Medical Writing: The Trials & Tribulations of Teaching Dry Material

As many of you know, I belong to the American Medical Writer’s Association (AMWA).  Each year they hold their annual conference in October.  This year, the annual conference was held in Louisville KY, and as I was driving to it this year (rather than taking the train or the bus) I got to see the [...]

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Medical Writing: Nomograms

In doing research recently for a family member suffering from stage 2-3 breast cancer, I came across a tool called a “nomogram”.  I had never heard of this device before.  According to Wikipedia, a nomogram is “a graphical calculating device, a two-dimensional diagram designed to allow the approximate graphical computation of a function”.  
 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering [...]

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