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Feb. 1, 2024

From Scrubs to Scripts: How Claire Bonneau Redefined Her Career

If you’re on LinkedIn, and you’re a nurse, a nurse who’s a health or medical writer, or a nurse who’s exploring how to become a writer, I think you’re going to love today’s First Friday episode. From the scrubs to …

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Jan. 30, 2024

Envisioning the Next Era of CME/CPD: A Workshop Preview

A decade ago, Curtis Olson PhD, then editor of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, made 20 predictions about the future of Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development....

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Jan. 29, 2024

Turn Failure into Fuel for Growth as a CME/CE Professional

Have you ever felt like a failure in your role as a CME/CE professional? I have. But what if failure could actually enhance your CME/CE content creation instead of hindering it? Creating fresh CME/CE requires taking risks, bu...

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Jan. 24, 2024

Transitioning to Truth: Embracing Authenticity in Career and Life

Have you ever felt trapped in your career, sensing a need for change but unsure where to begin? Have you felt a nudge to make a career change but fear holds you back? Yep, I’ve been there. Making a major …

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Jan. 19, 2024

Medical Writing, Mentoring, and CME

Welcome to Monday Mentor, a Write Medicine series. I’m your host Alex Howson and today Helen Folsam is back to share insights on CME medical writing. Helen Fosam is a seasoned medical writer with over 20 years shaping her car...

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Jan. 17, 2024

Building a Global CME/CE Program

Do you ever wonder about CME/CE in Africa? Or how you could use your content creation skills to improve health outcomes globally? This episode explores how one CME/CE writer is using her expertise to directly improve patient ...

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Jan. 13, 2024

What the Blazes is CME?

Do you know the difference between CME, CE, CPD, and lifelong learning? Confused by all the terminology in continuing education for health professionals? Understanding the distinctions is key to navigating the world of accred...

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Jan. 10, 2024

Digital Declutter: A Guide to Eco-Conscious CME Content Creation

Are you overlooking a major yet often overlooked contributor to climate change through your digital content creation and strategies? Are you unintentionally contributing to the planet's digital carbon footprint? As CME/CE con...

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Jan. 9, 2024

What's Write Medicine About?

Transform your CME/CE content with Write Medicine! Struggling with how to create continuing medical education content for health professionals (CME/CE)? Write Medicine is your definitive guide to mastering the craft of high-q...

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Jan. 5, 2024

Are you on the MedComms Path? Fascinating Freelance versus In-House I…

Have you ever wondered how academics or researchers transition into a successful career in medical communications (or medcomms)? With academia becoming increasingly challenging, many PhDs, scientists, and researchers are cons...

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Jan. 3, 2024

Medical Writing in the Age of AI: Threat or Opportunity?

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence (AI) can augment medical writing? Or are you wondering how AI could change the way we approach continuing education for health professionals? Listen in as Núria Negrão PhD sha...

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Dec. 13, 2023

Standing Still and Looking Forward: Season 6 Highlights and 2024 Teas…

Winter Solstice is a time of stillness that we can harness to reflect on our past year's journey. It's an opportunity to celebrate growth and anticipate what's coming next. So join me to reflect on memorable moments from the ...

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Dec. 6, 2023

Prompts, Personas, and Process: Practical Strategies for Using Genera…

Show Notes What privacy concerns do you have related to generative AI tools like ChatGPT? Do you worry about the internet scraping that comes with gen-AI territory? Are you searching for practical advice on how to effectively...

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Dec. 1, 2023

Pawsitive Penmanship: How Veterinarians Can Thrive in the World of Me…

Show Notes What existing skills and competencies do you know you have for sure? How can you put those skills to use to find new professional opportunities? Understanding and acknowledging your skills is crucial for building c...

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Nov. 29, 2023

The AI Revolution: How Generative Models are Transforming CME/CPD Con…

Show Notes Are you angsting over the potential impact of generative AI on your work? Are you hyper-dialed into ethical considerations around the potential for copyright infringement, data ownership, and authorship when using ...

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Nov. 22, 2023

The Power of Reinforcement in CME/CE: Understanding Knowledge Compete…

Show Notes Are you running correlation analysis in your education activity and program evaluation? Are you having conversations with your colleagues, as listener Natalie Goldberg is, about how access to practice data is poten...

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Nov. 15, 2023

Self-Efficacy and Confidence in Behavior-Driven CME/CE Outcomes

Show Notes If you’re a continuing medical education provider, do you ever feel as though your approach to outcomes measures could use some spice? Do you wonder what are we missing when we don't include process measures in out...

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Nov. 8, 2023

From Inspiration to Innovation: Mary Lasker and the Birth of the Amer…

If you work in CME, especially in oncology, then sooner or later you’re going to consult American Cancer Society resources. But how much do you know about the history of this organization? And how much do you know about Mary …

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Nov. 3, 2023

The Art of Serendipity: Luck, Preparation, and Career Transitions for…

If you are a Write Medicine listener and are tuning into our First Friday Feature, you are likely a medical writer who is curious about medical writing in the specialized world of CME and I think you'll enjoy this conversatio...

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Nov. 1, 2023

The Checklist Revolution: Streamlining Healthcare Content for Better …

Plain language is a communication style that aims to simplify complex information and make it more accessible to a wider audience. It involves using clear, concise, and jargon-free language to convey information in a way that...

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Oct. 25, 2023

Audience-Centric Content: How to Boost Engagement and Impact

As we know, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many in-person events to go virtual. While platforms like Zoom made the transition possible, “Zoom fatigue” quickly set in. Audiences have tuned out of long presentations and passive l...

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Oct. 18, 2023

Escape the Ordinary: Unlocking Engagement with Escape Rooms

In today’s episode, I speak with nurse educator Martha Johnson MSN, RN, CEN, otherwise known as Breakout RN , about using active learning strategies to engage nursing students for whom it is also often challenging to connect ...

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Oct. 11, 2023

Creating Value in CME/CE Content with Generative-AI

In this episode, I spoke with Sean Sodha, founder of medical content platform Grafi AI, about the promise and pitfalls of generative AI for healthcare content creators. Sean shared his unique perspective on navigating this em...

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Oct. 6, 2023

Mastering the Self-Edit: Tips and Tricks from Michelle Rizzo

In today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Michelle Rizzo , a trained journalist who turned her curiosity and life-long interest in medicine into a thriving career as a CME writer. Michelle currently works as an ...

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