Diversity of medical writing jobs
I’ve been really enjoying the diversity of the jobs I’ve been working on the last few months. I get deep into a subject and before I really tire of it, well it’s time to move on to another topic. I love that about my freelance job.
There are an incredible number of subspecialties within the field of medical writing. Did you know that there are people who specialize in indexing? That’s right, these people, indexers, figure out which words in a text are most important to include in the index and then they go after it. OK, maybe my understanding of indexing is not very deep. Computer programs can provide a concordance, but the human touch is still necessary to get a high quality index. Although indexers are not the highest paid medical writing specialty, they serve as an example of the diversity in the field.
A brief review of the specialties that American Medical Writer Association
Most of my work falls within the scientific, rather than marketing or journalistic, category of medical writing. I specialize in working for pharmaceutical and nutrition companies, interfacing with researchers and writing clinical trial reports for publication in refereed journals, but I’ve also written technical reports, executive summaries, white papers, continuing education (CE) articles, Internet content, and written review articles on pharmaceuticals and biologicals. I’ve authored several topical articles for veterinary trade magazines. I’ve also taken audio, transcripts, and PowerPoint presentations from expert lectures at professional meetings and generated CE articles. Because of my background most of my work has been written for the veterinary professional audience.
There are an incredible number of subspecialties within the field of medical writing. Did you know that there are people who specialize in indexing? That’s right, these people, indexers, figure out which words in a text are most important to include in the index and then they go after it. OK, maybe my understanding of indexing is not very deep. Computer programs can provide a concordance, but the human touch is still necessary to get a high quality index. Although indexers are not the highest paid medical writing specialty, they serve as an example of the diversity in the field.
A brief review of the specialties that American Medical Writer Association
Most of my work falls within the scientific, rather than marketing or journalistic, category of medical writing. I specialize in working for pharmaceutical and nutrition companies, interfacing with researchers and writing clinical trial reports for publication in refereed journals, but I’ve also written technical reports, executive summaries, white papers, continuing education (CE) articles, Internet content, and written review articles on pharmaceuticals and biologicals. I’ve authored several topical articles for veterinary trade magazines. I’ve also taken audio, transcripts, and PowerPoint presentations from expert lectures at professional meetings and generated CE articles. Because of my background most of my work has been written for the veterinary professional audience.
posted by Tad B. Coles, DVM | 11:03 PM
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