I’m typing this from my hotel room at the EMWA conference in Nice, as the first full day of the conference draws to a close. The journey here yesterday afternoon did not go smoothly, but at least I got here in the end, and I resisted the temptation to send any tweets about blowing up Heathrow Airport to vent my frustration with the delays. I was just in time for the opening lectures, the first given by Helen Baldwin, former … Continue reading →

I’m pleased to see that the next EMWA conference, which will take place in Nice in November, is now open for booking. Nice is a lovely city, so it should provide a great environment for a couple of days of meeting other medical writers from around Europe. I’ll be teaching 2 workshops this time round, one on basic concepts of clinical study design (a nice gentle introduction, aimed at those new to clinical research) and a more advanced one on … Continue reading →

We still have places left for our introduction to medical writing course on 17 September, but be quick if you want to register! Please click here for more details. We also have places left on our more advanced course on 28 October.

We are pleased to be able to confirm the dates for our next public training courses in medical writing. Our 1-day introductory course will be on 17 September, and our 2-day course for healthcare professionals will be on 28-29 October. Continue reading →

It’s been a busy day at the EMWA conference today (well, technically yesterday now) without a spare 5 minutes to update the blog until now. The day began at 8 am with a plenary lecture on knowledge and information management. Some good hints and tips there, especially for the knowledge management wiki that we’ve recently set up at Dianthus. Then for the rest of the morning I sat in on Victoria Cairns’s workshop “statistical thinking for medical writers”. I’ll shortly … Continue reading →

Day 2 at the EMWA conference has been considerably less busy for me than yesterday. My only engagement today was attending a short seminar this morning on Web 2.0 for medical writers. Plenty to think about, with tools such as blogging, social networking, and Twitter becoming ever more a part of our lives (well, you’re reading this blog, aren’t you?) The relatively quiet day has allowed me to write an article for the next issue of EMWA’s journal, The Write … Continue reading →

I write this from the EMWA conference in Lisbon, as the serious business of the first day has drawn to a close. I was relieved that all the Dianthus team made it to Lisbon despite the disruption from the ash cloud, even though the other members of the team had a hideous journey and got here far later than scheduled. Still at least they got here. It was my privilege to speak at the opening session of the conference last … Continue reading →

We (Adam, Debbie, Nancy, and Alice) will be going to the EMWA conference in Lisbon on 11-15 May. We are looking forward to catching up with many old friends and making some new ones. Adam will be presenting his workshop on statistical analysis of binary data, as well as short seminars on XML for medical writers and CDISC. We’re just hoping that the ash cloud is a long way away and doesn’t mess up our travel plans.