From July 24-26, 2015, the Asia-Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors held its convention at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel. This year鈥檚 convention bore the theme 鈥淎dvancing Access to Health Information and Publication: Shifting Paradigms, Trends and Innovations.鈥� Two Thomasian faculty members presented during the conference.
, an Advisory Committee Member for Research of the and incumbent President of the Philippine Medical Association, delivered a lecture entitled 鈥淭echnology-enhanced Research: Digital Management of Research Workflow.鈥�
Meanwhile, , Director of the , conducted a seminar-workshop entitled 鈥淒etecting Plagiarism using Open Source and Proprietary-based Tools.鈥� The workshop was attended by medical editors, educators and researchers, who explored a variety of tools that act as both deterrent and educational tools to prevent plagiarism and create opportunities to help users in the proper attribution and citation of sources.
