Friday, January 22, 2010

Free CME Webinar

Check out this free informational webinar: CME TRAINING FOR MEDICAL WRITERS

This is the live webinar that Johanna Lackner-Marx offered some time ago but now she has recorded the presentation for anyone to see it online. It's good stuff.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Contract Medical Writer in Dallas/Fort Worth

This is a full time in-house Medical Writing contract (long term with option to go perm) with a large pharma in the Dallas/Ft Worth, TX area.

Responsibilities:
- Develop, review, and edit technical documents including clinical study protocols, investigator's brochures, study reports, risk assessments, presentations, and regulatory submissions in relation to the safety evaluation of ophthalmic devices
- Perform periodic relevant literature searches and evaluations

Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences
- At least 2 years of medical writing experience in pharmaceutical or medical device industry

Competencies:
- Fluent in English
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and writing skills
- Detail-oriented and self-motivated
- Fast learner and able to manage changing priorities
- Able to organize, analyze, and interpret data with minimal supervision
- Proficient in MicroSoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:
- Knowledge of ophthalmology (cataract and refractive surgeries)
- Knowledge of medical device clinical trials and safety reporting requirements

Contact:

Jill Vandergrift jvandergrift@preceptlife.com
Precept Life Sciences
Subsidiary of Cambridge Global Services
727.812.3383 office
800.436.2212 x264 toll free
703.439.2482 fax
www.preceptlife.com

Monday, January 4, 2010

AMWA Southwest 2010 John P. McGovern Award Banquet and Lecture

AMWA Southwest 2010 John P. McGovern Award Banquet and Lecture
"For the Love of Words: A Medical Writer's Story on Stage"
Saturday, January 16, 2010, 6:30 pm
Holiday Inn Houston South Loop
Houston, Texas

Registration deadline:
January 8, 2010

Mark your calendars for AMWA Southwest's 2010 John P. McGovern Award Banquet and Lecture, to be held Saturday, January 16, 2010, at the Holiday Inn Houston South Loop.

Receiving the chapter's 2010 McGovern Award will be stage and screen actress Megan Cole, known nationally for her workshops on empathic physician/patient communication and for her numerous public presentations on the human face of medicine for health care and end-of-life care organizations

Ms. Cole, who originated the leading role in Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prizewinning drama "Wit" in 1995, is Artist-in-Residence at the John P. McGovern, M.D. Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit at The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center.

Ms. Cole's McGovern Award Lecture will be "For the Love of Words: A Medical Writer's Story on Stage," in which she will recount her research into the influential life and career of Mayo Clinic medical editor Maud Mellish Wilson and present excerpts from the resulting stage play.

"Maud Wilson's story is most importantly a story about her love and care for words simply and accurately conveyed," says Ms. Cole.

The banquet will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m., with complimentary hors d'oeuvres, beer, and wine. Dinner will begin at 7:15 p.m. and the lecture at 8:00 p.m. The registration fee for the banquet is $33 for members and $38 for nonmembers. A dessert-and-coffee-only option ($9 for members and $11 for nonmembers) is available for those who cannot attend the dinner but would like to arrive at 8:00 p.m. for the lecture only.

To Register for This Event
RSVP by Friday, January 8, 2010, to Jenny Denton at jwithers@amwasouthwest.org. Payment is required for each e-mail registration received. You may mail your check (payable to AMWA Southwest) in advance to Jenny Denton at 525 Lowell St., Dallas, TX 75214, or pay by cash or check at the door.

When registering, please provide the following information:
● Your name
● Your e-mail address or daytime phone number
● Your AMWA status (member or nonmember)
● Your meal option (dinner or dessert/coffee only)
● Your choice of dinner entrée (dinner option only):
● Pasta primavera (vegetarian)
● Chicken Acapulco
● Norwegian salmon

The Holiday Inn Houston South Loop (713-790-1900) is located at 8111 Kirby Drive in Houston, Texas, just off IH-610, northwest of Reliant Park and the Astrodome. The hotel is two blocks west of the Reliant Park stop of the METRO light rail. Parking at the hotel is free.

For more information, contact Jenny Denton by phone at 214-827-3342 or e-mail at jwithers@amwasouthwest.org.