Monday, December 5, 2011

Difference between medical writing and transcription


Medical Transcription
What is Medical Transcription?
Medical transcription is the process of converting voice-recorded reports as dictated by physicians and other healthcare professionals, into text format. A medical transcriptionist performs document typing and formatting functions according to an established criteria or format, transcribing the spoken word of the patient's care information into a written and easily readable form.
Who hires Medical Transcription?
Clinics, hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
What It requires?
A medical transcriptionist needs to be well-versed with correct spelling of all terms and words and have understanding of correcting medical terminology.
Job role
A medical transcriptionist is involved in the mechanical task of generating transcribed reports.
Graduates and postgraduates from any discipline preferably from science.

                                                                                                                                     
Medical Writing
 What is Medical writing?
Medical writing involves communicating clinical and scientific data and information to a range of audiences in a wide variety of formats. It is method of written communication of scientific knowledge, customized to the target audience.
Who hires Medical writers?
Academic medical centers, associations, foundations, pharmaceutical companies, medical devices , publishers, medical websites, contract research organizations (CROs), hospitals/health care systems and medical advertising/communication agencies , Healthcare BPO’s / KPO’s , Software firms , Healthcare Consulting firms…
What It requires?
Medical writing is a creative profession, the medical writer needs to have attention to detail, ability to write and work across teams and also independently. They should be good communicators and should have aptitude for understanding medicine and to learn more. A medical writer needs to have wide variety of skills to write on various topics and for different target group. 

A medical writer needs to have attention to detail, ability to write and work across teams and also independently. They should be good communicators and should have aptitude for understanding medicine and to learn more.
Job role
The work of a medical writer includes creation and development of advertising copy for pharmaceuticals and other products, CD-ROMs, Internet content, journal abstracts and articles, medical education materials, monographs, multimedia projects, regulatory documents, physician speeches and presentations, sales training manuals, slide kits, white papers, medical scripts, newsletters, patient education materials, posters, case reports and many more.

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