Veterinary Medical Writing - Volume 28, Issue

Why re-invent the wheel? There are inventions and lessons learned that we can implement from human medicine. We herein report an easy option to acquire routinely collected data to foster research as already practiced in human medicine.

My First Medical Writing - Volume 31, Issue

In this issue, I have the pleasure to share an insightful article by Sibyl Bertrand. As a molecular biologist, Sibyl worked in numerous cancer research institutes in France before arriving in the UK where she pursued her PhD in clinical medicine at…

A medical writer's guide to meta-analysis - Volume 25, Issue

Meta-analysis is a statistical technique for summarising the results of multiple studies in a quantitative manner. It should not be confused with a systematic review, though in practice the two are often found together. The main pitfalls with…

Teaching Medical Writing - Volume 27, Issue

Since 2014, I have offered a four-day course on academic writing for qualitative health researchers at the University of Southern Denmark. I tell the participants, mostly PhD students with backgrounds in the health professions, that “learning to…

Teaching Medical Writing - Volume 26, Issue

Do you teach written English to non-native academics? Or are you a language editor or translator who would like to get involved in this sort of teaching? If so, we would very much like to hear from you. There are not many of us teaching in this…

Medical Writing Teaching - Volume 25, Issue

A novice’s experiment with a wiki on a writing course A wiki? What is that? The name ‘wiki’ was probably what attracted me most about using this e-learning tool in my teaching. As a New Zealander, I associated the word with the Maori terms ‘waaka’…

Medical Writing in Spanish: Medical Writing - Volume 33, Issue

Regulatory Matters - Volume 29, Issue

A medical writer’s perspective on the relationship between EMA Policy 0070 and the General Data Protection Regulation

Post-approval regulatory writing – How different is it from writing pre-approval documents? - Volume 23, Issue

Regulatory writing has various facets to it with good writing skills as a preliminary requirement. Well written reports form the basis of all regulatory submissions for marketing approval and its success largely depends on the research information…

Medical Communications - Volume 23, Issue

I must admit to feeling very strongly about information that is written for patients – both about the quality and the appropriateness of the information itself, and about how it is communicated. Thankfully, this topic is now enjoying some long…