Don’t become their prey
How authors can spot predatory journals ICMJE committee members recently published an editorial about how to recognize and avoid predatory or ‘pseudo’ scientific journals, co-hosted in the Annals of Internal …
Holiday Wish List for Medical Communications
New ideas for medical communications, and a wish list for the office from AIM Biomedical.
Write a Manuscript from a Grant Application
Agnella and Meg Bouvier discuss grant applications vs. manuscripts on a livestream.
What’s in Your Mailbox? Great Newsletters for Medical Communications
What email newsletters should you read to stay on top of the medical communications field? #medcomms #publications #medicalwriting
Medical Writing Essentials
This list of medical writing resources is updated as new resources become available or I become aware of them. If a link is no longer working or something is missing, …
Be Her Champion – An AMWA Discussion
It was a pleasure getting together with fellow members of the American Medical Writers Association for the Connecticut chapter dinner last week. My goal for leading the discussion was to …
Learn about careers in Medical Writing
Next week, I will be a panelist on the Versatile PhD forum for a discussion on “PhD Careers in Medical Writing”. The discussion is free and open to all. I, …
Why publication guidelines were made
Ah, times have changed. An article in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals the practices that led to the 1967 publication of a 2-part literature review on “Dietary Fats, Carbohydrates and Atherosclerotic …
Quick (and easy) ideas to improve your writing
Recently, an investigator came to me frustrated with the quality of scientific writing that was being produced by his laboratory members. At least a few times a year, I hear …
How academia can increase the value of research articles
With all the money invested in obtaining research funding, universities should invest more in the end product of that research, namely the publications. That is the argument made by the …