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AMWA NorCal Virtual Aperitif Hour – July 29, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Details are available on the Events page.

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The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) is the resource for professional medical communicators, promoting excellence in medical communication and providing educational resources in support of that goal.

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Resources

2020 AMWA Annual Medical Writing & Communication Conference

Bay Area Biomedical Consultants Network

General style manuals

The Chicago Manual of Style, The University of Chicago Press, 15th Edition

Scientific Style and Format, Council of Science Editors, 7th Edition

How-to books for medical writers

How to Write, Publish, & Present in the Health Sciences, by TA Lang

The Elements of Graphing Data, by WS Cleveland

How to Write & Publish a Scientific Paper, by RA Day

Writing and Publishing in Medicine, by EJ Huth

Guidebook to Better Medical Writing, by RL Iles

How to Report Statistics in Medicine, by TA Lang, M Secic

Essays for Biomedical Communicators: Selected AMWA

Workshops Vols 1 and 2; Minick P and, for volume 2, Witte FM, Taylor ND eds.

Medical English Usage and Abusage, by E Schwager

Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers, by M Zeiger

Job Opportunities

Self-Study Workbooks; courtesy of AMWA National

Society for Participatory Medicine

Style manuals for medical writers

American Medical Association Manual of Style

Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, published by the Council of Science Editors (formerly Council of Biological Editors)

APA Publication Manual, published by the American Psychological Association

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