r/MedicalWriters

Heyyy I’m dentists working in clinic right now. But i wanna change my career path to non clinical. So i need some help

Hey guys I recently completed my mbbs and I got a call from HR from daily rounds regarding medical editor role in Neet ss?

As I am preparing for neet pg, I am also interested to work ,I am just keen to know how is the work from home(Remote role as medical editor)?

And they have mentioned about the training period for 14 days prior to joining? Does anyone know will this training be online or offline?

So long story short, I recently experienced a significantly traumatic event and I'm working back toward full time work. Given my recent experiences, my threshold for being overwhelmed by work-related stress is quite low, and as I've tried to transition back I've found that clients acting like everything is on fire all the time, combined with frequent criticism and constant deadlines, is not sustainable for me. I need to find something that is far less stressful than med comms.

I have a PhD in molecular biology and 8 years of professional writing experience in grants, CME, and med comms. I have leadership experience but have not been a manager in any professional role. Has anyone transitioned to something less stressful that they would recommend for someone with my background?

I’m currently working in clinical research/data-related work and looking to transition into medical writing.
For those who made a similar transition from clinical research or another life-sciences role, what was the biggest factor that helped you land your first medical writing job?

I’ve read that having a portfolio can help showcase your work, but I’m genuinely curious about what actually worked for others. Portfolio? Connections? Networking? Pitching yourself to people on LinkedIn? Certifications? Something else?

Hi everyone,

I was lucky enough to secure my first interview and made it past the first stage and now get to complete a writing assessment! It’s a one-page article summary for a layperson audience and a slide deck for a physician audience.

I was given a week to complete the task - is it poor form to complete it early and send it back in 3-4 days? I would also love any general advice or comments or completing assessments like this that may help me stand out.

TIA!

Hi all-- I'm submitting this for a former colleague who has been asking me for advice. I'm telling her story below based off of what she told me. I'll try to answer any questions, but basically I'm at a loss with what else to tell her other than "get out of there." Am I off base? I personally work on pharma/biotech side, and I find this situation to be very very unusual. Everybody in the story is US-based.

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She's working on a clinical trial manuscript (agency side). She told me that the client company has an odd structure, where there's a not-CEO who oversees med affairs and commercial, and he is providing direct and pointed feedback on the manuscript content, including directing her agency to not make edits requested by the external authors. From what she told me, it sounds like the company's pubs director had tried to push back, but, since not-CEO is the pubs director's boss's boss, that went nowhere and now pubs director has been sidelined (my colleague is now working on the manuscript directly with the med affairs director, pub director's boss).

They had submitted the manuscript, and it came back with extensive revisions. The not-CEO wants to pull the manuscript and submit elsewhere and make minimal changes to the manuscript, even though peer review feedback was very useful and would make the manuscript stronger.

He doesn't seem to care what the authors want. My friend has been in this field for 5 years, and she's never seen anything like this. She told me that she spoke with her line manager, and the line manager said that as long as the company is taking responsibility, all the agency can do is advise but otherwise they do what the client says.

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My colleague isn't CMPP certified, and neither am I, but this seems completely out of line with ICMJE. What can she do, aside from asking to be reassigned or resigning?

Can anyone share their experience working at Syneos? Work-life balance? Compensation? Overall culture?

As per the above - I asked what people’s take on AI was a year ago and I heard a good mix.

Thought I’d ask again - see what’s changed and what hasn’t?

Thanks in advance!