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.
PCC 2012 AT ASILOMAR
The 2012 Pacific Coast Conference was held at Asilomar, CA, on May 6-9, 2012.
Thomas Lewis MD, of the UCSF School of Medicine and The Fromm Institute at USF, gave the Keynote Speech, The Neural Basis of Creativity.
RECENT CHAPTER EVENTS
Chapter Meeting, April 14, 2012
Stephen
B. Shrewsbury, MD presented "Trials and Tribulations: A Day in the
Life of a Medical Monitor" at the Pyramid Alehouse, 901 Gilman St.,
Berkeley.
Chapter Meeting, January 28, 2012
At the Delancey Street Restaurant in San Francisco, Arushi Sinha, PhD, a Northern California Chapter member and a publisher in her own right, gave us great advice about publishing, from journal articles to magazines to books.
Chapter Meeting, November 6, 2011
Three professionals shared specialized insights that will help us further our careers. Jean Bedord described the best ways to use a LinkedIn account to make ourselves visible to a network of other professionals and potential clients. Kathy Long showed us how to effectively use Search Engine Optimization and other social media--to find and to be found! Myrna Faulds talked about using different job-hunting strategies, and encouraged members of the audience to share their experiences.
71st National Conference
Those of us who were fortunate enough to be able to attend the recent National Conference in Jacksonville, Florida gathered for a Chapter dinner at a great Vietnamese restaurant, Indochine, and shared the insights gained from the Keynote speech, Open Sessions, and Workshops.
WE'RE INVITED...
...to network and to learn with our colleagues to the south: the Pacific Southwest Chapter. We have an open invitation to attend their meetings.
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.
