Editing medical texts: dipping your toe in the waters …
Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Time: 11:00 to 13:00
Place: Online (Zoom meeting)
Facilitator: Carrie Milton
CPD hours: Attendees will receive a certificate confirming their attendance and their having earned 2 hours’ worth of formal CPD hours. Those who opt to listen to the audio recording of the webinar instead, without actually attending, will earn formal CPD time equal to one-third of the webinar duration.
Pre-webinar materials: A brief pre-webinar exercise will be emailed to participants prior to the webinar.
About our facilitator
Carrie Milton is a veterinarian, adventure guide and language practitioner. After completing her Bachelor of Veterinary Science and working with a variety of animals for a number of years, she reawakened her love for the written word. She is a PEG Accredited Text Editor and has tried her hand at everything from theses to fiction.
About the webinar
What do you think of at the mention of editing medical texts? Have you considered that your intervention could either promote or detract from the appropriate application of data by a medical professional in the treatment of a patient? Communication is so important in the medical industry, whether that be in the context of a researcher reporting their findings, the production of study material or generating information sheets for patients.
This webinar will introduce you to aspects of medical texts that editors should be aware of, including the hierarchy of evidence, style, accuracy of descriptive terminology, scientific nomenclature and conventions, and the appropriate level of editorial intervention.
Cost
| Affiliation | Early-bird registration fee1 | Registration fee2 |
|---|---|---|
| PEG members | R295 | R380 |
| LAMP members3 | R495 | R580 |
| Non-affiliated members | R695 | R780 |
1Early-bird registration fee: Before or on 19 June
2Between 20 and 23 June
3LAMP members: Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers (ASAIB), ProJourn, Southern African Freelancers’ Association (SAFREA), South African Science Journalists’ Association (SASJA) and the South African Translators’ Institute (SATI).
Please register by completing and emailing the registration form.
Deadline for registrations: 12:00 on 23 June.