PTF5a Medical Writing and Quality Control of Documents Entering the Public Domain: Manuscripts and Abstracts

For a medical writer with documents destined to enter the public domain a QC process is essential. A properly implemented QC process helps reduce errors in the factual presentation of data, and when writing a manuscript ensures an accurate document structure is followed to fulfil a journal’s specific requirements. The workshop will focus on developing a QC process for non-regulatory documents, particularly manuscripts, and detail several strategies to achieve this.

Participant profile: The workshop is particularly suited to medical writers who are writing documents entering the public domain. It will be most useful for those who either have no quality control (QC) system in place, or are now looking to develop one. For medical writers with greater experience it will provide a forum for discussion and sharing best practice. The workshop content is relevant to those working in a freelance capacity, as well as medical writers employed by CROs, communications agencies, or pharmaceutical companies.