July 31 Deadline to Submit Questions for Chat

The Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) is planning its first-ever tweet chat for early August. The tweet chat will last one hour and the topic will be competence in medical writing, editing, and social media.

I will serve as the moderator for our first chat, and will seek volunteers to host any future chats.

If you are interested in this topic, now is the time to suggest questions for discussion during our chat. One question has already been put forward by an active BELS member from Long Island, New York:

1) HOW CAN EDITORS HELP ASSURE COMPETENCE IN MEDICAL WRITING?

Another question occurred to me in the course of preparing the tweet series:

2) WHY IS 'MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY' RANKED SO HIGH (3RD OUT OF 68) AMONG THE ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES OF A MEDICAL WRITER?

We need at least 3 more questions for a good tweet chat. Here is your opportunity to have your concerns addressed. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, July 31. If we receive more than 5 suggestions total, they may need to be edited, or condensed, for the sake of time.

Or we might need to schedule another tweet chat.

Please use the comments feature of my Delaware Valley Medical Writer blog to make suggestions.

THANK YOU!