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By Marithea Goberville, PhD The project-based nature of medical writing lends itself very well to freelancing. With thousands of medical writers completing nearly $1 Billion in projects annually, the industry is flush with talent at all levels. So just how do you go about finding them? Once you find them, what criteria can you use to select the right one for your project? And finally, once you have found and selected a medical writer, what steps can you take to ensure an effective working relationship? This three-part mini-series addresses these questions for the benefit of anyone seeking the services of a medical writer. Part 3: How to Work Effectively with a Professional Medical Writer 5 key factors to ensure a good working relationship If you’ve put reasonable effort into the search and selection process, including the final step of checking references, chances are you’ve selected a medical writer who already works quite effectively with most clients. Nevertheless, to ensure the best results and make sure you don’t become the exception, the following issues should be addressed up front, at the beginning of the relationship: Contract – It should go without saying that using a written contract is imperative to spell out clearly the tasks, responsibilities, deadlines, compensation, etc. in as much detail as reasonably possible. Yet I hear stories about freelancers who still avoid this ‘confrontational’ step in their business. Both sides make assumptions when the specifics are not reduced to writing in a contract, and this is where trouble and misunderstandings arise. I have seen and used contracts ranging in length from 1 page to 18 pages. Generally, simpler is better, provided all the basic points are clearly addressed. Allow sufficient time to ‘work through’ any issues in negotiating the contract, so this is not left to ‘the night before’ with untimely compromises or hasty omissions for either party. Continued… Posted in Medical Writing. Tagged with Medical Writing. By admin © Ugur Akinci RIGHT CHEVRON (>) is used in technical documents to denote a SERIES of SEQUENTIAL ACTIONS. If you;re writing a software or hardware manual, the changes are those actions would be “GUI actions,” that is, describing what the user should do on the screen with a mouse, keyboard shortcut, or a tablet pen. If you first click A and then B (on a screen), you can use the shorthand “click A > B” to express that. It’s a common usage especially for menu items that reveal sub-menu items. For example: Instead of saying “click File and then select Open from the drop-down sub-menu,” it’s shorter just to say “click File > Open”. That’s a proper usage of a right chevron. However, when you are clicking COMMAND BUTTONS (like OK or SAVE), there is no need to use a right chevron since there is subsequent action following that. That’s why “click > SAVE” is not correct. You can just say “Click SAVE” and that would be just fine. Some other examples: APPROPRIATE: Click Save tab. NOT SO: Click > Save tab. (“Click” is an action. It is not a GUI/screen element.) APPROPRIATE: Click Tools on the menu bar. NOT SO: Click Tools > on the menu bar. (“On the menu bar” is a description. It is not a GUI/screen element.) Posted in Technical Writing. Tagged with Technical Writing. By admin – April 30, 2012 By Marithea Goberville, PhD The project-based nature of medical writing lends itself very well to freelancing. With thousands of medical writers completing nearly $1 Billion in annual projects, the industry is flush with talent at all levels. So just how do you go about finding them? Once you find them, what criteria can you use to select the right one for your project? And finally, once you have found and selected a medical writer, what steps can you take to ensure an effective working relationship? This three-part mini-series addresses these questions for the benefit of anyone seeking the services of a medical writer. Part 2: Top 7 Criteria for Selecting a Freelance Medical Writer Evaluate, prioritize, and choose candidates using these 7 criteria While there is no shortage of candidates, selecting a competent, experienced professional medical writer best suited to your project from among thousands available for hire can be a challenge. By simply considering and prioritizing a handful of key selection criteria, you can establish an objective process and simplify the evaluation of the medical writers you have managed to find using the techniques offered in Part 1 of this mini-series. The following are the 7 most commonly used selection criteria for freelance medical writers: Education – The extent to which each candidate is formally educated in health science is always a factor, often the most prominent one, in the selection process. However, if consumers are the target audience for the project, then formal education may be less important than ‘experiential education’ acquired through work in that particular area. When it comes to projects for clinical audiences, including regulatory documents, medical journals, or CME, a strong science or medical background is typically a prerequisite. Often ‘PhD required’ is used to set the bar high for potential candidates. Sometimes advanced degrees are necessary, and other times they are simply used a screening tool. For example, a writer with an educational background in English or Journalism would face a tough learning curve in clinical or regulatory settings, but may thrive in consumer or patient education. Typically, the minimum educational requirement is a bachelor degree in the health sciences, but depending upon your needs, educational factors as specific as the candidate’s area of post-graduate research may also be considered. Continued… Posted in Medical Writing. Tagged with Medical Writing. By admin – April 27, 2012 © Ugur Akinci I’ve been comparing Adobe InDesign with Adobe FrameMaker for the last few weeks, trying to gauge weak and strong points of each powerhouse application. Here is a summary of my findings: 1) Master Pages Both applications use master pages. That’s good. In both, you can assign any master page to any body page. 2) Design Possibilities InDesign wins hand down of course. If you’d like to create complex layouts with connected text boxes running over several pages, then InDesign is your weapon of choice. That’s why all advertisement houses use InDesign and not FrameMaker. Just check out any high-gloss magazine in your favorite bookstore. The chances are it’s designed by InDesign. 3) Digital Publishing Go with InDesign. ID can publish a “folio” to iPhone and iPad in both orientations (portrait vs. landscape) and you don’t need to learn a single line of DITA or XML to do that. Check out Adobe’s new Digital Publishing Suite. With FrameMaker there is really a steep learning curve that you need to climb before doing the same — and even then I’m not sure if you can publish a double-orientation “folio” of a technical document for iPhone and iPad. Continued… Posted in FrameMaker, InDesign, Technical Writing. Tagged with FrameMaker, InDesign. By admin – April 26, 2012 By Marithea Goberville, PhD The project-based nature of medical writing lends itself exceptionally well to freelancing. With thousands of medical writers completing nearly $1 Billion in projects annually, the industry is flush with talent at all levels, including freelancers. So just how do you go about finding them? Once you find them, what criteria can you use to select the right one for your project? And finally, once you have found and selected a medical writer, what steps can you take to ensure an effective working relationship? This three-part mini-series addresses these questions for the benefit of anyone seeking the services of a medical writer. Part 1: How to Find a Professional Freelance Medical Writer The 5 Top Internet-Based Methods While there really are countless methods for finding a freelancer to assist with your project, I will list and discuss only the top five internet-based techniques here. However, as with many things, hasty, last-minute searches often create disappointing results. Consider starting your search by “looking” for a freelance medical writer even before you need one. Let your colleagues and others in your professional network know that you need contract medical writers from time to time. Keep a handful of promising prospects ‘on file’ as you come across them. This will shorten the ‘search time’ to near zero when the need genuinely arises, so you can concentrate on the selection process and ensuring your choice is a good match for the project (and is available!). That said, once you find yourself needing to begin your search, here are five best places on the Internet to find what you are looking for: - AMWA database -American Medical Writers Association, the primary trade association for medical writers in the U.S., maintains a searchable database of its members. A small $50 ‘subscription’ is required by non-members for three months of search privileges. Other professional societies (RAPS, ISMPP, DIA, etc.) also maintain databases of members, a portion of whom are freelance medical writers, but membership is required to search them, and none are as vast and detailed as the AMWA freelancer database. Furthermore, I suspect that most of the individuals in these other databases are also listed in the AMWA database. Continued… Posted in Medical Writing. Tagged with Medical Writing. By admin – April 25, 2012
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Ag Greg Walker Scríbhneoir Aoi Tá tú é a léamh roimh, is dócha ar ócáidí éagsúla: Tá gramadach Perfect chomh tábhachtach nuair a scríobh ábhar ar líne ná mar atá sé do chineálacha eile na scríbhneoireachta. Ní mar sin de. Gramadach dhéanann ábhar. Tá sé i gcónaí a dhéanamh, agus beidh sé a dhéanamh i gcónaí. Cibé áit a bhfuil scríbhinn a úsáidtear chun cumarsáid a smaointe agus smaointe, beidh gramadaí a bheith riachtanach. Toisc sa deireadh is é sin cad a dhéanann gramadach: Soiléiríonn sé go díreach cad atá i gceist agat le do léitheoirí ionas gur féidir leo a thuiscint cad tá tú ag cumarsáid a dhéanamh le mar iarracht beag agus is féidir. Tá an smaoineamh ar fad go ciallaíonn scríbhinn chun gréasáin scríobh ag leibhéal níos bunúsaí, ag seachaint focail agus abairtí fada casta, rud a dhéanamh leis chaitheamh rialacha gramadaí. A mhalairt ar fad, is é más mian leat a dhéanamh níos éasca do do léitheoirí chun tuiscint a fháil ar líne tú ansin gramadaí surely faultless fiú níos mó riachtanach. Botúin gramadaí mall an luas de do chuid scríbhinn. Siad a thabhairt dó cáilíocht a jarring jolts an léitheoir as an sruth, forcing iad a úsáid iarracht níos mó a thuiscint cad tá tú ag iarraidh a rá. Agus mar a fhios againn go léir, nach bhfuil siad ullmhaithe go léitheoirí ar líne a chur suas leis sin. Is féidir le botúin Poncaíocht mar thoradh ar míthuiscintí níos mó fós. Litir an 'a chara John' ag an nasc seo is iontach, agus ar bhealach iontach é a léiriú conas is féidir dhá bhrí an-éagsúla a chur le chéile trí úsáid a bhaint as poncaíochta ina n-aonar. ... Ar lean Posted in Scríbhneoireacht Gnó , Copywriting , Rath , Scríbhneoireacht Teicniúil , Web , Scríbhneoireacht Saoil . May 7, 2012 By admin - 7 Bealtaine, 2012 Ag Angela Nicole Johnson Is féidir a bheith Pleanáil méadracht foilseacháin don tionscal cógaisíochta tasc mór mar gheall ar a leathnú go leor taighde agus tionscadail forbartha thar thréimhse fada ama. Is minic i gceist leis na tionscadail seo taighdeoirí go leor, cliniceoirí, agus gairmithe eile. Is é an sprioc a bhaineann le pleanáil a fhoilsiú do na tionscail cógaisíochta chun a chinntiú go bhfuil na sonraí ceart a scaoileadh san áit cheart agus an am ceart A aithint do iomaitheoirí Is é an chéad chéim a fhios agam cad iad do iomaitheoirí á dhéanamh cheana féin. D'fhonn pleanáil go héifeachtach, ní mór duit fios a bheith agat a bhfuil do chuideachta iomaitheoirí. Ciallaíonn sé sin ag féachaint ar fhoilseacháin, fógraíocht, táirgí atá ann sa mhargadh, agus do chuideachtaí nua agus sean a roinnt do réimse saineolais. Tá sé tábhachtach a fháil amach conas ainmneacha feiceálach i réimse agus do chliaint freagra a thabhairt ar do iomaitheoirí, agus le do ghnólacht cógaisíochta a chur go dtí áit iomaíochta sa mhargadh. Taighde, taighde, taighde Is é an bealach is fearr a fháil amach cad iad do iomaitheoirí a dhéanamh chun taighde a dhéanamh ar litríocht eolaíochta agus foilseacháin. Ciallaíonn sé seo staidéar ar an gcaoi a bhfuil na cuideachtaí cógaisíochta iomaíocht scaoileadh faisnéise agus áit a bhfuil siad é a dhéanamh. Áiteanna a chuardach san áireamh: - Irisí, irisí, agus foirmeacha eile d'fhoilseacháin - Suímh Ghréasáin agus ábhair digiteach eile - Comhdhálacha nó trádáil Léiríonn na cuideachtaí atá ag freastal ar Roghnú Saineolaithe um Pleanáil Foilseachán Ar mhaith leat a chur san am a scríobh plean gnó, nó plean le haghaidh staidéir chliniciúil? Ar ndóigh, bheadh agat, mar gheall ar leagan na pleananna sin an gcreatlach le haghaidh infheistíochtaí atá le teacht. De réir a roghnú a úsáid saineolaí i bpleanáil fhoilsiú don tionscal cógaisíochta, is féidir leat a fháil tuairim shaineolach a bhaint go béim ar cad iad do iomaitheoirí a dhéanamh ar an margadh. Ligeann sé seo duit chun roghanna níos eolasaí mar ar intinn agat a scaoileadh de do chuid féin a fhoilsiú, a chiallaíonn úsáid níos fearr do am agus airgead. ... Ar lean Posted in Scríbhneoireacht Leighis . Tagged with Scríbhneoireacht Leighis . May 3, 2012 By admin - 3 Bealtaine, 2012 Faoi Marithea Goberville, PhD Tugann an cineál tionscadal atá bunaithe ar na scríbhneoireachta leighis féin go han-mhaith le freelancing. Le na mílte de scríbhneoirí leighis a chomhlánú beagnach $ 1 billiún i dtionscadail gach bliain, is é an tionscal dúiseacht le tallann ag gach leibhéal. Mar sin, ach conas a dhéanann tú dul faoi iad a aimsiú? Nuair atá tú iad a fháil, cad is féidir leat é a úsáid critéir a roghnú an ceann ceart do do thionscadal? Agus ar deireadh, nuair a bhíonn tú ag fáil agus roghnaigh scríbhneoir leighis, cad is féidir leat céimeanna a ghlacadh chun a chinntiú go bhfuil caidreamh éifeachtach oibre? Tugann an trí chuid mion-sraith na ceisteanna seo ar mhaithe le duine ar bith ag iarraidh na seirbhísí scríbhneoir leighis. Cuid 3: Conas Obair go hÉifeachtach le Scríbhneoir Ghairmiúil Leighis 5 príomhfhachtóirí a chinntiú le caidreamh maith oibre Má tá tú iarracht réasúnta a chur isteach sa phróiseas cuardaigh agus roghnúcháin, lena n-áirítear an chéim deiridh de tagairtí a sheiceáil, seans go bhfuil tú roghnaithe scríbhneoir leighis a bhíonn ag obair cheana féin go leor go héifeachtach le cliaint an chuid is mó. Mar sin féin, chun a chinntiú na torthaí is fearr agus a dhéanamh cinnte nach bhfuil tú bheith ar an eisceacht, ba chóir na saincheisteanna seo a leanas a thabhairt suas chun tosaigh, ag tús an ngaol: Conradh - Ba chóir dul a rá go bhfuil an úsáid a bhaint as conradh scríofa riachtanach a litriú amach go soiléir na tascanna, freagrachtaí, spriocdhátaí, cúiteamh, etc i oiread sonraí agus is féidir go réasúnta. Ach chuala mé scéal faoi freelancers a sheachaint fós seo 'confrontational' céim i gcuid gnó. A dhéanamh ar an dá thaobh tuisceana nuair nach bhfuil na saintréithe atá ag laghdú a scríobh i gconradh, agus tá sé seo nuair a bhíonn deacracht agus míthuiscintí. Feicthe agam agus a úsáid conarthaí idir fhad ó 1 go 18 leathanach leathanaigh. Go ginearálta, tá níos simplí níos fearr, ar an gcoinníoll go léir na pointí bunúsach dtugtar aghaidh go soiléir. Ceadaigh am trátha chun 'bheith ag obair trí' aon cheisteanna i idirbheartú an chonartha, ionas nach bhfuil sé seo chlé go 'an oíche roimh' le compromises anabaí nó easnaimh hasty le haghaidh ceachtar den dá pháirtí. ... Ar lean Posted in Scríbhneoireacht Leighis . Tagged with Scríbhneoireacht Leighis . May 1, 2012 By admin - 1 Bealtaine, 2012 © Ugur Akinci CEART CHEVRON (>) a úsáidtear i doiciméid theicniúla mar thagairt a SRAITH de ACTIONS.If seicheamhach tú; ag scríobh lámhleabhar bogearraí nó crua-earraí, is iad na hathruithe a bheadh na gníomhartha sin a bheith "gníomhartha GUI," is é sin, ag cur síos ar cad ba cheart an t-úsáideoir a dhéanamh ar an scáileán le luch, aicearra méarchláir, nó peann tablet. Má chliceálann tú an chéad A agus ansin B (ar scáileán), is féidir leat úsáid a bhaint as an luathscríbhneoireachta "cliceáil A> B" a chur in iúl go. Tá sé úsáid go coitianta go háirithe le haghaidh míreanna roghchlár go nochtann fo-roghchlár míreanna. Mar shampla: In ionad ag rá "cliceáil File agus ansin roghnaigh Oscailte ón roghchlár anuas fo-," tá sé níos giorra ach a rá "cliceáil File> Open". Sin a úsáid ceart ar Chevron ceart. Mar sin féin, nuair atá tú ag cliceáil Buttons ORDÚ (cosúil le OK nó SAVE), nach bhfuil aon ghá a úsáid Chevron ceart ós rud é go bhfuil gníomh ina dhiaidh sin tar éis. Sin an fáth "cliceáil> SAVE" nach bhfuil ceart. Is féidir leat a rá ach "Cliceáil SAVE" agus a bheadh ach fíneáil. Roinnt samplaí eile: CUÍ: Cliceáil Sábháil tab. NÍ SO: Cliceáil> Sábháil tab. ("Cliceáil" Is gníomh. Ní GUI / eilimint scáileán.) CUÍ: Uirlisí Cliceáil ar an mbarra menu. NÍ SO: Uirlisí Cliceáil> ar an mbarra menu. ("Ar an barra roghchláir" Is é cur síos. Ní GUI / eilimint scáileán.) Posted in Scríbhneoireacht Teicniúil . Tagged with Scríbhneoireacht Teicniúil . April 30, 2012 By admin - 30 Aibreán, 2012 Faoi Marithea Goberville, PhD Tugann an cineál tionscadal atá bunaithe ar na scríbhneoireachta leighis féin go han-mhaith le freelancing. Le na mílte de scríbhneoirí leighis a chomhlánú beagnach $ 1 billiún i dtionscadail bliantúil, tá an tionscal dúiseacht le tallann ag gach leibhéal. Mar sin, ach conas a dhéanann tú dul faoi iad a aimsiú? Nuair atá tú iad a fháil, cad is féidir leat é a úsáid critéir a roghnú an ceann ceart do do thionscadal? Agus ar deireadh, nuair a bhíonn tú ag fáil agus roghnaigh scríbhneoir leighis, cad is féidir leat céimeanna a ghlacadh chun a chinntiú go bhfuil caidreamh éifeachtach oibre? Tugann an trí chuid mion-sraith na ceisteanna seo ar mhaithe le duine ar bith ag iarraidh na seirbhísí scríbhneoir leighis. Cuid 2: Top 7 Critéir maidir le roghnú Scríbhneoir Saorchriúnna Leighis Meastóireacht a dhéanamh, in ord tosaíochta, agus iarrthóirí úsáid a bhaint as na critéir a roghnú 7 Is féidir a bheith Cé nach bhfuil aon ghanntanas na n-iarrthóirí, a roghnú inniúil, scríbhneoir taithí ghairmiúil liachta is fearr a oireann do thionscadal as measc na mílte fáil ar cíos dúshlán. De ach smaoineamh agus tosaíocht a handful na critéir roghnaithe eochair, is féidir leat a bhunú próiseas oibiachtúil agus meastóireacht a dhéanamh ar na scríbhneoirí leighis agat bhainistiú ag baint úsáide as na teicnící a aimsiú ar fáil i gCuid 1 den tsraith seo mion-shimpliú. Seo a leanas na critéir roghnúcháin 7 is coitianta a úsáidtear le haghaidh scríbhneoirí neamhspleácha leighis: Is é an méid a bhfuil gach iarrthóir oideachas foirmiúil i eolaíochta sláinte i gcónaí ina fhachtóir, go minic ar an cheann is suntasaí, leis an bpróiseas roghnúcháin - Oideachas. Mar sin féin, má tá tomhaltóirí an spriocghrúpa don tionscadal, ansin is féidir an oideachais fhoirmiúil a bheith níos lú tábhachtaí ná 'oideachas thaithí' a fuarthas trí obair sa réimse áirithe sin. Nuair a thagann sé chun tionscadail le haghaidh lucht féachana cliniciúla, lena n-áirítear doiciméid rialála, irisí leighis, nó CME, ar eolaíocht láidir nó go bhfuil cúlra leighis de ghnáth ina réamhriachtanas. Is minic 'PhD riachtanach' a úsáidtear chun an mbarra ard d'iarrthóirí féideartha. Uaireanta tá céimeanna chun cinn is gá, agus uaireanta eile a úsáidtear iad ach uirlis scagtha. Mar shampla, bheadh ina scríbhneoir a bhfuil cúlra oideachais i mBéarla nó i Iriseoireacht aghaidh cuar foghlama diana i suímh cliniciúla nó rialúcháin, ach d'fhéadfadh rathú i tomhaltóir nó oideachas othar. Go tipiciúil, is é an riachtanas íosta oideachais céim Baitsiléir sna heolaíochtaí sláinte, ach ag brath ar do chuid riachtanas, is féidir fachtóirí oideachasúla chomh sonrach agus is an iarrthóra réimse an taighde iarchéime a chur san áireamh freisin. ... Ar lean Posted in Scríbhneoireacht Leighis . Tagged with Scríbhneoireacht Leighis . April 27, 2012 By admin - 27 Aibreán, 2012