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Medicon 2013 – at UCMS Delhi

Medicon 2013 – at UCMS Delhi

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Medicon - the Annual Event of INFORMER was held in the University College of Medical Sciences, in Delhi on the dates 11 - 14, April this year. I have had the privilege of attending every one of these except the 2nd in Coimbatore in 2010. The first Medicon (with that name) was held in KMC Mangalore in 2009, the 2nd in PSG Coimbatore in 2010, the 3rd - Grant Medical College Mumbai in 2011, the 4th in MGIMS, Sevagram in 2012 and this was the 5th.  Before these five "Medicons", there were two events in 2007 and 2008, which paved the…
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Training & Teaching – the Time Involved

Training & Teaching – the Time Involved

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Tomorrow (23-03-2013) marks the completion of 21 years of my having entered medical librarianship. And tomorrow, I conduct with my colleague Lakshmi,  the 105th literature searching workshop, after the setting up of QMed Foundation. Lakshmi and I spent a better part of today, planning the program which will be held at Jaslok Hospital, primarily for the DNB residents. Very often people ask me - "Can't you do this workshop in  your sleep"?  My answer - "Of course I can". Then what made us spend so much time today?  The answer: - We go on trying to see how we can…
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An International Award – thanks to the support & good wishes from ALL of you!

An International Award – thanks to the support & good wishes from ALL of you!

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Coinciding with the launch of the blog, I am delighted to share some great news with all of you!  I have won an international award, which has been established this year and I am a proud "first winner". A huge big thanks to all of you on behalf of my QMed Team (this award is as much theirs for all their behind the scenes work) and from me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Announcement: The International Clinical Librarian Conference Organising Committee are proud to announce that Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh is the winner of the International Clinical Librarian Conference Evidence into Practice Award for 2013.    …
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