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Getting ready a generation of students who are better prepared for their PG thesis

Getting ready a generation of students who are better prepared for their PG thesis

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Approximately about a decade ago when we started teaching literature searching, I used to say that this should be taught to all PG students. A niece of mine - who had just started her BDS, one day told me that we should seriously consider starting at the UG level. She emphasized - "When we start our PG program, we start seeing patients. We want to be practitioners. And our days are filled. As for medical graduates it is probably even more hectic for them. You teach UG students - they are at the learning stage - and will absorb anything…
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Online courses versus live training – what do you really want?

Online courses versus live training – what do you really want?

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I had been pondering on an interesting aspect of human and organizational thought (and response) patterns. Between 2008 and 2017 when we only did real time lectures and live workshops we had a lot of people asking us - "Don't you have your courses online?  That would make things so much easier." We put our courses online in the second half of 2017. More recently we moved them to our own platform - www.qmedcourses.in and did a lot to spread awareness of the courses. We did our best to inform all those who attended our workshops and also have been…
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Webinar Sagas – Coping with technological and pandemic challenges in 2020!

Webinar Sagas – Coping with technological and pandemic challenges in 2020!

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With the advent of the lockdown, between May 2020 and today I have been invited to do a number of webinars. Six to be exact, till date. In the earlier days I had done about two or three over some years. They were sponsored by the industry and done with the involvement of professional camera people and settings. However in the pandemic times, the organizers in five out of six cases did not involve people who were adept in this area. I must commend the way institutions have taken to arranging webinars and that some of them have opened the…
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