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?

Our new Board of Directors is in place and ready for an active year - your participation and suggestions are key to helping us achieve that goal!



The date is set for the 2009 Asilomar Pacific Coast Conference: April 26-29, 2009. It will be hosted by the Pacific Southwest Chapter.


The wonderful (and infamous) skit viewed by those fortunate enough to be at the 2008 Pacific Coast Conference at Asilomar is still available via streaming video or by download.

Our thanks to Sunil Patel, writer, director, & producer, the AMWA players, and Barbara Arnoldussen for the video!


The Chapter Report for Fall 2008 is now available online in PDF format. Please look at it--and give us your thoughts about our plans and policies.


Coming from AMWA NorCal:

Check the Events page for upcoming events.

Watch for more information on events in your e-mail and here on the chapter Web site as details become available.

Check the Events page for more information and a link to slides from past presentations.

And be sure to read the latest issue of The Pacemaker for a summary of Maggie Norris' recent seminar on Word Templates.

Pacemaker Newsletter

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

Download the late summer 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.