Successful medical writing for healthcare professionals

Who should attend?

This two day course is aimed at healthcare professionals looking to acquire medical writing skills. It is suitable for those working in medical sciences, healthcare, or the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The course is particularly suited to clinicians wishing to obtain the essential medical writing skills needed to write and develop publications capable of communicating results effectively.

The course content has been designed to provide the necessary expertise to write, plan and organise documents, specifically covering manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and PowerPoint presentations. Practical tips and strategies to develop and improve your medical writing skills will be provided. The peer review process and ethical issues relating to publications will be covered together with methods to enhance the quality and accuracy of your written documents.

Course content:

  • Communicating your results successfully
  • Planning and organising your documents
  • Practical issues associated with writing manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and PowerPoint presentations
  • Presenting your data accurately
  • The peer review process and publication ethics

The course will next run on 28-29 October 2010, at the Park Plaza County Hall, a hotel in a convenient central London location.  The standard course fee is £750 plus VAT, but this is reduced to £600 plus VAT for bookings received by 28 August. Please click here to download the registration form.

Please note that places on the course are strictly limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment.


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