Advanced PG Diploma in Clinical Research & Medical Writing
Key Facts
Overview
Medical writing is a fast developing and exciting discipline that involves writing topics helpful for the medical fraternity and drug development. Two major areas in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry with a large demand for skilled medical writers are regulatory writing and marketing material writing.
The pharmaceutical and biotech research industry has advanced in all domains from basic research to bed side research. Medical writing is a dominant profession involved in all stages of product development in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry having a significant role in the success or failure of new products, inventions and devices.
According to a recent Centre Watch market research analysis, the medical writing market has grown at the rate of 15% annually for the last five years to nearly $700 million. This exponential rise has been attributed to the amount of work outsourced by drug sponsors in order to meet the regulatory requirements, and to also convert clinical study data into manuscripts for scientific and medical publications.
Medical writers are an integral part of the drug development process and handle a wide range of responsibilities. Professionals with medical writing skills work in the pharma-biotech and clinical research industry, healthcare organizations, media or as freelance entrepreneurs.
In the wider clinical research industry, a large number of clinical research management organizations have recently developed which include a range of full service CROs, early phase CROs, SMOs, companies with selective specialized services like data management and drug safety, clinical research consultancies, KPOs, etc. This has created a demand for skilled workforce in the clinical research industry as stressed in many business reports.
James Lind Institute is committed to developing emerging professionals for the clinical research industry who are equipped with the most relevant and latest knowledge and expertise.
Overview
The Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research and Medical Writing (APGDCR-MW) course will provide you with a methodical understanding of the core areas of clinical research and medical writing thus enhancing your skills and knowledge to the level expected of a Clinical Research Professional and Medical Writer. It imparts rigorous medical writing training to develop professional expertise of high caliber.
The Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research and Medical Writing (APGDCR-MW) course curriculum is fully reviewed and endorsed by the Clinical Research Industry and the academia thus imparting students the edge that they require to make an entrance in the clinical research industry. It also empowers the professionals working in the clinical research industry with the skills and knowledge required to move to higher cadres of the management hierarchy.
The program is comprised of 28 modules that can be completed in about 6 to 8 months. For a detailed list of modules covered in this program, please refer to the curriculum.
The curriculum for the program – Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research & Medical Writing (APGDCR-MW) is extensive, has been developed and evaluated by experienced industry professionals and is fully endorsed by the clinical research industry. Not only is this program suitable for new graduates but also for working professionals who either wish to grow further in their clinical research and/or medical writing career, or those who wish to make a move to the clinical research or medical writing sector from any other related industry.
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Career Opportunities
This combination program of clinical research & medical writing is a unique program that opens up a number of career opportunities in the area of core clinical research as well as medical / scientific writing. Positions that can be explored include Clinical Research Associate, Clinical Research Coordinator, Site Monitor, Clinical Trial Manager etc. As a medical writer you can also explore multiple career opportunities with pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, medical communications companies, healthcare websites, journals, magazines etc. In addition to working as a full time writer you can also explore freelance medical writing opportunities.
