We’re working more and more for medical writers here at FSTL, producing transcripts for them for a wide range of scientific and medical documents.
Who are medical writers and what do they do?
These documents are required for a number of different purposes including:
- publication articles such as journal manuscripts and abstracts
- content for healthcare websites, news articles or magazines
- research-related and regulatory documents
- disease or drug-related educational and promotional literature
It’s a wide range of subject matter and not all readers of the documents need the information to the same level of detail. Across the different types of documents there’s a varying range of target audience who need information ranging from very basic to detailed. The reader could be a general reader interested in health-related information, a patient who is researching more about their diagnosis or condition or a physician actively working in the specific scientific field. Whatever the level of understanding of the audience, medical writers need to be familiar with medical concepts and terminology in order to be able to accurately communicate the message.
What makes a medical writer different?
The demand for medical writing is growing steadily in the pharmaceutical and healthcare communication market. The market recognises that a medical writer isn’t just any old writer. They have the specialist knowledge and skills required to write well-structured, clear scientific documents, assimilating information and putting it across in a way that’s easy for the target audience to understand.There’s more research studies taking place in the biomedical arena than ever before. More biomedical journals in publication. More new drugs and medical devices being developed by pharmaceutical companies all the time. And on top of all that, with the big wide world of the internet where the opportunity for publication is almost unlimited, it’s easy to see how the demand for medical writing has grown.
Where does transcription come into it?
If you’re a medical writer you’ll most likely be very familiar with the process of conducting interviews or attending roundtable meetings or conferences as part of your research. So you’re probably also very familiar with having to scrabble to take notes while everyone is speaking, frantically trying to capture all the relevant information so you can get the right tone and content needed for the purpose of the document. And if you record the interview, the thought of having to sit down and transcribe it all fills you with dread.
This is where the services of FSTL can prove invaluable. You will be able to head into your interview or meeting fully aware that note taking is unnecessary. All you need to do is set the session to record and give your full attention to the person being interviewed. It gives you the head space and time to concentrate on what’s being said so that you’re fully engaged and can ask any relevant questions. It’s most likely the only opportunity you’ll have to speak to the participants so you’re maximising the value out of the session.
Once you have recorded the interview, simply send it in to FSTL where our medical transcribers have a specialist knowledge of the medical field. This means they can accurately interpret and record the content of the interview, even when abbreviations and jargon are used by the interviewee.
And if you want your meeting recorded we can do that too! Here’s our link on our recording services for more details…..
Simplify and enhance your medical writing experience with transcription services from FSTL.