I just assumed all medical writers already knew this! But my manager, who is 20 years into medical writing and editing, surprised me. Efficiency is non-negotiable for medical writers; every minute impacts our “billing hour.” Yet, even seasoned medical writers… Read More »How Medical Writers Save Time Automating Headlines in Microsoft Word: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
In this webinar, Mario Morel from Foremost Medical Communications and I joined Peter Llewellyn, Director of NetworkPharma Ltd, and explored the benefits and the challenges for medical writers of using Copilot. We shared insights to help maximize its potential through… Read More »How to use Copilot AI of Microsoft in Medical Writing (prompts & results)
Your destination might be the same as mine and many other medical writers’, but your journey is unique. No one knows your challenges, frustrations, and victories like you do. Have faith in you. Here is how I advanced my career… Read More »How to Succeed as an Immigrant Medical Writer in North America
As a medical writer, we want to ensure our content is comprehensive and accessible to the intended readers. The audience for medical content is diverse, including patients, consumers, researchers, healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical professionals, and business owners. Each of us consumes… Read More »Readability Scales for Medical Content: Which One Fits Best?
Using a checklist in medical editing enhances the quality and accuracy of documents, just as it has been proven effective in other fields. The Role of a Medical Writer Medical writers and editors need to ensure that every piece of… Read More »Editing Checklists for Quality Medical Content
I coach medical and health writers on how to get hired faster and paid better. One way to save time while increasing writing quality is to create a content outline for every project you work on. Here is why: You… Read More »Why Not Creating Content Outlines Is Costing You Money
Medical writers and health writers, if you haven’t still used a system for your content writing, this is high time you use one and become a more efficient writer. And this applies no matter what kind of writing you do… Read More »Why do medical and health writers use a set process to write?
If you are saying yes to something, what are you saying no to? Saying yes to something means that you have to let go of another. Can you afford that? You are a human with finite time, attention, and energy.… Read More »Reframe How You Respond & Boost Productivity in Medical Communications
‘Is medical writing stressful?’-is one of the most frequently asked questions in Google about medical writing. See my answer in the video. Do you want to be a medical writer? Do you have bioscience knowledge, and do you want to… Read More »Is Medical Writing Stressful?
Are you an academic researcher, thinking of becoming a medical writer? Are you afraid to take the risk of transitioning to a new industry? I have been in academia, in research and teaching, for 12 years, and then I transitioned… Read More »Is transitioning to medical communications a good decision?