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healthcare project need?

Here are some examples of how I can help you.

  • Research Documents

    Research manuscripts
    Posters and slide decks
    Funding applications
    Progress reports
    Investigator brochures
    Ethics applications
    Literature reviews
    Board meeting minutes and reports

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  • Patient and Lay
    Communications

    eLearning
    Blog posts
    Lay summaries
    Website content
    Patient information leaflets (for clinical research)
    KOL interviews

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  • Medical Education

    eLearning
    Interviews with subject matter experts
    Needs assessments
    Outlines
    Proposals
    Veeva Vault submissions and management

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Research Documents

Writing and Editing of Clinical Research Documents.

Writing of a paper, abstract, or poster, using your data and analysis.

Formatting and preparing the manuscript accordingly.

Checking that vocabulary, short forms, and facts and figures are all consistent.

Reducing the word count to meet guidelines.

Proofreading of English spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Editing and cross-matching point by points with manuscripts. Project management of revision and resubmission process.

Project management of the submission process. (For example, coordinating author statements and completing the online submission).

Inserting or updating references, creating reference lists, and updating your online profiles.

Travel to the study site or face-to-face meetings.

Rewriting of drafts, paragraphs, and content.

Yes, I need your help with my research document

Patient & Lay Communications

Lay writing for print, online or eLearning format.

An experienced user of Rise Articulate software, I create eLearning courses and modules for patients.

Writing lay summaries of research documents.

Writing blog posts and online articles for a lay audience.

Writing of informed consent and patient information brochures for clinical research.

Yes, I need your help with my lay communications

Medical Education

Project management and writing tasks.

An experienced user of Rise Articulate software, I create eLearning courses and modules for healthcare professionals.

Script writing, slide preparation, planning, and execution.

An experienced Veeva Vault user, I write and curate content.

Writing needs assessments, outlines, and referenced content.

Yes, I need your help with my medical education project

I am delighted to write a recommendation for Fiona. She is not only a very nice person, but also a very dedicated editor. She helped me with the preparation of an application for a research grant. Moreover, I was able to count on her support as editor for two of my papers. As a native speaker, Fiona has a very good understanding of the language and with her medical background, she is also well able to work on complicated medical texts. Above all, she is very efficient in her work, usually processing my requests within a few days. So if you need a good editor for a medical text, don't hesitate to contact Fiona. 

Céline Ruettiman,

MD, Doctor, University Children’s Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Fiona Beck worked for Karger’s education unit for 6 months as a maternity cover. During this time, she fitted into the team seamlessly, quickly learnt the required skills for e-learning, and wrote and delivered a finished course to excellent client feedback. She is thorough, precise, and a pleasure to work with. We have continued to use her on a freelance basis.

Paul Lavender,

Manager Education, Karger Publishers

I am pleased to recommend Fiona for her outstanding dedication and exceptional talent in simplifying complex research content through her writing and editing skills. Her commitment to her work is commendable, and she consistently demonstrates the ability to convey intricate ideas with clarity. Fiona's contributions have significantly enhanced the quality of research outputs at the children's hospital. I highly endorse her for any role that requires a skilled and dedicated medical writer.

Uri Nahum,

PhD, Dean M.Sc Medical Informatics, Fachhochschule Northwest Switzerland

You've been such a delight to work with, and getting to know you at a personal level makes coming to work infinitely better. 

Zara Szigeti,

MSc, Project Manager, MD Briefcase, Canada

Thanks a lot for all your support during the last months with this project! 

Country Medical Director,

Moderna

It was a pleasure working together with you in such an uncomplicated and efficient manner!

Liselotte Selter, 

Scientific Coordinator, Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)

I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the brief yet efficient time we've spent working together. I'm grateful for the knowledge and insights you've shared. You have a very professional and positive attitude.

Country Medical Director,

Moderna

Your input was really excellent and I hope to submit today.

Doctor,

Kantonspital Winterthur, Switzerland

Discover my Work Packages

Here are some suggestions on how we can work together.

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Package

Flat Rate

Making your document beautiful. Editing for clarity and correctness.

The Flat Rate Package is suitable for:

Manuscripts, theses, posters, funding applications, research reports, website content.

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The Flat Rate Package has the following timing:

I can usually offer a 48 hour turnaround time.
Please note that for manuscripts >10,000 words, a longer timeframe may be required.

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The Flat Rate Package has the following fee:

Flat rate calculated according to a pre-agreed character count (rate per “10,000 characters without spaces”). 

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The Flat Rate Package includes:

- Review of target journal author guidelines.
- Making vocabulary and technical terms consistent.
- Ensuring all short forms are correctly defined.
- Re-writing select sentences or phrases for correctness or clarity.
- Reducing the word count by approx. 10% (if needed).
- Correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation and spacing errors.
- One review round (usually this consists of finalising edits after I have asked you to make a style or vocabulary decision, and/or having a call with you to discuss any queries you have after I send you the edited document).
- Adding my name to the acknowledgement section.

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The Flat Rate Package does not include:

(because these services are better addressed through my hourly rate or retainer packages)

- Major re-write or re-structuring (developmental editing).
- Writing content, carrying out data analysis, creating tables or figures.
- Editing revisions requested by the journal.
- Submitting or project managing the submission.
- Translating
- Combining the work of multiple authors.
- Adding, formatting, or updating references and reference lists.
- A guarantee that your paper will be accepted, or that you will pass your PhD defence (!)

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Package

Hourly Rate

Writing, developmental editing, and project management to get you from a blank page to fully published.

The Hourly Rate Package is suitable for:

Manuscripts and other medical writing from start to finish.
Project management for medical education activities and manuscript submission.  

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The Hourly Rate Package has the following timing:

Projects that stretch over several weeks or months, with the expectation of stakeholder collaboration, multiple review stages, and a final product at the end.

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The Hourly Rate Package has the following fee:

Hourly rate with a pre-agreed maximum budget, to be invoiced monthly.

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The Hourly Rate Package includes:

- Medical writing of a paper, abstract or poster, using your data and analysis. 
- References management, in collaboration with you.
- Medical writing of lay summaries, patient or HCP educational material for print, online or eLearning format.
- Developmental editing – re-writing or re-structuring a paper, report, website content or similar.
- Journal revisions – editing of revisions for re-submission, editing and cross-referencing of the point-by-point reply, reformatting for submission to a new journal.
- Submission project management – coordinating drafts and author feedback, combining the work of multiple authors, collecting COI forms, completing the online submission.
- Medical education project management – liaising with subject matter experts, collaborating with stakeholders.
- Travel to site, or to conferences.*
- Adding my name to the acknowledgement section.

*travel expenses to be negotiated

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The Hourly Rate Package does not include

- Thesis content writing (because this has to be your own work ????).
- Data analysis*
- Creation of figures*

*I can refer you to a colleague.

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Package

Monthly Retainer Fee

Guaranteed availability. Regular hours each month, which gives you stability.

The Monthly Retainer Fee Package is suitable for:

Organisations who want to guarantee my long-term availability.

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The Monthly Retainer Fee Package
has the following timing:

Minimum contract length of 6 months.

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The Monthly Retainer Fee Package has the following fee:

This is an attractive financial deal for you, because I lower my rates in return for regularity. We agree a monthly fee and the expected tasks to be completed.

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The Monthly Retainer Fee Package includes:

Defined and agreed by us together.

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The Monthly Retainer Fee Package does not include:

- Data analysis*
- Creation of figures*
- Travel expenses (these are negotiable).

*If you require these services, please let me know and I can refer you to a colleague.

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I work with a variety of organisations and individuals

My clients value and trust my work, often returning to me with further projects.

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