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A biomedical writer must write at a level that conforms to the technical level of the intended audience. Documents created by a biomedical writer can have very technical or simple language, depending on the audience.
Very Technical
Many biomedical writers work in the pharmaceutical industry and deal with extremely technical, scientific and medical information. Here they may:
- write documents for regulatory agencies such as the FDA
- ghostwrite scientific journal articles
- write content for continuing medical education monographs aimed at physicians
Biomedical writers use their background in sciences to enable them to produce these scientifically rigorous documents.
Technical
Biomedical writers work in government agencies where they draft documents to communicate scientific information to policy makers. Biomedical writers also help to disseminate public policy for healthcare-related issues. For example they may create campaigns to:
- increase immunization rates
- expand breast cancer screening, or
- decrease smoking
General Public
Biomedical writers also engage in transforming highly technical information into a form that will help the general public. For instance, a medical writer could:
- create a pamphlet that describes to a patient how to take their medication
- write a news story on a medical breakthrough
By understanding the theories of communication, biomedical writers are able to target their writing to the appropriate audience in a meaningful way.
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