June 6, 2008
7:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine
1555 Poydras Street, 22nd Floor
New Orleans, Louisiana
Registration deadline: Postmark by May 16, 2008
Find out what’s in the future for healthcare in New Orleans while furthering your own education in medical communications at the American Medical Writers Association Southwest Chapter’s Medical Communications Conference on June 6, 2008.
Lunch:
The conference features a luncheon lecture by David Hood, Senior Healthcare Policy Analyst of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, entitled, "Reforming Louisiana's Health Care System: Strategies for Change." The lecture will provide some insights into how medical writers can be involved in the healthcare reform process. The cost for the lunch and lecture is $40.
The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana is a private, nonprofit research organization that offers an independent voice and solutions to critical public issues; it is also a catalyst for governmental reform and a government watchdog. David Hood served as cabinet secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals for 6 years. He retired in 2004 from a 26-year career in public healthcare administration. Mr. Hood recently served on the Health Care Transition Advisory Council, which was created to conduct public hearings, collect testimony, and make recommendations to then-Governor-Elect Bobby Jindal about health care issues pertaining to the Health Care Reform plan he had announced during his campaign.
Registrations for the lunch only will be accepted through June 4.
Workshops:
- Basic Grammar I (G)
Instructor: Jude Richard, ELS
Thorough knowledge of parts of speech is truly basic to good writing and editing. This workshop, originally part of Basic Grammar & Usage, focuses entirely on parts of speech and their use in the sentence. Types of nouns and pronouns, verb tense, pronouns and case, phrases and clauses (with special emphasis on verbals and on noun, adjective, and adverb clauses), and the types of sentences are some of the primary topics that the workshop covers. Information in this workshop is, in essence, basic to every other AMWA workshop. If you took Basic Grammar & Usage for credit, you can still take this workshop for credit if you need additional grammar review.
- Elements of Medical Terminology (G/SG)
Instructor: Barbara Gastel, MD
This workshop, which will consist mainly of lecture and exercises, is designed primarily for beginning medical writers with little or no biomedical background. Basic roots and resources will be emphasized.
- Statistics for Medical Writers and Editors (G/SG)
Instructor: Susan Bairnsfather
This workshop is designed for participants who have little or no background in statistics. Elementary statistical concepts needed to understand medical and scientific articles will be covered, including types of variables, levels of measurement, summary statistics, estimation and confidence intervals, and Student t test. Emphasis will be placed on understanding statistical presentations and on reporting statistical information—not on calculations or mathematical explanations.
- Advanced Writing (ADV)
Instructor: Marianne Mallia, ELS
Experienced biomedical writers will explore ways in which they can become even better. Participants will discuss the cognitive processes used by advanced writers and a few finer points of style, and they will learn some successful strategies for approaching (and completing) a writing project. For the precourse assignment, participants will begin to analyze the process used in their writing and the effect of writer’s block on that process.
Note that both Elements of Medical Terminology and Statistics for Medical Writers and Editors can be taken for credit towards AMWA’s Core Certificate or the Science Fundamentals Certificate.
Registration form (PDF)
The form also includes directions, hotel information, and curriculum registration information.
Be sure to check out all the fun things there are to see and do while you're in New Orleans!
New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau
Hotel Information:
- Chateau Sonesta: $119/night plus tax (1-800-SONESTA, mention AMWA Southwest; register by May 6)
- St. Louis Hotel: $119/night plus tax (1-888-508-3980, mention AMWA Southwest)
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