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Parenting your Peer Reviewers

Put on your parenting hat next time you’re responding to peer review feedback for a scientific manuscript, and see if you get results!

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Medical Communications / Publication

Behind the Scenes in Medical Communications – Our Invisible Work

We’re honoring all of the work happening behind the scenes in medical communications and the people involved. Let’s take a peek behind the curtain.

Medical Communications / Publication / Writing and Editing

The Uncanny Valley of Scientific Writing – GenAI in the Wild

Warning: None of this content was written by GenAI. On a quick glance, scientific writing by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can seem to be good. But if you look closely …

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Medical Communications / Medical Device / Medicine / Publication / Writing and Editing

Bite-sized Medical Publications, aka Publication Extenders

Publication extenders summarize key points from peer-reviewed publications to get bite-sized content to healthcare providers for easy and quick consumption. Let’s dive in!

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Academia / Grants and Funding / Writing and Editing

How Reviewers Dissect NIH Grant Applications vs. Scientific Manuscripts

You need to wear different thinking caps when you write NIH grant applications or scientific manuscripts, because reviewers are dissecting each document in unique ways.

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Medical Communications / Medicine / Writing and Editing

How To: Write a Voice Over Script for Medical Animation

The best medical animations are synced with a powerful and clear voice over script, to help the viewer understand complex scientific concepts and follow a story. Learn how to write a voice over script for 3D medical animation.

Medical Communications / Medical Device / Publication / Writing and Editing

Don’t Believe the Hype – Using Artificial Intelligence in Medical Writing

AI is a new tool that can (and should) be leveraged to speed up some specific parts of the writing process that can be automated – saving time and mental bandwidth for the parts of the process that need idea generation and critical analysis. AI won’t do an expert job writing your manuscript for you 🙁