - I have tried my best". And then shares what he/she has already tried as a search strategy. As I browse through the attempt, my eyes hit upon the usage of any one or more of the following: AND instead of OR OR instead of AND Incorrect Mesh terms Unrecognized phrases in quotes Insufficient…
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Unity is strength

Unity is strength

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You must have read this story as a child. About an old man who lived with three sons - all hard workers but fought all the time. The old man tried a lot to unite them but he failed. And finally decided to teach them a lesson. He made them break single sticks from a bundle and they could do that easily. Then he gave them a full bundle and they could break them only when they worked together. I now address all those who are registered for our ELearning courses, and have not worked on them. Do you remember…
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A little known PubMed search feature

A little known PubMed search feature

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At the end of 2022 PubMed launched the "Proximity operator" feature. At the end of 2023, it would not be surprising to find that no one in India (or only a few) is aware of this. Proximity operators - available in most databases that we have to pay for, make searching much more relevant, when we search for terms like "Under developed countries". When we search these with the tags [ti] or [tiab], we are searching for the term as a phrase. When we search them with a proximity operator, then we are searching for the terms being near each…
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