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Lay writing: Strategies for improving assent forms - Volume 27, Issue

Writing for lay audiences is recognised as a difficult task for medical writers, whose specialised knowledge can often hinder effective lay communication. This task is even more challenging when preparing clinical trial information for a…

A stroll through the medical blogosphere - Volume 24, Issue

Medical blogs are a very popular way of communicating health-related information. They can be written by medical professionals or laypeople, and topics include diseases, procedures, health policies, and personal topics such as everyday experiences.…

Out On Our Own - Volume 22, Issue

The fourth EMWA freelance business survey Introduction This fourth survey follows those conducted in 2003, 2007, and 2010.1–3 The first survey was conducted with a paper questionnaire distributed to both freelancers and small businesses…

Addressing vaccine hesitancy in writing: How has COVID-19 changed hesitancy communication, and what works? - Volume 30, Issue

To address vaccine hesitancy in writing, it is important to put yourself in your reader’s shoes, demonstrate an understanding of the hesitancy, and form an effective response using evidence-based writing techniques, clear communication, courtesy,…

Medical Devices - Volume 27, Issue

The good news first: Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) are basically the same in both the medical device and the pharmaceutical sectors. There are the general quality of life tools such as the EQ-5D or the Short-Form Survey questionnaires (e.g. SF-12,…

Journal Watch - Volume 21, Issue

Readability of informed consent forms, sponsor participation in industry trials, and conflict of interest disclosure. Informed consent is a crucial feature of clinical research trials. Guidelines on developing an informed consent form urge writers…

Medical education in a medcomms agency - Volume 25, Issue

Medcomms agencies provide services and counselling to pharmaceutical clients in many ways. Medcomms are currently strengthening medical education as a form of indirect communication strategy, which focuses on educating health professionals on…

Leveraging standardised data in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak - Volume 29, Issue

As we are confronted by a new global health epidemic in the form of COVID-19, the challenges and opportunities of global data sharing come into sharp focus. Due to significant data collection and sharing issues during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak,…

1000 words in 1 picture - Volume 28, Issue

Communication is as much verbal as it is visual. We tend to rely on technical texts for transmitting medical information, but sometimes an image may convey complex medical concepts in a simpler and shorter form. Medical illustration requires…

Patient reported outcomes - Volume 27, Issue

You are very welcome to this special edition of Medical Writing where the focus is on patient-reported outcomes (PROs). This is my second time to act as a guest editor. Once again, in the process of putting the issue together, I was highly impressed…

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Medical Writing is a quarterly publication that aims to educate and inform medical writers in Europe and beyond. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, and all issues include feature articles and regular columns on topics relevant to the practice of medical writing. We welcome articles providing practical advice to medical writers; guidelines and reviews/summaries/updates of guidelines published elsewhere; original research; opinion pieces; interviews; and review articles.

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