Medical school, 4 years of orthopaedic surgery residency, burned out, now getting an MPH at Columbia. Where the heck do I go from here? I graduate in May and have absolutely, and I mean absolutely, no idea what I'm going to be doing in May. I'd rather not do another residency, but I'm getting the feeling that if nothing else presents itself I may have to settle doing the most lax residency (IF there is one!). Please help. You can email me at chertoff_md@hotmail.com. Thanks so much. Warm regards,… Continue

Hearts & Hoses, San Diego’s most established medical training company is announcing its intentions to educate the public about various training and certification courses in CPR. They also cater to Emergency Medical Services Personnel (EMS) by offering Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Supp… Continue

Following a few links on the Delaware Valley chapter of the Medical Writers association (a really good site!) ,

I found these documents that looked like they might be useful to others exploring medical writing opportunities;

Getting Started in Medical Writing

From Wyeth: http://amwa-dvc.org/gettingstarted/Wyeth_Employer2005.pdf

General: http://amwa-dvc.org/gettingstarted/index.shtml

Freelance resources: http://amwa-dvc.org/freelance/index.shtml

Toolkit for medical writers: http://am… Continue

As I mentioned, I have worked as a legal inhouse medical analyst for a plaintiff's firm and insurance defense. These were full time, salaried positions with great hours. Sure I took a pay cut but felt it was worth it. Now I am looking for new ideas for full time salaried ideas.
Seems my position has been prime for lay offs....anyone with great ideas?

Is Medical Writing same as Medical Transcription and Coding - More than 70% of 1245 enquires answered by our team in last two months had this query in common. Medical Writing is entirely different from other two in terms of career opportunities, skills required, supply v/s demand and remuneration.

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