Learn About Medical Editing at the American Copy Editors Society Conference

What? You haven't signed up yet for the 2015 conference of the American Copy Editors Society in Pittsburgh? It's coming up March 26–28, and online registration closes Tuesday, March 10. So get cracking! Go here to register:

Betcha didn't realize that Friday, March 27, is practically Medical Editing Day at the conference. Look! Four separate sessions (see the blue arrows in the picture below) on various aspects of medical editing! And I'm leading the first session at 9 a.m.: "Avoiding Pitfalls in Medical Editing."

In my session, I'll focus on

• Conventions in medical editing

• Editing research reports versus materials for laypeople

• Coping with jargon

• Ensuring that language is patient-friendly

• Dealing with statistics

• Editing reference lists

• Preventing word pileups

• What sections of the AMA Manual of Style you must pay attention to

• Other reference works you'll need access to

• How to move into the niche of medical editing

• Where to find clients who need medical editing done

See you there!

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