Out On Our Own - Volume 24, Issue

Editorial In this issue, Satyendra Shenoy, a member of a few years from Mumbai tells us about the tribulations – if not trials – of realising his lifelong ambition to settle in Germany. What eventually made this possible was discovering, as a…

Educating the medical writer: A 5-year update - Volume 28, Issue

This article is a 5-year follow-up to a 2013 publication: On Educating the Medical Writer. The current study was performed to examine the evolution of degree programme titles, certificate programmes, and the current trend toward so-called…

ADHD: A true neurodevelopmental disorder? - Volume 21, Issue

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders. First described in 1798 by Alexander Crichton, ADHD became widely known outside the medical profession with the publication of the story of Fidgety Phil…

Profile: An interview with Fernando Navarro on the brand new platform ‘Cosnautas’ - Volume 23, Issue

Some people may still not be aware of the big news last summer in the Spanish medical translation and writing world: Fernando Navarro's Libro Rojo (translated as ‘Red Book’, one of the most authoritative English to Spanish dictionaries of medicine)…

Translating medical reports: Challenges and quality assurance - Volume 33, Issue

This article discusses the challenges and quality assurance measures implemented by the authors when translating medical reports. In particular, the authors discuss the challenges posed by acronyms, handwritten and scanned text, and desktop…

Getting Your Foot in the Door - Volume 32, Issue

Editorial Ivan Turek (section editor) Medical Writing. 2023;32(3):91. The hitchhiker’s guide to the EMWA conference: Reflections and recommendations from first-time delegates Anna Isermann, Louisa Ludwig-Begall (authors) “The story so far: In…

The horror and the pity: Obesity and diabetes - Volume 21, Issue

Something less beguiling for a horror-story addict than the emergence of obesity would be hard to imagine. Start by reading the 27 August 2011 issue of the Lancet. One article predicts that the obesity rate in the UK will make the tremendous leap fro…

Out On Our Own - Volume 23, Issue

Quality patient decision aids to support healthcare decision making - Volume 30, Issue

This article describes the development and use of quality patient decision aids to support patient involvement in making healthcare decisions. Briefly, patient decision aids should provide at least information on options, benefits, and harms, and…

Preclinical research in drug development - Volume 26, Issue

The process of developing a novel drug is time consuming and costly. To increase the chances of successfully completing a clinical trial leading to the approval of a new drug, the choice of appropriate preclinical models is of utmost importance.…