Course Description - Course runs 9:00 - 5:00 on Day 1 & Day 2 -- 9:00 - 3:00 on Day 3 (Breakfast & Lunch Included)

This medical writing course’s notes and interactive exercises address how to write effective correspondence and reports in support of the company's activities. You will learn how to organize and deliver information for the intended audience, as well as how to write clear and readable documents, and how to revise and refine your own and others' writing. The course provides an overview of sound grammatical conventions, addresses problematic areas of the English language, and affords opportunities to address specific language issues.

Who Should Attend

Scientists, engineers, and technicians in research and development will find this medical writing course valuable, as will quality assurance (QA), information technology (IT), manufacturing, and other operations professionals. This course is also useful for administrative staff that must prepare documentation in support of R&D and operations activities. Additionally, the course is helpful for anyone who wants an in-depth and comprehensive overview of the structure of the language and writing within the broad range of reporting that the industry requires.

Zeinab Schwen

Specialties: Management

Zeinab Schwen has over 30 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industry and is presently the President of Strategic Regulatory Consulting.

In her present capacity she has provided product development, regulatory consulting, and medical communications services to firms such as Eli Lilly, Procter & Gamble, ICOS Pharmaceuticals, Kendle Research (now INC), Ethicon Endosurgery, Johnson & Johnson, Alexion and many CROs. Prior to founding her present company, she worked for Marion Merrill Dow and was a Faculty Member at the University of Cincinnati. Ms. Schwen is also a past president of the American Medical Writers Association's (AMWA) Ohio Chapter during which she organized and taught numerous regional workshops for medical writers.

Publications:

Ms. Schwen has written over 100 articles for lead authors in numerous peer reviewed medical journals and has lectured on many professional topics such as: clinical trial design, developing medical writing guidelines and SOPs, organizing biomedical papers, authorship ethics, how to market your medical writing business, how to write protocols, patient narratives, final clinical reports, and more.