Medical Writing for Healthcare Professionals
What you'll learn
- How to build a medical writing business from scratch.
- How to find and get high-paying clients.
- How to grow your business to a part-time or full-time income.
- How to efficiently write, so you can complete your work faster and keep your editors happy.
- The basics of taxes and law, including what to look for in a freelance contract.
Requirements
- Be a healthcare professional (pharmacist, nurse, doctor, physical therapist, etc) interested in pursuing medical writing.
Description
This course will give healthcare professionals everything they need to launch their medical writing business.
It will cover the following topics:
Finding the Work:
The types of work available
Maximizing the use of job boards
Maximizing your current clinical role
Using LinkedIn
Using company career and contributor pages
Getting the Work:
Pitching to clients - demonstration and downloadable sample emails
Building and presenting your portfolio - demonstration
Using the Tools:
Google Docs - demonstration
Microsoft Powerpoint and Google Slides - demonstration
Writing the Work:
Working with editors
Writing for the web - demonstration
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Writing CE/CME needs assessments - demonstration
Creating CE presentations - demonstration
Writing CE monographs - demonstration
The Business of Writing
Legal considerations
Tax and financial considerations
How much can I make?
Resources
Invoice template (for billing clients) - demonstration video and downloadable template
Accounting template (to keep track of payments) - demonstration video and downloadable template
Helpful links
Who this course is for:
- Healthcare professionals interested in becoming a medical writer.
Course content
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Instructor
![Alex Evans, PharmD, MBA](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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- 2 Courses
I am a community pharmacist with 10 years of practice experience and medical writer with 4 years of experience. I have written for a wide variety of publications, including consumer health, trade journals, peer-reviewed publications, grants, continuing education, and provider education.
I started writing for pharmacy publications as a hobby and grew it into a business that generates enough revenue to allow me to practice pharmacy part-time. I love to teach others and have precepted students on rotation, guest lectured at pharmacy schools, and taught workshops on a wide variety of topics.