"You don't need a medical degree or scientific background to become a medical editor—just enthusiasm for the field and a willingness to learn." —Stephanie Leveene
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I’m a Boomer who got a degree & got in-house jobs — #journalist, then #editor in #publishing — & then went full-time #freelance as a #MedicalEditor in 1995. Now #GenAI & this are making my professional life difficult: www.science.org/content/arti....
@linkedin.com, you big silly! Though my #LinkedIn profile makes it clear that I’m a #SelfEmployed #MedicalEditor, you give me info on companies seeking a *medical doctor*. Your #algorithm doesn’t get it that “medical editor” *does not* necessarily mean “physician.” Please write a wiser algorithm!
And because your #MedicalEditor is vacationing, she forgot to put an “r” at the end of the first word of her preceding post. 😉
Wood cabin with a pickup truck parked nearby. The truck bed holds two canoes and two bicycles.
A young man and his father are sitting on a small couch and hugging a large dog.
An editor sits in a rocking chair, smiling.
You #MedicalEditor is on #vacation in a cabin in gorgeous #Vermont with some family members and did *not* bring a computer or #manuscripts to #edit❣️
As a #MedicalEditor, I must point out that it is #blaming #patients to say that *they* failed *therapies*. It is actually the case instead that the *therapies* failed the *patients*.
I'm going to have to put #MedComms Day on my calendar for next year. I forgot that today is MedComms Day 2025! www.ismpp.org/medcommsday
If you're a #MedicalEditor or #MedicalWriter, you'll want to learn more about the annual celebration.
This longtime #MedicalEditor is so angry on behalf of the #physician-#researchers whose papers she #edits for #publication!
#LinkedIn, you just don't get me, do you? If you'd use the services of humans instead of #AI, you'd send me emails about job ops and #freelancing ops I'm qualified for. I'm an experienced #SelfEmployed #MedicalEditor, not a dentist, a CEO, or a mystery shopper. www.linkedin.com/posts/kokedi... 🙄
Current (2025) #profession-related data on me, your #MedicalEditor: 41 years in publishing, 30 of them in #medical #publishing; #self-employed full time since 1995.
#AmEditing fact sheets for #parents of #children with a #congenital #disorder who must undergo #surgery. #MedicalEditor
Way cool to fight #health #misinformation! #MedicalEditor
I love it when the brains of the #author group, the #project #managers, and me all click on how to fix a #medical #manuscript issue. What a big serotonin hit! #MedicalEditor
How could I have forgotten my best personal remedy? I haven't had music playing lately while I #edit, but today I have #instrumental #Gaelic #music playing while I work. Music is #medicine. 🎶 #AmEditing #MedicalEditor #VoteToday
How could I have forgotten my best personal remedy? I haven't had music playing lately while I #edit, but today I have
#instrumental #Gaelic #music playing while I work. Music is #medicine. 🎶 #AmEditing #MedicalEditor
Your favorite #MedicalEditor in her office. And yes, that's a comfortable #gaming #chair she's sitting in. A person working at a desk has to take care of her back. #AmEditing
Your favorite medical editor, Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, is sitting in her office chair. She has silver hair and wears eyeglasses.
Your favorite #MedicalEditor in her office. And yes, that's a comfortable #gaming #chair she's sitting in. A person working at a desk has to take care of her back. #AmEditing
Hello, @danirabaiotti.bsky.social. Thank you very much for Bluesky's science feed. I am a longtime #MedicalEditor; see www.kokedit.com and www.linkedin.com/in/kokedit/. Might I please be added to the science feed?
As of today, this #SelfEmployed #MedicalEditor has #Medicare insurance coverage!!! Best, most affordable #HealthInsurance since she was an #employee back in 1995!!!!! 🎉🎊 #AmEditing
As of today, this #SelfEmployed #MedicalEditor has #Medicare insurance coverage!!! Best, most affordable #HealthInsurance since I was an #employee back in 1995!!!!! 🎉🎊 #AmEditing
I love this letter that a fellow #MedicalEditor had #ArtificialIntelligence write: an angry, strongly worded Shakespearean letter to the editorial board of a #MedicalJournal that has been slow in getting a #manuscript through #PeerReview. https://tinyurl.com/54wnheap 😉 #AmEditing
I love this letter that a fellow #MedicalEditor had #ArtificialIntelligence write for him: an angry, strongly worded Shakespearean letter to the editorial board of a #MedicalJournal that has been slow in getting a #manuscript through #PeerReview. tinyurl.com/54wnheap 😉 #AmEditing
Even if you're a #MedicalEditor and not a #MedicalWriter, you may be interested in what @AmMedWriters has to say in "An #Ethical Approach to Harnessing the Power of #AI for Medical #Writing": blog.amwa.org/an-ethical-approach-to-h...
Even if you're a #MedicalEditor and not a #MedicalWriter, you may be interested in what the American Medical Writers Association has to say in "An #Ethical Approach to Harnessing the Power of #AI for Medical #Writing": blog.amwa.org/an-ethical-a... . #AmEditing
On @scholarlykitchn, @roohighosh of @Cactusglobal writes: "[S]hould all of the blame for these transgressions [re #AI-generated content] fall on the #PeerReview process?" https://tinyurl.com/27bkbue4 #AmEditing #MedicalEditor
On @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social, Roohi Ghosh of Cactus Communications writes: "[S]hould all of the blame for these transgressions [re #AI-generated content] fall on the #PeerReview process?" tinyurl.com/27bkbue4 #AmEditing #MedicalEditor
As a #MedicalEditor helping #physician-#researchers refine their writing so #MedicalJournals will want to #publish their #articles, I'm frustrated by how people mess with #science. @RetractionWatch reports: http://tinyurl.com/y8mpaanb #AmEditing
As a #MedicalEditor helping #physician-#researchers refine their writing so #MedicalJournals will want to #publish their #articles, I'm frustrated by how people mess with #science. Retraction Watch reports on ways #SciencePublishing is now fudging the truth: tinyurl.com/y8mpaanb #AmEditing
Here I am at age 65, still #physician #researchers’ favorite #MedicalEditor, still wearing #politics on my shirt & silver stubble on my postmenopausal unshaven chin & jaw, still sharing all the #editing #news, & still enjoying the hell out of editing. #AmEditing
I'm so enjoying my current #work #project. As a #MedicalEditor, I was asked to #edit #PatientEducation material to make it easy to understand by non–health-care pros. I'm making #health knowledge #accessible & removing some stress for parents whose children need medical care.🫂💕
