Topic: Medical Writing Apprenticeships

Podcasts

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Episode 35: Introducing the AMWA Apprentice Program Framework – A step-by-step guide to training medical writers 

The demand for experienced medical writers is outpacing the availability of experienced writers. In TriloTalk episode 35, Julia Forjanic Klapproth, Senior Partner at Trilogy, and Kim Jochman, Senior Director of Medical Writing at Merck, raise awareness of two new essential AMWA resources: the apprentice program framework and the job leveling framework. As members of the workstreams who developed these, Julia and Kim bring insights and the rationale from behind the scenes. Tune in and learn about these important initiatives for the medical writing community.  

Apprenticing Medical Writers
Episode 6: Apprenticing Medical Writers

In this month’s episode, Julia Forjanic Klapproth, Senior Partner at Trilogy Writing & Consulting, and Joan Affleck, Head of the Medical Writing Department at Merck, talk about the medical writing training programs at the companies they represent and explore how training medical writers help build a brighter future and lift the entire profession of medical writing. 

Publications

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Achieving a Work-Life Balance as Medical Writers
In any industry, there is considerable evidence of the value and improved productivity for those who maintain a healthy work-life balance, and we should not forget that a near total...
Author: Barry Drees
Journal: Medical Writing – A Bold New Path: The Future Awaits Us
Date: February 2020
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How to Build a Medical Writer: Medical Writing Apprenticeships - New Training for a New Breed
Everyone involved in preparing regulatory documentation in the pharmaceutical industry is always on a desperate look out for excellent medical writers with years of experience writing the documents they need....
Author: Julia Forjanic Klapproth and Lisa Chamberlain James
Journal: AMWA Journal
Date: Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2019