Scientific and Medical Editing

Ensure structural consistency throughout the manuscript by verifying headings, indentation, fonts, and consistent table and figure call outs, with references ending at thirty two.

Learn to build clear paragraph structure and flow by using topic sentences, signpost words, and transitions that guide readers from known concepts to new insights.

Explore sentence structure for editing: vary sentence length, use active verbs, ensure parallel construction, fix subject-verb agreement, and place modifiers like only and nearly correctly.

Learn to tailor medical writing for clinicians or patients by choosing precise, accessible words, avoiding jargon and clichés, using active voice, and avoiding biased or non-inclusive language.

Apply the Army Manual of Style punctuation rules, including apostrophes for possessives, correct contractions with it's vs its, and proper use of comma, colon, semicolon, and quotation marks.

Discover how to navigate the AMA style basics and the Army Manual of Style, focusing on references, tables and figures, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization for precise editing.

Explore P values and confidence intervals, format them per Army Manual of Style, and understand when to use and report them in medical writing.

Clarifies the difference between hyphens and dashes, explains M dash and en dash usage, and shows how hyphens join compound modifiers like non small cell lung cancer and insulin dependent.

Learn to spell brand names with initial capitalization and generic names in lowercase, using generic-first with brand in parentheses per Aimé style; rely on DailyMed, NIH, and SpellX.

Master capitalization rules for titles and headings, emphasizing major words and verb forms, while lowercase articles and short prepositions under three letters except as first word or in hyphenated terms.

Learn to apply AMA style by using inclusive language for sex, gender, race, age, disability, and sexuality, with specific person-first terms and race-ethnicity guidance.

Explore how to format academic degrees and honors in medical writing, including no periods after Dr or D-R, degree-bylines set off by commas, capitalization rules, and byline order.

Learn how to use units of measure correctly, including international units and conventional units, with guidance on clear reporting, conversions, and practice quizzes on numerals with units.

Learn standard numeral rules in scientific and medical editing: when to spell out numbers, use spaces for large numbers, hyphenate fractions, avoid commas, and spell ordinals at sentence start.

Format army references with author rules, et al., italic journal names, and inclusive pages. Use the cheat sheet and PubMed cues to ensure correct doi and publisher location removal.