Mi-tec Medical Publishing produces high-quality and extensively reviewed patient education publications for 20 colleges, societies and associations in Australia and New Zealand. The objective of the publications is to assist the informed-consent process and enhance communications between doctors and their patients.

The medical and dental organisations include:

• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
• Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Australian Society of Anaesthetists
• Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• New Zealand Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
• Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• Australasian Society for the Study of Hypertension during Pregnancy
• Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons
• Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons
• Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
• Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology
• Australian Dental Association
• Australian Society of Dental Anaesthesiology
• Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Australian Society of Orthodontists
• Urological Society of Australasia
• Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
• Colorectal Surgical Society of Australasia

More than 120 titles have been published, most of which describe surgical procedures that require plain-English explanations of the benefits, risks and limitations of the surgery.

COMPLETE PUBLISHING INFASTRUCTURE

Mi-tec manages each project from beginning to end, providing the following services:

• writing of all drafts, prepared by our team of doctors, nurses and scientists
• liaising with surgical, medical and dental experts who review the manuscripts, medical illustrations and page proofs
• design and layout
• editorial management
• financial management
• marketing and advertising, and preparing mailouts of finished publications to members of the organisation
• taking of doctors’ orders and all fulfilment of orders, with orders filled and freighted at least twice weekly
• invoicing and reconciling of accounts
• maintenance of stock and inventory
• calculation of royalties
• liaising with the college, society or association on edition changes, if required.

All administration, editorial, stock and despatch are undertaken at our Camberwell offices in Melbourne.

OBJECTIVES OF MI-TEC MEDIA AND MI-TEC MEDICAL PUBLISHING

Mi-tec was founded in 1991 by Dr Calvin Miller and Ms Susan Fetherston to produce medical communications for the medical, dental and pharmaceutical professions. Over the years, Mi-tec writers and staff have edited, prepared, researched and designed a wide variety of publications ranging from peer-reviewed medical journals and pharmaceutical information to patient newsletters and patient education pamphlets.

Informative, high-quality publications are valued and important for creating positive and lasting impressions.

If your college, association, society or company requires the highest standards of medical writing and publishing, Mi-tec Medical Publishing will work with you to meet your communications and publishing needs. Our objective is to provide companies, medical colleges and professional associations with a complete publishing service of the highest quality.