Are You Protected? Professional Liability Insurance for Freelancers

As independent businesspeople, freelance medical writers are responsible for acquiring their own insurance policies. Some types of policies are critical for operating a business, while others depend on the structure of one’s freelance business. 

Do You Need to Build a Freelance Website? Depends

Conventional wisdom says you could be the best freelance medical writer in the world, but unless you have a website, potential clients might not know you exist. 

Mind Your Own Business with a Year-End Review

By Laura J. Ninger, ELS, Ninger Medical Communications, LLC

You must understand what your medical communication business has achieved during the past year in order to plan for the future. This blog helps you review your earnings, clients, project mix, and marketing efforts with good record-keeping and some simple tables and graphs.

What Are the Most Important Medical Writer Qualifications?

Writers and editors with a passion for medicine and science are exploring opportunities in the growing field of medical writing.

The explosive growth of health care technology, pharmaceuticals, and other related areas creates multiple possible entry points for writers and editors who possess the skills and qualifications to enter and advance in the field.

What Does It Take to Be a Medical Editor? Exploring Editing Careers

Every quality document requires the attention of a thorough editor, and medical and scientific documents require extra care to uphold scientific rigor. 

5 Steps to Defining Your Role as a Medical Writer

Those in the medical writing and editing field know that job responsibilities vary widely. 

Regardless of the job description, medical communicators have unique scientific and professional skill sets that can be used in a multitude of ways. However, medical communicators sometimes find themselves in situations where they are expected to do more than is possible. Perhaps a colleague or client expects a level of support that is beyond the scope of the medical writer’s job description.