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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSI'm going to have to put <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedComms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedComms</a> Day on my calendar for next year. I forgot that today is MedComms Day 2025! <a href="https://www.ismpp.org/medcommsday" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ismpp.org/medcommsday</a>If you're a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalWriter</a>, you'll want to learn more about the annual celebration.

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSThis longtime <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> is so angry on behalf of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physician</a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#researchers</a> whose papers she <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edits</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publication</a>!

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LinkedIn</a>, you just don't get me, do you? If you'd use the services of humans instead of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>, you'd send me emails about job ops and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freelancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freelancing</a> ops I'm qualified for. I'm an experienced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfEmployed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfEmployed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a>, not a dentist, a CEO, or a mystery shopper. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kokedit_linkedin-ai-medical-activity-7298051316067516419-KmZn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kokedit_linkedin-ai-medical-activity-7298051316067516419-KmZn/</a> 🙄

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSCurrent (2025) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profession</a>-related data on me, your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a>: 41 years in publishing, 30 of them in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publishing</a>; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/self" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#self</a>-employed full time since 1995.

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSI love it when the brains of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> group, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#project</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/managers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#managers</a>, and me all click on how to fix a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manuscript</a> issue. What a big serotonin hit! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSHow could I have forgotten my best personal remedy? I haven't had music playing lately while I <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edit</a>, but today I have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/instrumental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instrumental</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaelic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> playing while I work. Music is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a>. 🎶 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VoteToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoteToday</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSYour favorite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> in her office. And yes, that's a comfortable <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chair</a> she's sitting in. A person working at a desk has to take care of her back. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSAs of today, this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfEmployed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfEmployed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> has <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicare</a> insurance coverage!!! Best, most affordable <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthInsurance</a> since she was an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/employee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#employee</a> back in 1995!!!!! 🎉🎊 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSI love this letter that a fellow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> had <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> write for him: an angry, strongly worded Shakespearean letter to the editorial board of a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalJournal</a> that has been slow in getting a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manuscript</a> through <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeerReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeerReview</a>. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/54wnheap" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/54wnheap</a> 😉 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSEven if you're a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> and not a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalWriter</a>, you may be interested in what the American Medical Writers Association has to say in "An <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ethical</a> Approach to Harnessing the Power of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> for Medical <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a>": <a href="https://blog.amwa.org/an-ethical-approach-to-harnessing-the-power-of-ai-for-medical-writing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.amwa.org/an-ethical-approach-to-harnessing-the-power-of-ai-for-medical-writing</a> . <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSOn the Scholarly Kitchen blog, Roohi Ghosh of Cactus Communications writes: "[S]hould all of the blame for these transgressions [re <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>-generated content] fall on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeerReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeerReview</a> process?" <a href="https://tinyurl.com/27bkbue4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/27bkbue4</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSAs a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> helping <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physician</a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#researchers</a> refine their writing so <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalJournals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalJournals</a> will want to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publish</a> their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#articles</a>, I'm frustrated by how people mess with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a>. @RetractionWatch reports on ways <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciencePublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciencePublishing</a> is now fudging the truth: tinyurl.com/y8mpaanb <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSI'm enjoying my current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#work</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#project</a> so much! As a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a>, I was asked to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatientEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PatientEducation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/documents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#documents</a> to make them easily understandable by non–health-care pros. I'm making <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> knowledge <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessible</a> & removing some stress for parents whose children need medical care. 🫂 💕

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSAs a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> and as someone who is in her sixties, I am very much in favor of *not* using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ageist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ageist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> when talking about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/older" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#older</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adults</a>. Want some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tools</a> for that? See my blog post: <a href="https://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2024/07/as-medical-editor-and-as-someone-who-is.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2024/07/as-medical-editor-and-as-someone-who-is.html</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSNot much action to see here—just your favorite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> at work, helping <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physician</a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#researchers</a> make the world a better place for patients by polishing their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manuscripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manuscripts</a> for submission to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalJournals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalJournals</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AMAManualOfStyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AMAManualOfStyle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/bigbrainholdings-sport-muscle-sweat-puWwzvaakttcpa7kVk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://giphy.com/gifs/bigbrainholdings-sport-muscle-sweat-puWwzvaakttcpa7kVk</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSAm Edifixing a list of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/references" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#references</a> for a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalJournal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manuscript</a>. Want to know why using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Edifix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Edifix</a> makes me happy? <a href="https://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2014/08/edifix-subscription-cloud-based-service.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2014/08/edifix-subscription-cloud-based-service.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSYour favorite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> is ready for another day of work. The “We put the sentience in the sentence” T-shirt is one of my favorites from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EditorialFreelancersAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EditorialFreelancersAssociation</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSAre you a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a>? This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/certificate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#certificate</a> program from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanMedicalWritersAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanMedicalWritersAssociation</a> will help you polish your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skills</a>. And letting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/clients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clients</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#employers</a> know you have it will increase your value to them. Go for it! <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4ewfhpwr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/4ewfhpwr</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSAs a longtime <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a>, I'm happy to see the American Medical Writers Association finally offer this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/certificate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#certificate</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditing</a>: <a href="https://www.tinyurl.com/pj6xyeuh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tinyurl.com/pj6xyeuh</a> . Do be aware that a certificate program and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/certification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#certification</a> are not the same thing: <a href="http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-certificate-program-and-certification.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-certificate-program-and-certification.html</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSPeople take different paths to being a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freelance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freelance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editor</a>. Here's Karen Klein's transition story in an open access article in Science Editor, journal of the Council of Science Editors. She provides 3 pieces of advice for moving into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfEmployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfEmployment</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalEditor</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ymas48zt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/ymas48zt</a>

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