This track prepares you to work as a professional medical writer across various sectors, including Contract Research Organizations (CROs), pharmaceutical companies, and healthcare advertising agencies.

Course content: 8 sessions

Medical writing course

Medical Writing Introduction
 – Overview of medical writing.

 – Types of medical writing and documentation.

 – Work settings for medical writers.

Writing Skills
 – Techniques for clear and effective writing.

 – Organizing documents with cohesion and coherence.

Ethics and Guidelines
 – Ethical principles in medical writing.

 – Guidelines and regulatory standards.

How to Write an Original Article
– Structure and components of a manuscript.

 – Writing each part of a manuscript.

  – Differences in the discussion section for primary articles vs. systematic reviews.

Citation and Reference Management Software
 – Introduction to citation styles.

 – Using reference management tools effectively.

Clinical Trial and Regulatory Documents
 – Types of documents in clinical trials and regulatory submissions.

How to Become a Freelancer
 – Steps to start a freelance medical writing career.

– Tips for building a client base and managing freelance work.

How to Be Efficient
 – Time management strategies.

 – Tools and techniques for increasing productivity

Instructor

Dr. Menna Abdelsamed
– Member at ESMO.

– Bachelor’s degree in clinical pharmacy.

– Postgraduate diploma in Bioinformatics.

– Master of Science In Biotechnology.

– More than 4 years of experience as researcher and clinical pharmacist.

– 5 years of experience in medical writing.