How to become an effective Medical writer - Pubrica
                     HOW TO BECOME  
AN EFFECTIVE  
MEDICAL WRITER
An Academic presentation by
Dr. Nancy Agens, Head, Technical Operations, 
Pubrica  Group: www.pubrica.com
Email: [email protected]
Today's 
Discussion
Outline of What is Medical Writing?
Topics A Career in Medical Writing 
Why?  Who is Benefitted?
How Medical Writing as a Career can be 
Improved?  Medical Writing Tips for Beginners
Quick Tips for Efficient Medical Writers Intermediate and 
Advanced  Future Scopes
What is Medical 
Writing?
Medical writing refers to the analytical compilation of scientific pursuits encompassing  
various arenas like research and the regulatory realm of medicine that holistically address 
 literature related to drugs, promotion of medicinal aspects, research and publications.
The concepts in medical writing signify attention towards a wide range of audiences 
globally,
surpassing physicians, patients and the general public.
Medical writers are classified into two categories based on their availability as full-time  
employed and freelancers, wherein the latter refers to telecommuting i.e., work from home.
A Career in Medical Writing- 
Why?
Medical writing has been an emerging area for employment in recent years.
Even housewives, elderly and retired persons with adequate knowledge can 
 take up the assignments.
Rewarding career benefits in terms of funds and ease of accessibility. 
 No shifts or stringent rules.
Impartial work assignments and nil bias regarding religion, caste, creed, colour, 
 sex and race.
Who is 
Benefitted?
The dire necessity of medical writing owes to the fact that a career in  
medical writing has foreseen escalating trends in market research in India 
 and on a global scale.
Nevertheless, beneficiaries include not only the phy
sicians in terms of  research but also for educating the patients to 
create awareness and  universal pursuits.
How Medical Writing as a Career can be 
Improved?
Decision on working for full-time or as a freelancer.
Excellent writing skills, problem-oriented analysis and
internet  research
capabilities.
Optimism in accomplishing the tasks assigned with diligence
and  aptitude for mind mapping interdisciplinary topics.
Multi-faceting analysis, inquisitive and consistent performance.
Medical Writing Tips for 
Beginners
Scientific writing skill development: Read plenty of scientific articles, literature and 
 status-quo of science.
Expertise in English language skills proficient in the medical writing phenomenon. 
 Scientific reading that enables a writer to skim through specific passages and
curate the necessary points of prominence to be incorporated for enhancing
effectiveness in the final draft.
Discussion with fellow scientific writers or leaders who are expert in the field, which 
 will provide the optimal solutions for empowerment in scientific writing.
Contd..
Plagiarism free article writing will be solicited ubiquitously.
Create a vision for a multitude of incorporations apart from narrowing down 
 on a particular issue for compiling a meticulous article.
Avoid repetition and usage of similar words to address a fact.
Routine assessment of the works done either through self-appraisal or 
 expert comments.
Making one’s mind as a think tank will flourish the thoughts with evidence- 
 based scientific research communications
Tips for Efficient Medical Writers- Intermediate and 
Advanced
The first and foremost tip to effectuate medial writing skill is to possess update knowledge in 
 basic foundation with knowledge on human anatomy and physiology apart from specific  ex
pertise in the fields of applied sciences like Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology,  
Bioinformatics, Immunology etc.
Hence, the depth of knowledge is the pioneer key to establish as a successful medical 
writer.
To quote, the term, Emesis means vomiting and the terminologies that are commonly 
 encountered like “isis” – inflammation in the diagnosis of diseases regard to heart.
Thrombosis indicates inflammation of the blood platelets and “ectomy” for removal that 
 means appendectomy – removal of appendix.
Future 
Scopes
Several advanced aspects in medicine will be based on enthralled topics over a wide  
area including clinical trials, patents, copyrights, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and 
 research databases like research gate.
Publically available databases and web servers can be made use to the fullest extent for 
 retrieval, coherent analysis and comprehensive compilation.
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