Changes to working practices in medical communications during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from two surveys - Volume 31, Issue

Successive waves of COVID-19 have altered opinions and working practices. We conducted a survey in early 2020 among 759 members of the medical communications community, recruited via our network, seeking their experiences, opinions, and insights.…

Journal Policies

Journal Policies   Editorial policies and peer review process All feature articles submitted to Medical Writing are reviewed by a member of the Editorial Board. All Editorial Board members are experts in the field of medical writing and members…

Visual aids in patient-focused drug development and routine clinical practice - Volume 34, Issue

Effective medical communication is critical for patient consent, adherence to treatment, and improved health outcomes. Visual aids, such as infographics, diagrams, and charts, have proven invaluable for enhancing comprehension, particularly of…

Regulatory Public Dislcosure - Volume 32, Issue

In this information-packed edition of Regulatory Public Discussion, Sam Hamilton provides detailed comparisons of regulatory templates and updates on processes for the Clinical Trials Information System. Contributor: Sam Hamilton (author and…

Harold Swanberg, MD: Why and how EMWA should remember him - Volume 32, Issue

Before the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) and the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), there was the Mississippi Valley Medical Editors Association (MVMEA). Most medical writers are unaware of the history of MVMEA and of how it…

In the Bookstores - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Alison McIntosh, Pablo Izquierdo   Guide to the De-Identification of Personal Health Information Book reviewed by Alison McIntosh Medical Writing. 2024;33(3):102–103. https://doi.org/10.56012/hbvt6966

Feature infographic - EMWA's commitment to sustainability - Volume 31, Issue

In May 2019 EMWA established a Sustainability Special Intrest Group (SUS SIG). The SUS SID aims to bring sustainability goals into EMWA as an organisation and helps disseminate information for medical writers and medical communicators on being more…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 30, Issue

Calling all medical writers:

Focus your writing with lean authoring

In today’s medical writing environment, authors are routinely faced with expedited timelines to write documents about highly complex studies with overwhelming amounts of data. Revi…

Creating educational materials about clinical research data for patients and the public: A multifaceted journey in the current digital age - Volume 33, Issue

With scientific advances during the COVID- 19 pandemic and expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) in research, there has been a simultaneous increase in misinformation about data collection, privacy, and sharing in clinical trials. This increase h…

Lay summaries and writing for patients: Where are we now and where are we going? - Volume 28, Issue

We examine the trend for increasing and more transparent patient information and ask how close we have come in the last few years to producing useful and meaningful information for patients. We also outline the challenges faced by medical writers…