Science communication: A guide to creating online scientific content that engages - Volume 30, Issue

Science communication plays an important role in educating the public about scientific knowledge. Until recently, publishing in research journals and presenting at science conferences were the only options available to scientists for sharing their…

Patient-reported outcome measure translation: An overview - Volume 27, Issue

The unique nature of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures presents unique challenges for translation. Regulators emphasise the importance of maintaining conceptual equivalence across all languages in multilingualand multinational trials, while…

Adeline Rosenberg

Systematic hospital collection of patient-reported outcome data via patient apps - Volume 27, Issue

Medical writers are increasingly likely to come across patient apps in their work, and we describe here the background and use of two apps for assessing patient-reported outcome (PRO). Systematic collection of PRO data via patient apps has been…

Harmonising linguistic validation with AI: Precision, efficiency, and the human touch in patient-reported outcome translation - Volume 33, Issue

The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) prompts a reassessment of linguistic validation methods for patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. The robust linguistic process, designed to adapt PRO measures for different cultures and languages, is…

Outgoing President's Message - Volume 31, Issue

Dear friends, colleagues, and EMWA members, despite the global COVID-19 pandemic and the war in the Ukraine, EMWA’s financial situation and membership numbers remained stable over my term of presidency. In fact, membership numbers slightly…

Outgoing President’s Message - Volume 32, Issue

Over the finish line The remarkable success of EMWA’s 55th conference, held in Prague, seems as the perfect culmination of my one-year service as the EMWA president. Medical Writing. 2023;32(2)5. https://doi.org/10.56012/mnre9850

Developing a treatment for ovarian cancer - Volume 21, Issue

Ovarian cancer is a really nasty disease. Although, like most cancers, it is curable if caught early enough, in practice it is not usually diagnosed until it is too late for curative treatment. It initially responds well to treatment and patients…

Challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey to inform working practices - Volume 30, Issue

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic working practices changed for members of the medical communication community. We devised a multifactorial online survey to better understand the impact of these changes. Of the 759 respondents, 85% had a positive…

A role for medical writers in overcoming commonly held misconceptions around FAIR Data - Volume 29, Issue

More and more, computers must participate with physicians and patients as trusted partners in assessing medical options and tracking outcomes. But before the computer can become a routine medical assistant, data and computational services must…