By Vasumathi Sriganesh | Project Leader
Abhishek has just joined his residency program in a medical school. He and his batchmates have been told that they must choose their research topic by September and submit their protocol by December. Not an unusual request. But Abhishek and his friends went through this uneasy feeling - "We have never done any researc in our medical school days. And we have been told to search the literature and find a topic. Where do we get started?". The residents will be attending a research methodology workshop in a month's time. That is still too far away. They are worried.
Luckily help comes from a senior. Rukman, who went through the same situation last year, told Abhishek and his friends to attend QMed's workshop. And so Abhishek and three co-residents immediately registered and did our workshop. As the day unfolded, visible signs of relief stareted to show on the faces of the four residents. And at the end of the day, Abhishek and his friends shared
"We have never been exposed to searching medical literature in our medical school days. Suddenly, when we were told that we needed to search PubMed, and we tried, it was daunting. We were really worried as to how we would go about it. Now when you have explained all the concepts and shown us how we progress step by step, we are really relieved. More importantly, we know that we can get back to you if we need help. And our seniors who have also gone through your training are also available for help. Thank you!"
Abhishek, his senior Rukman and all their friends are residents of the same medical school. They are lucky to have a supportive faculty member who encourages them to attend QMed's programs. She has always been telling us that she notices a better approach to the thesis of residents who attend our workshops.
We need to see this happening in all medical schools in the country. Your support does go a long way. Do continue to support QMed and if you have friends who are associated with medical schools in India, do tell them about the work we do. You may be helping strengthen our efforts!
By Vasumathi Sriganesh | Project Leader
By Vasumathi Sriganesh | Project Leader
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