The term medical writing encompasses scientific writing and medical journalism. Science and technology has undergone staggering transformations in today's world as it is said that todays friction is tomorrow's reality. Scientific writing and medical journalism, an interdisciplinary field, is geared in large part to bridge the gap between scientific community and the normal general public by applying knowledge of both science and rhetoric to enhance readers understanding of scientific phenomena. Scientific writing and journalism are different from other types of professional writing because it incorporates good deal of medical knowledge, methods, and terminology from variety of fields.

A career in scientific writing and medical journalism is interesting and offers lucrative and myriad opportunities for employment. For those who find health related topics interesting and have a taste for communication, for them scientific writing and medical journalism can be rewarding and fascinating career path. These fields span a wide range, at one end of spectrum are relatively simple task as poof reading, checking for the accuracy of references, at the other end are the critical and challenging work as grant writing, directing a corporate publication department, designing and managing new periodicals, writing medical books etc.

The Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Scientific Writing and Medical Journalism is designed to provide high level of understanding of core writing and analytical skills which are needed to articulate complex, scientific material to scientist, clinician and public oriented communities. Our modules explain the objectives of scientific writing and medical journalism and its application in media, which help professionals to develop strong grounding in scientific writing skills and journalistic skills. We focus on the practical aspects of journalism, learning and writing which will help professionals to emerge from the course multi-skilled to face the demands of the continually changing industry.

Course duration

Self Paced 6 - 8 months

A student enrolled for the Professional Diploma in Healthcare & Hospital Management course is expected to study online for a minimum of fifteen hours per week.

Course Assessment

Course assessment involves online MCQs for each lecture, followed by assignments and numerous assessments by tutors in the "Online Campus Tutoring Centre" by the method of interactive discussion.

Fee Structure

Course fee for all JLI courses is very reasonable. Please send an email to academics@jli.edu.in or admissions@jli.edu.in or chat with our counsellor online to know the course fee applicable to you for Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Scientific Writing and Medical Journalism for 2010-11.
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Academic Support

Each student enrolled for the Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Scientific Writing and Medical Journalism course is assigned a mentor throughout the course who will be a senior professional from the Industry. Students are in close contact with the "Student Success Team" during the course and thereafter as alumni. To know more about the "Student Success Team", click here.