Free eSeminar: Acrobat 9 for Healthcare Professionals
If you are in the healthcare industry,you may want to join this free eSeminar on how to use Acrobat in Healthcare. This eSeminar is part the “Learn Acrobat Online” series. Date: February 12, Friday The...
View ArticleHave You Considered Becoming a Medical Transcriptionist?
© Ugur Akinci Writing Medical Transcriptions (MT) is a technical communication niche in high demand, in all countries with a well-established medical and judicial system. Whether the population is...
View ArticleFree Medical Ebooks
Here is an interesting compilation of free medical ebooks. NOTE: We have not verified the copyright or security/virus status of these ebooks. Please download them at your own risk....
View ArticleHow to Shift from a Career in Pharmaceutical Sales to Medical Writing
© Ugur Akinci A reader wrote asking what to do and in which direction to go in shifting from a career in pharmaceutical sales to writing. I’m sharing my answer here since it may benefit all my other...
View ArticleA Great New Career (or Two) for Nurses – Medical Writing & Illustration
© Ugur Akinci Say you’re a nurse. An RN. A highly-trained and capable health care professional. And again, say you’re a bit sick and tired of the hustle and bustle of a hospital… Yes, the pay is good...
View ArticleAnatomy of JHU Technical Writing Position in Family Planning & Reproductive...
© Ugur Akinci All technical writing positions are not in hi-tech and software-hardware sector. There are many similar positions in research institutions, medical schools, and life sciences as well....
View ArticleWebinar Presentation: "Types of Technical Writing"
© 2011 Ugur Akinci I’m happy to report that our first webinar went very well today! I honestly was not even sure if anyone would show up on a Sunday but quite a few readers did so actually. I thank...
View ArticlePlain Writing for Medical Insurance Policies — A Growth Field for Technical...
© Ugur Akinci First off, please read the following description of “Primary Care Health Program” and see if you can understand anything: ——————————————————————- “The following rules determine which is...
View ArticleDigitization of Doctor-Patient Communications and the Prospects for Technical...
© Ugur Akinci A recent visit to the doctor’s office motivated me to think about whether these expensive and time-consuming face-to-face examinations are the best way to “optimize” every instance of...
View ArticleD.A.R.T Macros for Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Technical Writing with MS Word
© Ugur Akinci The D.A.R.T.(Document Authoring and Readiness Tool) system of integrated MS Word macros does not offer any “structural authoring” functionality like some other Word macro systems do. For...
View ArticleTechnical Writer Salaries in UNITED STATES
An interesting compilation of Technical Writer Salaries in UNITED STATES, with a graph Medical Writer Salaries in UNITED STATES Copy Writer Salaries in UNITED STATES The post Technical Writer Salaries...
View ArticleMedical Writing – A Great Specialty for Technical Communicators
© Ugur Akinci Medical writing is a lucrative field for technical and copy writers alike. It’s one of those niches where these two genres overlap considerably since medical writing requires both...
View ArticleAmerican Medical Writers Association
If you are a technical writer specializing on medical and pharmaceutical copy you might consider becoming a member of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). They’re about to hold their annual...
View Article2 Important Ways to Steer Your Readers
There are many times when while writing a procedure you’ll have to steer a reader in one direction or another. There are two types of steering instructions in technical writing: A REFERENCE and a...
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