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#435: AI Competency Framework for Medical Writers: Essential Skills to Enhance Medical Writing AI Expertise
Monday June 15, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
105AB
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.00 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-26-531-L04-P; CME 1.00; RN 1.00

This session will describe essential AI-related skills for medical writers to leverage AI responsibly for greater efficiency while ensuring compliance and scientific integrity. The speakers will discuss how medical writers are becoming AI stewards.

Learning Objectives

Define the knowledge, skills, and behaviors medical writers need to responsibly and effectively integrate AI technologies in medical writing while meeting quality and compliance standards; Discuss how the medical writer’s role in scientific communications is changing with the use of generative AI.

Chair

Eileen Girten, MS

Speaker

Panelist
Mary Ost, PHD, MS

Panelist
Jeanette Towles, MA, RAC


Speakers
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Eileen Girten

Medical Writing Therapeutic Area Lead, Pfizer, United States
Eileen M. Girten serves as the Medical Writing Therapeutic Area Lead at Pfizer and brings nearly 17 years of medical writing experience spanning publications and regulatory documentation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Rosemont College, a Master of Science in Psychology... Read More →
avatar for Mary Ost

Mary Ost

Director, AI-assisted Operations, Regulatory Medical Writing, Johnson & Johnson , United States
Mary Ost, PhD, is Director of AI-assisted Operations for Regulatory Medical Writing at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, with 30 years of experience across the pharma and CRO spaces. As AI-assisted Operations Lead, Mary has defined strategy and led solution deployment for AI-driven... Read More →
avatar for Jeanette Towles

Jeanette Towles

CEO, Synterex, United States
Jeanette Towles, MA, RAC is the Founder and CEO of Synterex, Inc., a clinical and regulatory consulting firm pioneering the digital transformation of regulatory science in life sciences and healthcare. Under her leadership, Synterex is developing a digital regulatory ecosystem—a... Read More →
Monday June 15, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
105AB The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  04: MedAffairs-SciComm, Session
  • Audience Intermediate
  • Area Artificial Intelligence
  • Level Intermediate
  • format csv
  • Credit Type ACPE, CME, RN
  • Interest Area Medical Affairs & Scientific Communication,Health Technology & AI
  • Feature Topics Artificial Intelligence
  • Tags Session

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