Professional Diploma in Medical Writing

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Medical and scientific writing is a specialized and exciting discipline. It involves writing documents helpful for the medical fraternity and the drug development industry. Two major sectors in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry with an increasing demand for medical writers are regulatory writing and marketing material writing. (Medico-marketing writing)

There is an increasing need in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry for medical writing professionals. Medical writing specialists develop documents in a standard and well written fashion, compliant to regulatory standards for approval of drugs, devices and biologics.

Medical writing profession dominates the pharmaceutical and biotech industry by preparing the most critical and crucial documents for regulatory approvals. A few of the documents prepared by medical writers in the pharmaceutical/clinical research industry are clinical study reports (CSR), periodic safety update reports (PSUR), investigator brochures (IB), summary of product characteristics (SmPC), patient information leaflets (PIL), etc. On this regulatory end of the medical writing spectrum, medical writers work on all the documents related to submission for approvals.

The other end of the medical writing profession is towards the marketing of pharmaceutical and biotech products and public awareness related to healthcare. Medical and scientific writing inhere involves a number of activities as shown in the figure. In case of medico-marketing writing the audience ranges from highly qualified physicians to scientific writing material for the general public.

The confluence of the two ends of the spectrum is where scientific manuscripts are prepared, and where publications undergo a systematic review to produce the best of evidence related to health care and scientific discovery.

Regulatory medical writers with a complete understanding of the clinical research processes expedite the traverse of a drug candidate over the path to physicians desk. Medical and scientific writing professionals working at the health care end of the spectrum form an important element in the communication channel sending information back to the laboratory for efficient translational research to take foundation.

In the wider clinical research industry, a large number of clinical research management organizations have recently developed which includes a range of full service CROs, early phase CROs, SMOs, companies with selective specialized services like data management and drug safety, clinical research consultancies, KPOs, etc. This has created a demand for skilled workforce in the clinical research industry as stressed in many business reports.

James Lind Institute is committed to developing emerging professionals for the clinical research industry who are equipped with the most relevant and latest knowledge and expertise.

The Professional Diploma in Medical Writing will provide you with a methodical understanding of the core areas of medical writing thus enhancing your skills and knowledge to the level expected of a Medical and Scientific Writer. It imparts rigorous medical writing training to develop professional expertise of high caliber.

The Professional Diploma in Medical Writing course curriculum is fully reviewed and endorsed by the Clinical Research Industry and the academia thus imparting students the edge that they require to make an entrance in the industry. This course also empowers the professionals working in the clinical research industry with the advanced skills training and knowledge required to move to higher cadres of the management hierarchy.

Course duration

Self Paced 4 to 6 months (Maximum duration 18 months)

A student enrolled in the Professional Diploma in Medical Writing Course is expected to study online for a minimum of fifteen hours per week.

Course Assessment

Course assessment nvolves 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 use our Course Fee Calculator below to know the course fee applicable to you.



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Academic Support

Each student enrolled in Professional Diploma in Medical Writing 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