Diarmuid De Faoite

Contributions

Writing for the internet - Volume 29, Issue 4

Writing for online sources requires a slightly different skillset than writing for print publications. Authors need to be aware of their potential audience’s interests. This article explains how avoiding typical online mistakes, and both knowing and…

Interview with Professor Matthias Rose on developing patient-reported outcomes and the PROMIS initiative - Volume 27, Issue 4

Professor Matthias Rose is Medical Director of the Psychosomatic Department at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany. In this interview, I discuss with him patient-reported outcomes and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement…

The PROMIS of electronic patient-reported outcomes - Volume 27, Issue 4

Paper-based questionnaires are in widespread use for patient-reported outcomes, but they can be an inefficient way of collecting patient data. Electronic patient-reported outcomes are of wide interest and have the potential to drastically change…

Patient reported outcomes - Volume 27, Issue 4

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…

EMWA News - Volume 26, Issue 4

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…

EMWA News - Volume 26, Issue 3

In this issue, we are bringing to you many updates on different aspects relevant to our medical writing community. Tim Koder from Oxford PharmaGenesis introduces the Open Pharma project, which aims to promote and aid a faster and more transparent…

Medical Devices: An exciting industry at a crossroads - Volume 26, Issue 2

Welcome to this special edition of Medical Writing focusing on medical devices. When I volunteered to act as the guest editor for this issue, I did so knowing that we are at a crossroads in Europe. The Medical Device Directive is about to be…

EMWA News - Volume 26, Issue 1

Time to say goodbye.As I will step down from my role as EMWA’s Public Relations Officer in May 2017, I will no longer be on top of the EMWA news and will, therefore, step down from my role as section editor. It is with great pleasure though that I…

Medical Gems - Volume 25, Issue 2

Every discipline employs its own secretive words – jargon that allows initiates to communicate with one another in a way that excludes others. The world of medicine is no exception. The idioms used by doctors and surgeons range from the humorous to…

Getting more out of PowerPoint® - Volume 23, Issue 1

PowerPoint® is unavoidable in today's society. It is equally loved and hated. Although it is ubiquitous, many users of the program fail to understand why their presentations are not achieving the desired effects. The answer to this lies in part…

EMWA news - Volume 21, Issue 3

News from the EMWA Website Manager   New role At the recent EMWA conference held in Cyprus, I assumed the position of EMWA Website Manager. While this is a daunting task, it is a challenge I am pleased to take on. To ensure that I was in a…

Regulatory Writing - Volume 21, Issue 2

The Physicians Payment Sunshine Act – casting a shadow over clinical research? In October 2010, the American congress passed the Physicians Payment Sunshine Act, which will force drug and medical device manufacturers to disclose their…

The Webscout - Volume 21, Issue 1

Cannabinoids in oncology: more than a palliative Usually you have chemotherapeutics and biologicals in mind when you are talking about oncology. Would you have thought of cannabinoids? I don't think so but for decades, cannabinoids have been known…