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Medical Writing Sample: Reporting on a Conference Presentation

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Medical Writing and Conference Presentations

Medical writers and journalists often attend scholarly conferences to report on the latest research. The article included here as a PDF, "Langer Speaks at MIT," is an example of how to write for the general public about conference presentations.