Effective Technical Writing & Editing Training Course
Expert advice on how to write and edit scientific and medical texts, technical documents and those documents needed for regulatory submission.
Details
Course overview
Effective technical writing and editing is a vital skill in ensuring a clear and compliant message. This interactive course will provide an intensive, practical guide to best practice to follow in achieving excellence in scientific, medical and technical documentation.
Our expert trainer will offer invaluable tools and techniques to help you write with confidence, clarity and a logical structure to successfully convey information to your reader.
With a combination of presentations, hands-on exercises and text review sessions, the programme will enable you to take your writing and editing skills to the highest level to the ultimate benefit of your business.
By attending this event, you will:
- Master the skills required for clarity and accuracy in technical writing
- Refine your techniques in editing and presenting technical documents
- Learn how best to improve readability – be kind to your reader
- Gain insights into the use of illustrative material such as tables, graphs and flow charts
Who should attend?
This event has been designed for all those writing or editing scientific and medical texts, as well as technical documents, including those who prepare documents for regulatory submissions.
The course will be relevant for anyone preparing texts about pharmaceutical, medical device and veterinary products and is suitable for native and non-native English speakers.
Programme
Overview of writing and editing – substantive and technical aspects
- Considering logic, text flow and wordiness, as well as accuracy
- Looking at details such as language editing, reference style, abbreviations and acronyms
- Preparing a clear message for the intended reader
Punctuation specifics
- Why punctuate?
- Punctuation marks including:
- Paired punctuation marks
- Serial commas
- Bulleted lists
- Apostrophes
Further improving readability – being kind to your reader
- Rewriting texts for maximum effectiveness
- Improving tables, graphs and flow charts
Final checks including proofreading
- Why this is more than just a spell check
- The practicalities
Writing tips and tools
- Software
- Checklists
- Style guides
- Systematic checks
Working with co-authors and editors, reviewers and other team members
- Upfront decisions
- Giving feedback effectively
Presenter
Barbara Grossman (More...)
Barbara Grossman has a passion for proofreading, quality control, and education. She is a biochemist by training and a medical writer, editor and teacher by profession, with 20+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Before starting her own medical writing and consultancy business (Hawkeye Medical Limited), she built up and managed the medical writing group at Covance, the contract research organisation, working in a wide range of therapeutic areas. She has given professional development training at educational institutions and organisations such as the DIA (Drug Information Association – Europe and USA), EMWA (European Medical Writers Association) and NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), and has led many company-internal training courses.
Barbara is an honorary member of EMWA, was Treasurer 1998–2005, has been an EMWA workshop leader since 2001, served on EMWA’s Education Committee 2010–2018, was the Education Officer for 2 years until 2016, and was EMWA's President for 1 year until May 2020. In addition, she is an Associate Editor of Medical Writing, EMWA’s journal.
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NEW higher discounts for booking multiple places - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:
- 30% off the 2nd delegate
- 40% off the 3rd delegate
- 50% off the 4th delegate
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30 Sep 2022 Live webinar 09:00-17:30 UK (London) |
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30 Sep 2022 Live webinar 09:00-17:30 UK (London) |
GBP 599 499 EUR 859 719 USD 970 814 Until 26 Aug* |
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14 Dec 2022 Face-to-face, Rembrandt Hotel London |
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14 Dec 2022 Face-to-face Rembrandt Hotel London |
GBP 699 599 EUR 979 839 USD 1,090 934 Until 9 Nov* |
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* Note the early booking discount cannot be combined with any other offers or promotional code. As such, discounts for the 2nd/3rd/4th attendees are based on the full price of the course. Please contact us for pricing if you wish to send more than 4 delegates.