Mendeley Reference Manager: A Step-by-step Guide
Reference managers (such as Mendeley, Zotero, Endnote) are applications that help scientific writers to search, store and organize literature. Additionally, these platforms allow to systematically insert citations and references in any chosen style while writing manuscripts. These tools allow changing reference style with a few clicks. Reference managers are tools made aiming at academicians and a...Read More
Balancing Clinical and Research Work
How does one balance between clinical and research work? This is an often-repeated question-probably because the answer is never clear. The fulcrum of the balance is not the same for everyone. Let us pause for a while and try to define certain things to bring clarity. What is clinical work? This is perhaps best defined as the time and effort involved in direct care of patients. Obviously, it also ...Read More
Getting Started At the very onset, we want to mention that we are no experts writing thesis or papers. But as somebody has correctly mentioned that in our discipline it is time and more time that makes you wise. (hey sorry we don’t have a reference for this). It’s a humble effort on our part to share our experiences with our fellow colleagues, with the hope that it may be helpful to some of them. ...Read More
Scientific Writing: Common Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them
The preceding chapters have given us a fair idea of how to go about writing an original manuscript for publication: the why, the what, and the how of manuscript writing. We have been primed with inspiration, research tools, and the nitty-gritty of techniques to carve out an original contribution to science from the banalities of repetitious clinical routines. But before we jump headlong into the u...Read More
A Practical Guide to Data Analysis
One of the important components of your thesis is analyzing your data. This can range from a few percentages as in a small descriptive study to a more detailed analysis. While collecting data for your thesis it is important to give some thought to what the important parameters that you would want to study are. Make sure that you collect adequate information about these parameters and that you ente...Read More
How to Excel In Microsoft Excel
Introduction: Microsoft Excel is a vital tool for collecting and analyzing research data. It is available on the Windows platform and seamlessly works on different versions of the Windows operating system. It comes as a part of the Microsoft Office suite and is available with most basic Office versions. Though working on Excel does not require extraordinary knowledge of computers; it does require ...Read More
Writing the Materials and Methods and Summarizing the Thesis
One of the most important steps of performing a thesis is “PLANNING” for it. The plan comes after the rationale for the study has been established and existing literature reviewed thoroughly. Executing the plan is easier said than done and requires rigor at every step to accumulate high-quality data. The document containing this “PLAN” is called the “Manual of Operations” (MOP) and represents all ...Read More
“With great power comes great responsibility” Stan Lee in Spiderman Introduction: Publications represent the three ‘R’s of modern times– recognition, respect, and revenue, for anyone in the field of science and research. Authorship has become the currency of the current generation and a measure of one's status in the international scientific community. The number of papers published, the journ...Read More
Although, thesis submission is a mandatory process for post-graduation, nonetheless, getting it published is an important step towards your career. After all the hard work of bringing the thesis, the next step should be to publish it. The idea of publishing should be clear even before you started the work. Why publish An unpublished work means that the work had never been done. If you wish to be i...Read More
How to search PubMed: A Ready Reckoner for Postgraduates
“Search or perish” A thorough and up-to-date knowledge of the subject is indispensible for both patient care and academics. A good literature search is an essential pre-requisite for performing quality research. It is a key step in formulating a research question, planning a study, and interpreting and discussing the results. In addition, this may be required during writing thesis or manuscripts f...Read More