Medical Writing Mentorship
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Volume 30, Issue 2 - Mentorship

June 2021

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Editorial

Mentorship
Author: Clare Chang

From the Editor - EMWA and Medical Writing: 12 months into the pandemic
Author: Raquel Billiones

President's Message

From EMWA's new President Carola Kraus
Author: Carola Krause

From EMWA's Outgoing President Beatrix Doerr
Author: Beatrix Döerr

EMWA News

EMWA News
Author: Somsuvro Basu

Feature Articles

Mentorship from the inside
Authors: Selma Reguieg, Diana Ribeiro

My medical writing journey: How I discovered self-mentoring and used it to improve my career and life
Author: Alejandra Viviescas

Setting up for success: An overview of why mentoring matters for aspiring medical writers
Author: Surayya Taranum

Do you have what it takes to be a mentor or be mentored?
Author: Jackie Raskind

One size doesn’t fit all: Tailored medical writing mentoring and training
Authors: Sarah Tilly, Adrian Tilly, Somsuvro Basu

Mentor vs. line manager: Differences and similarities
Author: Mengmeng Qiao

Beyond limits – Leading at the Edge
Author: Ivana Turek

Reveal, Rebalance, Release: Thoughts on mentoring young professionals in the industry
Author: Shiri Diskin

Modern mentorship: Developing medical writing mentor-mentee relationships in the virtual world
Author: Julie A. Ely

Someone in your corner: Musings of a mentor and mentee
Authors: Lillian Sandø, Bjarke Stokholm Stærkind

How mentorship has created a special community and helped people develop their careers
Authors: Elena Kyria, Karen Münz

Growing the top and bottom line of your mind – an entrepreneurial journey as a joint venture with mentors
Author: Susanne Trillingsgaard Venø

The ABCs of paediatric plain language summaries
Authors: Vidhi Vashisht, Pooja Phogat, Susan Chisholm, Jeevana CSS

Presenting secondary endpoints in plain language clinical trial result summaries: Considerations for emerging practice
Authors: Michelle Megnin, Deborah Collyar, Debra Guerreiro, Maureen Kashuba, Lotte Klim, Caragh Murray, Susan Patrick, Thomas M. Schindler, Jessica Valencia, Vidhi Vashisht

Special Section

Position Statement - AMWA-EMWA-ISMP Joint Position Statement on Medical Publications, Preprints, and Peer Review
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Winners of the Geoff Hall Scholarship Essay Competition
Authors: Lisa Chamberlain James, Johanna Svanberg Larsson, Alexandra Smith

Regular Sections

News from the EMA
Author: Anuradha Alahari

Medical Devices
Author: Namrata Upadhyay

Lingua Franca and Beyond
Authors: Maria Kołtowska-Häggström, Julia Bates

Getting Your Foot in the Door
Authors: Raquel Billiones, Geneviève Laumen, Ivana Turek

Teaching Medical Writing
Authors: Claire Gudex, Joselita T Salita

Regulatory Matters
Authors: Jennifer Morris, Anand Devasthanam

Regulatory Public Disclosure
Authors: Sam Hamilton, Janice Branson, Mimi Sundler, Katherine Tucker

Good Writing Practice
Authors: Wendy Kingdom, Amy Whereat, Michael Lewis Schneir

Digital Communication
Authors: Nicole Bezuidenhout, Jens Zerrahn

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications
Authors: EMWA Sustainability Interest Group, Kimi Uegaki, Carola Krause

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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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Editoral Board

Editor-in-Chief

Raquel Billiones

Co-Editors

Evguenia Alechine

Jonathan Pitt

Managing Editor

Victoria White

Deputy Managing Editor

Alicia Brooks Waltman

Associate Editors

Anuradha Alahari

Jennifer Bell

Nicole Bezuidenhout

Claire Chang

Barbara Grossman

Sarah Milner

John Plant

Sampoorna Rappaz

Amy Whereat

Section Editors

Daniela Kamir

AI/Automation

Jennifer Bell

Biotechnology

Nicole Bezuidenhout 

Digital Communication

Somsuvro Basu

EMWA News 

Adriana Rocha

Freelancing

Ana Sofia Correia 

Gained in Translation

Ivana Turek

Getting Your Foot in the Door

Wendy Kingdom / Amy Whereat

Good Writing Practice

Pablo Izquierdo / Alison McIntosh 

In the Bookstores

Maria Kołtowska-Häggström

Lingua Franca and Beyond

Maddy Dyer

Publications

Lisa Chamberlain-James

Medical Communications/Writing for Patients

Payal Bhatia

Medical Devices

Evguenia Alechine

My First Medical Writing

Anuradha Alahari

News from the EMA

Tiziana von Bruchhausen

Pharmacovigilance

Clare Chang / Zuo Yen Lee 

Regulatory Matters

Sam Hamilton

Regulatory Public Disclosure

Louisa Ludwig-Begall / Sarah Kabani

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications

Jeff Blair / Luiza Ventura

Veterinary Writing

Editors Emeritus

Elise Langdon-Neuner

Phil Leventhal

Layout Designer

Chris Monk