Wr iting & Tra ining Ser vices

MEDICAL WRITER & TRAINER Athanasia Benekou

Writing Services (related experience)

• Manuscripts of research papers for submission to

medical journals (>40)

• Clinical study reports (>20)

• Clinical study protocols (12)

• Clinical study analyses, data presentation in tables and

figures, study report, manuscript preparation (> 15)

• Disease-specific and drug-specific monographs that

cover clinical overview, epidemiology, and treatment

(14)

• Editing of medical books on specific disease areas (9)

• Power point slide presentation for academic conferences

(>40)

• Abstract and poster preparation for submission to

congress (>70)

Therapeutic Areas

With experience on diverse therapeutic areas, practically all therapeutics areas are covered:

• Bariatric surgery • Dermatology • Cancer • Cardiovascular • Hematology • Gastroenterology • Genitourinary medicine • Infectious diseases • Metabolic • Neurology • Pain • Psychiatry • Psychology

Trainings’ topics

Introduction to clinical trials

Their value

Phases of drug development

From the lab to the patient Latest development

Clinical trial design

The aim of a study

Design types

Power, effect size Clinical protocols

Literature search

The optimum age

web literature search engines

Critical appraisal

Key points in a paper

The role of the “methods” section

Tables & figures Common errors

Evidence Based Medicine

What it means

What it offers

How to apply EBM EBM Tools

Impact factors

The history behind them

Their calculation

Their best use and what to avoid

Review process

Different types

What they offer

Latest developments

Publication ethics

The importance of publication ethics

Bias towards negative results

Authorship Retractions

Guidelines

Latest developments

Future challenges

Unmet needs

and current trends

Workshops

In combination with respective lectures,

a large variety of training program and

workshops can be developed

Introduction to publication

The value of publications

The history of publication

Stakeholders

How to write a paper

Morphology and critical elements

The language of scientific publishing

Guidelines & checklists‘ Editors ‘ opinion

Introduction

Which are the question we should

answer here

Methods

A critical part of our manuscript

Key elements

Section’s structure

Discussion

Role & value

Important components

Discussing with our reader External validity

Results

Relationship with the “methods’”

section

How to write it Tables, graphs, and figures

How to write and abstract

A critical part of our submission

The title of our manuscript

Attracting the readers

Does it contain information;

Editors’ opinion

How to choose a journal

Choosing the appropriate journal

for the audience we wish to reach

Responses to reviewers

Enhancing the quality of our

manuscript

How we respond Editors ‘ opinion

Listing of trainings in hospital clinics since 2002

Lectures in congresses

“How to write a paper”

lecture in the 28th Hellenic Gastroenterology Congress

“Peer review process”

lecture in the 34th Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, 2008

“How to write a review”

an example of my lectures for the Post-graduate, Master- Education Trainings, University of Athens,

2011

“The pharmaceutical research & development process”

lecture in the Oncology Summer School by Prof. Georgoulias, 2012

Invitation letter for the lectures

“Clinical study design” and “How to write a paper” in the 32nd Hellenic Congress of Gastroenterology, Hilton, 2012

To video με την ομιλία βρίσκεται στη διεύθυνση: http://www.livemedia.gr/video/33898

Participation in the 33nd Hellenic Congress of Gastroenterology,

Thessaloniki, 2013 with a lecture on “Critical appraisal of published literature”

Medical writing experience

All therapeutic areas are covered. I have written manuscripts, protocols, monographs, study reports, and other scientific documents on diverse therapeutic areas that include:

• Bariatric surgery • Cancer • Cardiovascular • Dermatology

• Hematology • Gastroenterology • Genitourinary medicine

• Infectious diseases • Metabolic • Neurology • Pain

• Psychiatry • Psychology

Training experience

• Workshops and trainings to hospital clinics all over Greece

• Lectures on medical writing to scientific symposia organized by the scientific committees of major Greek medical congresses

• Lectures and workshops to post-graduate educational programs of medical schools in Greek Universities

Job positions

I have many years of experience in clinical trials, since 2000 I have worked as:

• medical writer • medical research and information manager • medical science liaison • clinical research associate

• study site coordinator

Athanasia Benekou Medical Writer

Short CV

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