Getting Your Foot in the Door - Volume 28, Issue

In this June edition of GYFD, I’d like to share a diagram developed by my colleagues at the Swiss Association of Pharmaceutical Professionals (SwAPP). The diagram serves as a road map for those looking for their place in the healthcare industry. Can…

President’s Message - Volume 26, Issue

Welcome to the first issue of Medical Writing for 2017. This issue is dedicated to “Writing Better”, something we in the profession are constantly striving for and something which EMWA aims to help us achieve together. One way we achieve this is by…

English Grammar and Style - Volume 21, Issue

Good Writing Practice As an editor, I have been battling against verbosity, redundant modifiers, and ‘buzz’ words for many years. New terms and turns of phrase or new meanings for words pop up all the time. Many of them have come with the…

Good medical writing saves lives: The perspective of a former medic - Volume 26, Issue

Making the decision to leave medicine was the hardest of my life. What if all those years of study, thousands of pounds of debt and sacrifices I made were not wasted but instead prepared me for my most gallant career yet – medical writing? Believing…

Removing the dead wood - Volume 26, Issue

Authors are urged to write clearly, concisely and convincingly, but this can be difficult to achieve if they are unaware that they are using longwinded phrases, convoluted language and excessive hedging, also   called “dead wood”. In this article, I…

How to soften the red pen’s blow: Tips for editing a colleague’s work - Volume 27, Issue

Applying the dreaded red editing pen to colleague's work can be nerve-racking for professional writers. But there are some concrete steps every writer can take that will improve his or her ability to communicate the type of clear, constructive…

Mentorship - Volume 30, Issue

Mentorship is a topic very close to my heart. If it were not for the numerous mentors in both my academic and professional life, I would not be here today. The definition of mentorship is subjective and how a mentor operates is often up to those…

From the Editor - On social media: Once a passive observer – now an active user - Volume 30, Issue

It is with great pleasure that I write my first editorial for this amazing issue on social media. The idea of this issue came to me in 2019, inspired by two special colleagues.

I had social media accounts even before I became a medical writer. I rec…

EMWA News - Volume 26, Issue

What can I say? I am excited to be writing my first editorial as section editor of EMWA News. With Bea as my predecessor, I know I have some big shoes to fill and hope to be up to the task. In this issue, we share the latest news from our…

Letter to the Editor - Volume 25, Issue

Dear Editor, EMWA and other organisations (eg, AMWA, ISMPP) support the principles of Good Public at - ion Practice (GPP). As a co-author of the recent GPP3 guideline1 and leader of the professional medical writer section, I was concerned by a…