On the western edge of Europe – medical writing in Portugal - Volume 22, Issue

Within Portugal, medical writing is a new and rare profession. We describe our personal career routes to medical writing and discuss the barriers and the emerging opportunities for medical writers in Portugal. The profession of medical writing is…

Connecting medical writers in Portugal through visual communication - Volume 29, Issue

Portugal, the westernmost country in mainland Europe, still experiences a lack of awareness of the medical writing profession.

From Portugal to the world: Leveraging remote medical writing for global impact - Volume 33, Issue

With the advent of the pandemic, global businesses in medical writing accelerated efforts to hire remote professionals across different countries. Portugal is a fruitful source of talent, yet it remains under-represented in the medical writing…

President's Message - Volume 32, Issue

Moving to the virtual space… EMWA’s fall conference was a virtual event, but with a twist – local hubs were established to permit a face-to-face experience for participants in Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, and Switzerland. In…

EMWA News - Volume 26, Issue

The 45th EMWA Conference in Cascais, Portugal, has recently finished and we are all waiting for the upcoming annual event in Barcelona, Spain, next Spring. In the meantime, the Executive Committee is working hard on improving what EMWA has to offer…

Out on Our Own - Volume 27, Issue

One of the main reasons why the Freelance Business Group (and the whole of EMWA as well) is thriving and growing is because of the number of our members who volunteer to carry out our activities and help in implementing new initiatives. Becoming a…

Successful document collaboration in a virtual team - Volume 22, Issue

When several contributors are working on the same document, challenges are often created for both managers and contributors. This article discusses how technology can be used to help produce documents in collaboration.

Modern mentorship: Developing medical writing mentor-mentee relationships in the virtual world - Volume 30, Issue

Mentorship is often viewed as a traditional personal relationship model, where the mentor meets face-to-face with a mentee within the same organisation or group.  However, I have been mentoring medical writers success fully for many years using…

Plain language summaries of clinical trial results: What is their role, and should patients and AI be involved? - Volume 33, Issue

Plain language summaries (PLSs) of clinical trial results are vital tools in the clinical development process for enhancing transparency and encouraging and facilitating patient engagement. The production of a PLS is now mandated in the EU for all…

A Virtual Workforce - Volume 31, Issue