Career Development for STEMM researchers
Dr Vic Changing positions several times during our careers is the new working norm. You’ll likely face the ‘what next?’ question multiple times throughout your career. To answer it, you need to drill down to several additional questions: What motivates me? What do I stand for? What am I good at? What are my strengths? And what … Read more
Being able to explain the scientific work you’re doing is an essential skill for a scientist. As a medical writer, I write for expert scientific audiences, healthcare professionals and patients. But as a former research scientist, I also wrote for scientists in my field. Aside from medical writing, most pharma professionals, from those working in … Read more
Perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of being a medical writer is learning how to manage clients effectively. For medical writers, clients can be anyone you need to deliver work for. Whether you’re an employee or self-employed, your clients could be pharma companies, contract research organisations, agencies, biotech companies, charities, academics, researchers, journals/publishers, healthcare … Read more