Nov 19, 2024: A researcher’s story: What Raghul Durairaj felt about QMedCourses

This is a story about a research scholar who does "Secondary research" - that is research about research publications. Across the world "Information Specialists" (most often librarians) have a strong role in such research. They help to search all synonyms and variations. They help in searching several databases and lots more. All this work helps to ensure that no publication is missed and evidence is created from all available data. Raghul Durairaj a researcher with a Masters in Public Health, went through our courses and shares his story: Two years ago, I embarked on evidence synthesis projects, participating in four systematic reviews across…
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Jun 20, 2024: The Health Sector Needs Story: an Urgent Upgrade in Learning about Systematic Reviews

In my last story, (https://www.qmed.ngo/donor-connect/  - May 30) , I had written about an important progress in India. I had  mentioned that the ICMR has started providing funding for: Authors of systematic reviews  And for the conducting of courses for authors, to write good reviews.  I had also stressed upon the need for very systematic search strategies, for such work and that the majority in India are not trained in this activity. We at QMed not only offer such help and training; but we are also constantly upgrading our knowledge so that we can offer the best of help. Soon after…
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May 30, 2024: Organization Story: Miles to go! Deep Diving! Spreading our wings! All for India’s research outputs

Systematic Reviews are publications arising from “Secondary Research”. Which means a team of authors identifies all research papers on a topic and then together analyze and synthesize the findings in each, in order to generate evidence of what is useful. In India, recently there has been an upward movement in this area. Healthcare faculty are encouraged to author systematic reviews. And recently the ICMR is not only funding such secondary studies, but is also calling out to medical colleges to offer training in this area. Just like the foundation of a building needs to be very strong, for the building…
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