Editage InsightsOrganizing an English-language workshop for medical writers
Client: Clinical research organization (CRO)
Background
A reputed CRO that provides clinical, commercial, and consulting services wanted English language training for its team of medical writers. The training needed to be specific to tackle issues that the writers faced while compiling clinical trial data into reports for submission to regulatory authorities.
Client requirement
- Customized training to help produce high-quality documentation of clinical trial data
- Communication of key aspects of scientific writing to an audience of doctors and PhDs
- Polishing of elements of grammar and style
Solution
Editage organized a language workshop for the client’s medical writing team comprising doctors and PhDs. The session covered a wide range of topics from punctuation and article usage to sentence construction and proofreading. The information contained a number of pertinent examples that replicated actual issues medical writers face while documenting clinical trial data.
To test the application of the key concepts covered in the program, Editage will send the participants 4 assignments on a weekly basis. Following each assignment, each will receive personalized feedback targeted at skill improvement.Impact
Helped client produce scientific documentation of a high quality through customized training. All participants of the workshop described the content as highly relevant and easy to use. They also found the training handouts to be useful for ready reference.
