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“Nothing would make me trust an ocean-boiling plagiarism machine.”

That was one of our favourite quotes from the audience responses to the PerfectIt AI survey shared during today’s panel session at EMWA Spring Conference 2026. But the discussion that followed showed how the true story of AI use in medical writing is much more nuanced in reality than either this perspective or the huge AI claims that counter it.

Huge respect to the speakers:
• Julie McGowan (Bioscript)
• Matías Rey-Carrizo (BCN Medical Writing)
• Daniel Heuman (Intelligent Editing)

And especially to EMWA President Sarah Tilly for guiding such an engaging discussion so well.

A big thank you as well to the audience, whose questions, comments, and experiences made the session feel open, balanced, and grounded in the realities of day-to-day medical writing work.
Really fascinating to hear the results of several surveys into real-world AI usage in medical writing, followed by such a lively and interesting discussion.

Most editors use Find and Replace in Microsoft Word.

Very few use wildcards, the feature that lets you search for patterns instead of single words.

That matters because wildcards can completely change how you edit.
Instead of fixing the same issue one by one, you can:
• Clean hundreds of inconsistencies in seconds
• Standardize patterns across long documents
• Remove repetitive manual corrections
• Solve problems regular Find and Replace can’t fix

We’ve just launched Brave New Word, a free guide to help editors use wildcards more effectively without the intimidation.

If you’ve ever thought “there must be a faster way to do this”, there is.

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Brave New Word - Your go-to guide on Word wildcards | PerfectIt Wildcard search is one of the most powerful features in Microsoft Word, but one of the least used. Brave New Word is a free guide shows you how to use wildcards to find patterns, fix inconsistencies, and make changes across entire documents in seconds. Whether you edit reports, manuscripts, academic