The Northern California chapter is one of twenty regional chapters of the American Medical Writers Association. With almost 250 members in Northern California, Nevada, and Hawaii, it has been an active and thriving chapter for over twenty years. AMWA members are an integral part of Northern California's large and dynamic medical products industry, as well as its eminent medical research and medical education communities. Learn more.


WHAT'S NEW?


JUNE NEWSLETTER


  • Forrest's greeting message to the Chapter

  • Upcoming events for Medical Writers

  • Memories of Asilomar and the 2009 Pacific Coast Conference

  • Mitch Gordon on the Medical Writer as Project Manager and Proactive Job Seeker

  • Maggie Norris is back with a wonderful Word Witch column; this time, troubleshooting a document in outline view

  • And finally... plans for another great Pacific Coast Conference in 2010


SAVE THE DATE!


The next Chapter meeting will be on June 6, at the Delancey Street Restaurant in San Francisco.

Carolyn Quist, Project Manager, and Natalie Zensius, Director of Marketing, The Institute for Health Design, will speak on Evidence-Based Design: Improving the Quality of Healthcare. More information is available on the Events page.


PACEMAKER NEWSLETTER


Here's our latest issue, in our new format!

Download the June issue.

The new format is best viewed 2-up in your PDF reader. Size your window to view the side-by-side pages like an open magazine.


SITE MISSION

  • Help Northern California AMWA members keep in touch with the chapter and with each other.
  • Represent our chapter in the biomedical and communications communities.
  • Help writers find the education, tools, and information they need to use the Internet and other publishing media effectively in their professional lives.