Are you a physician who is...
--Burned out and wanting to explore nonclinical career options that still utilize your clinical experience and expertise?
--Considering medical writing part-time or full-time, but not sure if it's the right field for you?
--Wondering about a career in medical writing, but don't know where to start?
--Having trouble finding medical writing job opportunities?
Then this course is for you!
In this survey course, designed by a physician for fellow physicians, you will:
--Learn about the many different kinds of medical writing, including which are best suited to physicians
--Find out what personality traits are the best matches for the different kinds of medical writing
--Learn what compensation to expect and the pros and cons of employed vs. freelance models
--Discover where to find and how to search for medical writing job opportunities
--Take your first 3 action steps!
(Please note: this course is meant to be an informational survey course, comparable to a 101-level course. It will not teach you how to write, but rather will cover the many possibilities of a medical writing career.)
Course Curriculum
- Introductory video and welcome from your instructor (1:06)
- Module 1: Different Kinds of Medical Writing (18:56)
- Module 2: Is Medical Writing the Right Fit for Your Personality? (5:25)
- Module 3: Salary & Compensation Expectations (8:32)
- Module 4: Finding Medical Writing Jobs (8:42)
- Module 5: Action Steps (4:25)
- Further Questions? Contact Me (1:00)
Not a physician? You can still take this course!
(Just be aware that opportunities of specific interest to physicians will be the focus.)
About Your Instructor
Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI, FACC, FACP is a cardiologist and award-winning physician writer who has published across multiple genres and formats, including medical writing, blogging, prescriptive nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Dr. Ali has been a medical writer for nearly 25 years.
She is currently President of LastSky Writing, LLC, a full-spectrum freelance writing company. Her clients include global healthcare corporations, medical device companies, medical communications agencies, consumer health publications, and more.
As a medical writer and physician editor, Dr. Ali is Chief Editor of the Atherosclerosis section and the Congenital Heart Disease section of Medscape Reference Drugs and Diseases (from WebMD), a role she has held for over 12 years.
Dr. Ali also served as Physician Editor for MCG Health, LLC, for nearly 10 years, aiding in the creation and revision of evidence-based clinical care guidelines. She has also been a medical editor, writer, and CME speaker for MedStudy, specializing in the creation and revision of board review materials in the fields of internal medicine and pediatrics.
In the area of health blogging, Dr. Ali served as Obesity Expert for Verywell Health for three years, creating the Obesity site from scratch, writing and updating hundreds of pieces of evergreen article content as well as late-breaking health news, and maintaining a weekly e-newsletter. She continues to be a medical reviewer and advisor for Verywell Health, as well as for HealthCentral and Rooted in Science.
Dr. Ali's current book-in-progress is Walk Through Fire: The Waverly Train Disaster of 1978, due to be released in February 2023 by Kensington Books. The book is a narrative history of one of the worst train explosions and hazardous materials disasters of the 20th century, which occurred in her own hometown.
Dr. Ali is a member of the Authors Guild and the American Medical Writers Association. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the American College of Physicians. She is also a member of the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the National Lipid Association, and the Tennessee Medical Association. She holds MD and MSCI (Master of Science in Clinical Investigation) degrees from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
