Expert advice on how to write and edit scientific and medical texts, technical documents and those documents needed for regulatory submission
This interactive course will provide a practical guide to the foundations of effective technical writing and editing. With a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises and text review sessions, the programme will enable you to improve your writing and editing skills, and apply them to your role in the workplace.
Key betefits of attending:
This course 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 devices and veterinary products. It is suitable for native and non-native English speakers.
Overview of writing and editing – substantive and technical aspects:
Punctuation specifics
** Punctuation marks including:
** Paired punctuation marks
** Serial commas
** Bulleted lists
** Apostrophes
Further improving readability – being kind to your reader:
Final checks including proofreading
** The practicalities
Writing tips and tools
Working with co-authors and editors, reviewers and other team members
Final discussion session
Practical hands-on exercises and text review sessions will take place throughout the day.
Barbara Grossman
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 since May 2019 is EMWA’s President. In addition, she is an Associate Editor of Medical Writing, EMWA’s journal.
| 24 Sep 2019 | |||
| 24 Sep 2019 | Rembrandt Hotel, London | GBP 699.00 EUR 979.00 USD 1,090.00 + VAT @ 20.00% |
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“I found the itinerary and course content to be interesting and relevant to a wide range of documents. The course booklet and handouts will be incredibly useful reference material in my future medical writing work. The speaker is very experienced and knowledgeable on this topic through her many years of medical writing experience. She understands how to relate to people who have different levels of experience and confidence with the English language. ”
Lynne Isaac, Medical Writer, Pharmaceutical Company
“I really enjoyed it and would recommend it. ”
Nicola Swan, Technical Writter, Allergy Therapeutics
“An extremely good course for novice and experienced technical writers to hone their skills and leave with a toolbox of good ideas. ”
Ian Vaughan, Project Manager - Device Testing, Team Consulting
“This course was very helpful in terms of common technical mistakes in medical writing. Barbara was very communicative, she explained us everything and I really enjoyed the exercises throughout the course. Barbara thank you very much for the presentation and for answering to all of our questions. ”
Larissa Duta, Medical Device Complaint Specialist, B. Braun Pharmaceuticals SA
“I enjoyed every minute of Barbara's lecture”
Catherine Jeannot, Language Teacher-Pharmacy Faculty, Université Paris Sud
“All management forum staff were very friendly. The day was informative but also nicely informal and the staff contributed to setting the tone. This made for a very enjoyable training experience.”
Natalie Shortt, Human Factors Consultant, Medical Device Usability
“Barbara was clearly very experienced in the field and this came through in her presenting, along with a friendly and approachable style. ”
Kelly Jeffs, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, CooperVision Manufacturing Ltd
“The course content covered everything I required. ”
Harpreet Johal, Scientific Assessor, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
“The content of the course was very valuable and in particular [it offered a] practical allowing implementation [on] the very next day at work. It was presented in a very clear and logical way by the speaker who had a wealth of knowledge and experience. What a pleasure and honor to meet and work with Barbara.
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Natalie Tsolaki, Medical Manager, Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH
“Good content and presentation. Fun and interactive speaker”
Faiz Aziz, Technologist , Colorcon
“All aspects of the course were good. I was engaged and enjoyed the exercises throughout the course”
Sadia Ahmed, QMS Specialist Licence To Operate, Roche Products Ltd
“Useful for professionals writing regulatory responses and academic reviews”
Sviatlana Starchenka, Method Development Scientist, Allergy Therapeutics Ltd
“Content was informative and presented very well. Speaker was clear in the delivery of content. ”
Andrew Hafford, QC Manager, ProMetic Biosciences Ltd
“Very in-depth, useful and enjoyable course. Thank you. ”
Sophie Andrews, Medical Affairs Assistant, Nutricia
“The course was very helpful in terms of common technical mistakes in medical writing. ”
Sviatlana Starchenka, Method Development Scientist, Allergy Therapeutics Ltd