Chillibreeze

All India Medical Writers Association AIMWA

The All India Medical Writers Association (AIMWA), a not-for-profit, soon to be registered association of medical writers, conducted its first workshop on 20th of June, 2008, at the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (KMIO), Bangalore.

 

The event was organized in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON), and the National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The local organizers for the event were medical oncologists Dr K. Govind Babu representing KMIO and Prof. Dr Purvish M Parikh representing both ICON and AIMWA. AIMWA is indebted to the organizers for their valuable and enthusiastic efforts especially to Prof Parikh for his contribution in organizing the logistics and program handouts.

 

ICMR conducted training on the Clinical Trials Registry-India (CTRI) and AIMWA conducted training on Medical Writing. Overall, there were about 50 attendees, most of these at the invitation of ICMR. However, the first delegates to register had come because of the medical writing workshop announcement on the AIMWA website (www.freewebs.com/aimwa).

 

Dr Roopa Basrur, Senior Manager, Clinical Writing and Document Quality, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals India Ltd, gave a brief introduction to AIMWA and spoke on Medical Writing as a career option. NIMS/ICMR, represented by Dr Abha Rani Aggarwal and Prof Arvind Pandey, among others, conducted training on CTRI.

 

Dr Hetal Shah, Medical Writing and Clinical Research Consultant, Ahmedabad conducted a workshop on poster presentation. A workshop on abstract writing was conducted by Dr Sujata Shah, Head - Medical Publications, Group sanofi-aventis, India. Each of these was a 2-hour session and was attended by 12-15 participants. About 50% of the participants were medical writers and the others were oncologists and clinical research professionals.

 

At both the workshops, there was good interaction and the response from the participants during the assignments was enthusiastic. Feedback received indicated that most participants were moderately to highly satisfied with the workshops and would attend and recommend such workshops in future.

--
Regards
Natasha

Medical Writing Course Available

A New Course Offered on Chillifreeze.com

How to Become a  Medical Writer In India

Learn what medical writing is all about. Read about the different kinds of medical writing and the diverse career choices for medical writers. Know what qualifications and skills you require to be a medical writer and what training is available. Also, learn about the ethical issues related to medical writing. Obtain tips on getting your first employment and your first freelance project as a medical writer based in India.

Chillibreeze Report on Medical Tourism in Bangalore India

We have just launched a new report on Bangalore medical tourism. If you are interested in writing on this topic please complete the form on Chillibrreze.com

Here is the Table of Contents for those interesting in purchasing this report.
1. Introduction

2. India: What makes it an attractive medical tourism destination?

3. Destination Bangalore!

4. Bangalore: Quick facts

5. Frequently asked questions about Medical Tourism in Bangalore

6. Hospitals in Bangalore promoting medical tourism

7. Profiles of a few eminent doctors from Bangalore

8. General, Health and Safety Tips for the medical tourist in India

9. Testimonials of foreigner patients

10. Informational web sites

The guide has been written in simple English and is easy to read. It contains
information of six leading hospitals in Bangalore, the services they offer,
specialization and contact information. All information about hospitals is real time
and has been directly sourced from the hospital administration through structured
questionnaires and interviews.Testimonials from foreign patients, as well profiles of eminent doctors are also included.

McKinsey Report on Pharma in India

A Mckinsey Report called "Pharma Leaps Offshore" is due out in June 2006. Since we are specialist is medical writing it will be helpful to see what is happening in India. In the mean time her is a clip from a May 2006 McKinsey Report. 

Most global executives know by now that offshoring can deliver more than just labor cost savings. A good offshore strategy should also generate new revenues, increase capital productivity, and manage risk in ways that would be unaffordable in home markets.

Content Development and Medical Writing is the Future of Outsourcing

The website outsource2india.com just posted a new article on outsourcing trends.  They mention content development and medical writing as opportunities. See below

Outsourcing opportunities for India exist in other fields like Financial Research, content development, medical writing: animation, film, publishing, web services; Human Resource outsourcing: recruitment, training, Education, Nanotechnology and many others.