Understanding the Impact of Technology on Medical Writing: AMWA Survey Results from June 2023

In July 2023, the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) developed a survey to understand the impact of technology on the role of medical writers in clinical and regulatory document development. The survey was administered using SurveyMonkey to individuals responsible for leading, training, or...

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Published inAmerican Medical Writers Association AMWA journal Vol. 39; no. 1; p. 56
Main Authors Rutkowski, Karen, Shapiro, Kenneth, Sheppard, Laura
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Medical Writers Association 22.03.2024
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Forecasts and trends
Influence
Innovations
Market surveys
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Technology application
United States
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Summary:In July 2023, the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) developed a survey to understand the impact of technology on the role of medical writers in clinical and regulatory document development. The survey was administered using SurveyMonkey to individuals responsible for leading, training, or developing a medical writing team. Respondents were mostly regulatory writers (96%) working in pharmaceutical/biotechnology/medical device or contract research organizations (88%). Most were using technology (65%) and almost all were planning to implement authoring technology (95%). New roles for medical writers, training methods for implementation of artificial intelligence (AI), and validation of the AI output were also discussed. Quality and accuracy of the AI output were the most important considerations of the respondents with transparency and disclosure as the least important. In general, the survey respondents felt that the impact of technology in the medical writing field was an important and timely topic for AMWA to address.
ISSN:1075-6361
2163-5315
DOI:10.55752/amwa.2024.331