Hello everyone. I am looking to transition into the medical writing field, but I don’t seem to have the right type of experience. I have technical writing experience, but I don’t have experience with clinical studies or clinical trials. Does anyone have any advice on how I can gain more experience in this field? I am pursuing the AMWA Essential Skills certificate and am working on a master degree, but any other information would be greatly appreciated!

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Try to network with medical writers on LinkedIn

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What is your masters degree in? I think having science research experience plus at least one health/medical/science writing sample will help get the interview. I’d think technical writing would be very transferable.

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Hoping others can confirm this recommendation—maybe try looking across LinkedIn and identify small to mid-size shops (under 200 employees?) and see their job openings. Thinking it would be easier to start there and later transition to some of those bigger agencies.

Map out how your existing skill set is transferable to medical writer roles. Take on contract work to get hands on exposure and add those to your resume.

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DM me. I am a medical writer at a large agency. Networking is key.

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