Medical news &  features

 

Ensure clarity, readability and accuracy in your medical news and features.  

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What it involves

• Spelling and grammar: Checking for and correcting spelling, grammar and punctuation errors.

• Style consistency: Ensuring consistency in writing style, formatting and language usage throughout the document. This can involve following a specified style guide (e.g. American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style, NICE Style Guide, Oxford Style Manual, Chicago Manual of Style) or adhering to your publication's in-house style rules.

• Clarity and readability: Rephrasing sentences and paragraphs to enhance clarity and readability for the intended audience, which may include healthcare professionals, researchers or the general public.

• Word choice: Ensuring appropriate word usage and avoiding ambiguous or incorrect terms. 

• Consistency in terminology: Ensuring that terminology is consistently spelt and styled throughout the document.

• Formatting and layout: Checking the overall formatting of the document, including headings, subheadings, lists and other elements to ensure visual consistency.

• Citations and references: Reviewing and formatting citations and references according to the specified citation style.

• Cross-references: Checking and validating cross-references to figures, tables, sections or other parts of the document.

• Consistency in language and tone: Maintaining a consistent tone and voice throughout the document, depending on the intended audience and purpose.

• Querying obvious factual inaccuracies and flagging potential legal issues (but does not include research for fact checking or solving defamatory or other legal issues, both of which lie with the writer).

• Compliance with guidelines: Checking whether the document complies with specific journal or publication guidelines.

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Example materials

• News reports on the latest developments in a medical field, such as breakthroughs in medical research, updates on clinical trials, advancements in medical technology, healthcare policy changes and public-health issues. 

• Feature articles exploring various medical topics in greater detail, such as profiles of healthcare professionals, patient stories, interviews with experts and analyses of emerging healthcare trends.

• Medical research coverage, summarising and presenting research findings from academic journals and medical conferences, making complex scientific information more accessible to a broader audience.

• Health and wellness content such as tips for healthy living, disease prevention and managing chronic conditions.

• Patient education, such as easily understandable and reliable information to empower individuals to make informed decisions about their health. 

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