Medicine and the Media

"The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village." Marshall McLuhan

Associations

• American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
• American Medical Writers Association (AMWA, Canada Chapter)
• Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)
• Australasian Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
• Canadian Science Writers' Association (CSWA)
• European Medical Writers Association (EMWA)
• International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP)
• National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
• Society for Technical Communication (STC, Eastern Ontario Chapter)

Codes of ethics and principles

• American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
• Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)

Education

Professional Development

• CSWA Annual Conference (Calgary, Alberta, June 9-13, 2011)
• Medicine in the Media (Dartmouth College, New Hamphire, July 13-16, 2011)
• ScienceWriters 2011 (Northern Arizona University, October 14-18, 2011)
• AMWA Annual Conference (Jacksonville, Florida, October 20-22, 2011)
• Health Journalism 2012 (AHCJ, Atlanta, Georgia, April 19-22, 2012)
• Council of Science Editors Annual Meeting (Seattle, Washington, May 18-21, 2012)

Schools (Canadian)

• Carleton University (School of Journalism and Communication)
• Concordia University (Department of Journalism)
• Ryerson University (School of Journalism)
• University of British Columbia (School of Journalism)
• University of King's College, Halifax (Journalism)
• University of Victoria (Health Information Science)
• University of Western Ontario (MA in Journalism)

Critical Reviews of Health News

• Behind the Headlines (UK)
• Health News Review (US)
• Healthy Skepticism (Washington Post)
• Hitting the Headlines: Archive (UK)
• Insidermedicine (get the doctors' take)
• Media Doctor (Australia)
• Media Doctor (Canada)

Media Centres

• American College of Obseteticians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (APOG)
• Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
• Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
• Kingston General Hospital
(KGH)
• Public Health Agency of Canada
(PHAC)
• Queen's University
(Kingston, Ontario)
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Resources

For Journalists

• Covering prescription drugs (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
• News University (Training for Journalists)
• Newswise (Services for Journalists)
• Peer review (senseaboutscience.org)
• Soundbites: Key concepts in clinical research (Phil Hahn)
• Statistics every writer should know (RobertNiles.com)
• Toolkit for new medical writers (AMWA, Delaware Chapter)

For Scientists

• Communicating peer review (Science Media Centre)
• Communicating risk in a soundbite (Science Media Centre)
• Communicating uncertainty in a soundbite (Science Media Centre)
• Media tips (Queen's News Centre)
• Top tips for media work (Science Media Centre)

Looking for an Expert?

• Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
• North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
• Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario)
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Databases and Registries

• ClinicalTrials.gov (Clinical Trials Registry)
• Cochrane Library (Systematic Reviews)
• Open Access Journals (Public Library of Science)
• PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
• SEER (National Cancer Institute)

Glossaries

• Epidemiology (Bandolier)
• Evidence-based medicine (Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Toronto)

Guides

• Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Uniform requirements for manuscripts (ICMJE)

Newspapers

• Canada
• United Kingdom
• USA

References

• e-CPS (Canadian Pharmacists Association)
• Medical dictionary (Medline Plus)
• Medical dictionary (Stedman's)