Resources
Handouts | Articles | Writing/Editing Resources | Blogs | E-newsletters
Web Groups | Medical Resources | Organizations
We often receive resource questions from new medical writers as well as seasoned professionals. Following are some of the resources we have found valuable. This is not an extensive list, but is a great place to get you started on the path to discovering what you want to keep handy in your writing/editing toolbox. If you run across resources to add to this list, please send them to our Web Manager.
Handouts from Chapter Events
- Regulatory Writing vs. Publication Writing (presented at Nov 2009 dinner discussion)
Articles
- “Career Pathways in Medical Communication”
- “From Academic to Medical Writer: A Guide to Getting Started in Medical Communications”
- “Professional Liability Insurance for Medical Writers”
- “Starting a Home-Based Medical Writing Business In North Carolina”
- Carolina Connections (newsletter published by AMWA Carolinas)
Writing/Editing Resources
- CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) Statement
- Editing for the Web
- Elements of Style
- Good Publication Practice
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Instructions for Authors – all health journals
- MEDLINEplus
- Plain English Handbook
- RefDesk.com
- Roget’s Thesaurus, 1911 Edition
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
- Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition
- The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- YourDictionary.com
Blogs
- Clear Medical Writing
- Debra Gordon on Medical Writing (AMWA member & speaker)
- Freelance Medical Writing
- Medical Writing, Editing and Grantsmanship
- Medical Writing Industry
- Surviving Medical Writing 101
- Top 50 Public Health Blogs
- Blog Entry: “Top Ten Biomedical Blogs”
E-newsletters
- FDA (offers e-news updates on a variety of topics)
- Media Monitoring by Premier, Inc. (news updates related to healthcare)
Web Groups
- Medical Writing Network
- LinkedIn Groups:
Medical Resources
- CancerWeb Online Medical Dictionary
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Medscape
- The Merck Manual (searchable)
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- National Health Information Center (NHIC)
- National Institutes of Health
- WebMD
Organizations
- AMWA National
- Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS)
- Council of Science Editors (CSE)
- Drug Information Association (DIA)
- European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
- European Medical Writers Associations (EMWA)
- Health Administration Degrees
- HTML Writers Guild
- International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP)
- National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
- North Carolina Regulatory Affairs Forum (NCRAF)
- Society for Technical Communication (STC)
- STC Local Chapter
- World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
*For the websites linked above, you are being referred to third-party sites to obtain information. AMWA National and AMWA Carolinas do not endorse the content on the sites and are not responsible for the accuracy of the content provided.