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Medical Writers Give Career Changers Plans of Action
Those who are interested in breaking into medical writing received the inside scoop from L. Megan Day and Dr. Susan Dakin, the panelists at the chapter meeting on January 9 at Dreyfus Auditorium at Research Triangle Institute. Day has a bachelor's degree in chemistry, a master's degree in anatomy and has written for pharmaceutical companies for 10 years. Dakin has a bachelor's degree in biology and psychology and a Ph.D. in zoology. Self-employed since 1984, her specialties are scientific writing and proposal writing.
Harvey, Rachel A. Carolina Communique (2003). Careers>Writing>Scientific Communication>Biomedical
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The pharmaceutical industry must develop, test, and market all drugs according to strict regulations. To get a drug licensed, records of what procedures were done and whether they were compliant with the relevant requirements must be written. These are sent to the regulatory authorities who determine whether the drug should be approved for use in humans. Examples of regulatory documents written by medical writers.
Dianthus. Careers>Scientific Communication>Regulatory Writing
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Getting There: Medical Writing
Medical writing is a career that is often not predetermined but decided upon en route. Medical writers are well-rounded in terms of having both communicative and scientific knowledge, and this also means that a wide range of academic backgrounds and job experiences are welcome in the field. Medical writing allows for acquisition of various necessary skills through whichever means most suits the individual.
Gies, Heather. Cord Weekly (2009). Careers>Writing>Scientific Communication>Biomedical
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My Journey from Technical Writing to Pharma Quality Management
Like most people who entered the technical communication profession in India in the mid to late 1990s, I too became a technical writer more by accident than by design. I enjoyed my technical writing career thoroughly, but slowly moved away, and a decade later, I now find myself heading the Quality Management function at a multi-national clinical research and technology company in India. The career paths of no two individuals are similar. And yet, there are always some common themes in successful transitions from one career path to another.
Narasimha, Kumar. Indus (2009). Careers>Scientific Communication>Technical Writing>Biomedical
