Medical writing can be an interesting
opportunity for people with a degree in life sciences or with a medical
background. A good medical writer should have a medical or scientific
qualification. He should not be afraid
of mathematics, because he has to interprete scientific data (maybe a refresher
cours in statistics would be helpful). He should be very precise and put his
attention on all the details, but without loosing his overwiew of the whole
topic.
On
the other hand he needs the ability to summarise. A clear style in writing is
necessary, and while more than 90% of medical texts are written in English, the
Medical writing – if he is not an
English native speaker – should have a very good knowledge of the written
English language, its grammar and spelling. Not to forget about computer skills
like Word, Excel and PowerPoint!
The
professional field is very wide, because there are so many different types of
texts in which a Medical Writer can specialize if he wants to.
On
the one hand there is the big field of regulatory writing, that means Medical Writing documents for an
approval, e. g. for the EMA. This includes clinical study reports, periodic
safety update reports or patient information leaflets.
On
the other hand there is the so-called medico-marketing writing. This includes
writing for marketing purposes, patient materials, teaching materials for medical representants
of pharmaceutic companies, writing content for medical websites and newsletters
and and and...
A Medical Writer can write articles online
and offline. He can work as an employee for a pharmaceutic company, for a CRO
or a clinic/hospital, or he can work on his own as a freelancer. Thanks to
modern computer technology he can work from all over the world.
So,
as I wrote in the beginning of this article, Medical Writing is an exciting job opportunity.
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