Word Monster: Medical Writing Fundamentals – short course
This Word Monster course is designed to equip aspiring and new writers with the essential skills they need to embark on their journey as a medical writer.
Discover the different types of documents medical writers produce and learn to adapt your writing to suit different audiences.
What will be covered?
This course begins with exploring the role of medical writers in supporting pharma. Subsequent modules focus on typical writing tasks encountered in med comms, writing impactful promotional copy whilst keeping it compliant and creating educational materials for pharma. The course is tailored to help individuals understand the wide scope of materials that medical writers encounter and provides hands-on opportunities to complete writing tasks that have been inspired by real client briefs.
Who is it for?
Associate Medical Writers and aspiring medical writers hoping to break into the industry.
We can also deliver private bespoke training for healthcare communications agencies or pharmaceutical companies looking to get their Associate Medical Writers up to speed.
Learning outcomes
- Familiarise writers with the diverse scope of medical writing roles and the variety of materials they may encounter
- Enable writers to flexibly tailor their writing to suit different audiences and task objectives effectively
- Offer hands-on experience with authentic medical writing projects, providing tips and strategies to enable trainees to interpret project briefs
Suitability and delivery method
Suited to Associate Medical Writers and aspiring medical writers hoping to break into the medical communications industry.
A four-week virtual course delivered via a mix of live teacher-led training, interactive activities, self-directed learning, and peer-to-peer review.
Content can be delivered via the public course, or as part of an exclusive private training package for healthcare communications agencies or pharmaceutical companies to train in-house writers.
Upcoming dates
November 6th 2024
Location: Virtual event
Sign up
We offer bespoke training for in-house or larger groups. To find out more on this and get a quote, please get in touch with alexandra.moore@pmsociety.org.uk