Professional Development for Medical Writers and Editors

by Carolyn Brown, President, Canadian Chapter, American Medical Writers Association

Are you looking for training as a medical writer or editor? Would you like to meet other professionals in your field?

The Canadian Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association offers professional development for writers and editors working in the medical sector. Its members are freelancers and staff writers/editors in publishing, pharmaceutical communications, advertising, research, and clinical practice. They write or edit everything from drug advertisements to ISO 900x documents for the biotech industry.

A Day of Workshops

This spring, the chapter offers a symposium consisting of four workshops, which are to be held in Toronto on April 28, 2006. Choose from workshops on plain language, advanced data presentation (tables, graphs, and charts), statistics for medical writers and editors, and meeting the requirements of the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board—a workshop specially prepared for Canadian writers working on drug ads and other sponsored material.

Three of the workshops qualify for credit toward the AMWA core curriculum or advanced curriculum (for more information about the AMWA curriculum programs, visit www.amwa.org ).

All workshops are open to non-members as well as to members of AMWA.

There is a free lunch for all participants, even if you’re taking just one course, so that you can meet other professionals in your field.

For more information and registration details, visit www.amwa-canada.ca and click Events. Hurry! Registration closes April 6.

Location

University of Toronto
Conference Centre
89 Chestnut St.
(near University and Dundas)
Toronto, Ontario

For more information, contact:

Lawrence Giraudi
Tel: 416-894-6619
Fax: 905-417-5110
Email: medical_writer@rogers.com