Posted on 16 Oct 2017

The Autumn issue of Medical Writing is now online

The Autumn issue of Medical Writing is now online! This issue focuses on observational studies. Topics include:

  • Basics of observational studies and how they differ from randomised clinical trials;
  • Understanding statistics from observational studies
  • Guidance for the design and reporting of observational studies
  • Registering and obtaining ethics committee approval for observational studies
  • Non-interventional post-authorisation studies


The issue also includes excellent articles on topics unrelated to observational studies, including:

  • The usefulness of patient-reported outcomes
  • EMA’s Good Pharmacovigilance Practice Module V
  • Mentoring tomorrow’s medical writers


Please let us know if you have any suggestions for content or for improving our journal by writing to mew@emwa.org.

                                                          MEW Autumn 2017