QMed Knowledge Foundation India [email protected]
www.qmed.org.in Together let us build a generation that engages in
evidence based healthcare Slide 2 QMeds Founder Ms Vasumathi
Sriganesh MLIS, Honorary CEO Worked as a medical librarian in a
hospital and patient education library Observed the lack of
training in literature search skills among students and health
professionals This was having far-reaching effect on research,
publications and health/patient care in India Slide 3 Together let
us build a generation that engages in evidence based healthcare
QMed is set-up -Set up QMed as a not-for- profit trust to address
this lacuna in medical education and research Slide 4 Together let
us build a generation that engages in evidence based healthcare
QMeds capacity building initiatives in Literature Search and
Reference Management 1.Guest lectures 2.Workshops 3.One-to-one
consultations on literature search 4.Elearning 5.Consumer awareness
lectures Slide 5 Together let us build a generation that engages in
evidence based healthcare Training Programs 190 Lectures 130
Workshops Slide 6 Workshops Slide 7 Feedback Slide 8 And we march
ahead Creating E-Learning courses of all our workshops Reaching out
all over India! And then to other developing countries Slide 9
Vasumathi Sriganesh is a recognized faculty for programs by
Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and
Research (FAIMER) Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS)
QMeds Impact Slide 10 The story of Bhavik Shah - a final year MBBS
student I study in a premier medical college in India. At the
undergraduate level there is no exposure to research. In my second
year I attended a lecture on Literature Searching by QMed at an
undergraduate student conference. I realized that I had hardly knew
anything about this! A year later, I referred to these literature
search notes for submitting manuscripts to a medical journal. After
a few revisions my manuscript was accepted for publication"! QMeds
Impact Story Thank you QMed - directly from the left ventricle of
my heart :) You have no idea how grateful I am for the workshop at
Medicon! Bhavik Shah Slide 11 Poster presented by Vasumathi
Sriganesh at MLA 2013 Sowing The Seeds For Informationists To Help
Tackle The Doctor Patient Ratio In India Slide 12 Vasumathi
Sriganesh becomes the first recipient of the International Clinical
Librarian Conference Evidence to Practice Award May 2013. Slide 13
Challenges in Raising Funds for QMed People wonder Why do we need
to teach people to search! Why do we need to be a non-profit? Our
audience is not poor enough to be unable to pay Why do we need to
charge to teach. Slide 14 Challenges in Raising Funds for QMed The
Indian health education scenario No priority for the importance of
literature searching No budgets for training in literature
searching Target audience used to paying low costs for training
workshops cannot (or will not) pay real costs Slide 15 We
Visualize. 1.Literature searching and referencing training to be
part of the medical education curriculum 2.Trained professionals in
every teaching institution to teach and support students and
professionals in good literature search and referencing practices
3.Every health care institution providing access to important,
evidence based resources to its students and faculty 4.Institutions
sharing resources, with effective technology usage, and adhering to
good copyright practices AND We Need FUNDS! Thank you for Funding
us!! Slide 16 QMed Knowledge Foundation Mumbai, India
www.qmed.org.in [email protected]
