Description
Position at WebMD Medscape, a division of WebMD, develops and hosts physician portals and related mobile applications that make it easier for physicians and healthcare professionals to access clinical reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing medical education credits and communicate with peers.
POSITION SUMMARY
Are you passionate about using your editing, writing, and slide creation skills to educate the healthcare community on the most recent advances in medicine? Do you have experience developing medical content across a wide range of therapeutic areas, including cardiology, immunology and infectious diseases? Medscape Education is seeking a motivated, adaptable, team-oriented entry-level medical editor to support development of medical education content (CME/CE) published on Medscape.org.
By joining Medscape Education, the leading provider of live and online medical education, you will have the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to initiatives that truly make an impact on physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers and thus the lives of those around you.
Medscape Education is committed to delivering quality, timely, medically accurate content to clinicians worldwide
What You'll Do:
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Content development
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Collaborate with internal team members and external educational partners to obtain details and direction for new assignments prior to developing content -
Use templates and tools to edit (clinical and line edit) content received from faculty/authors for clarity, medical/scientific accuracy, alignment with learning objectives, product specifications, and consistency with the target learner audience -
Write summary statements to enhance content received from faculty/authors -
Develop PowerPoint presentations for multimedia programs and figures for text programs -
Perform fact-checking of internal team members' content -
Incorporate revisions based on input from cross-functional internal and external teams
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Work with other content development staff to develop accredited content for projects in multiple formats (multimedia, text, and live) for physicians (CME), nurses (CE), and pharmacists (CPE) that is clinically appropriate, instructionally sound, adherent to industry regulations, and completed within budget and time scale to the highest quality. Tasks include, but are not limited to: -
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of important clinical issues, relevant literature, clinical practice guidelines, approved therapeutic drugs and regimens, and therapeutic pipelines -
Learn new therapeutic areas as needed based on project assignments -
Travel a few times a year for training opportunities
Who You Are:
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A self-motivated medical writer and editor with a positive attitude, who has excellent organizational, time management, and communication skills and loves varied assignments -
A graduate with an advanced medical degree (PharmD, RN, NP, PA, PhD) or a Bachelor of Science degree (life sciences, public health, or clinical sciences) with relevant work experience -
Someone who obtains satisfaction in completing your work on time with minimal errors -
A true team player who jumps in and tackles new assignments and constantly looks for ways to help the department -
Comfortable in a highly deadline-driven environment, and able to pivot quickly between tasks and adapt to rapidly shifting priorities -
Enjoys leveraging technology to make your job easier -
What You'll Need to Succeed:
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Sufficient background in a wide range of therapeutic areas, including cardiology, immunology and infectious diseases to be conversant on key/emerging issues related to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment -
Excellent editorial (editing and writing) skills in developing multimedia, text, and live Medical Education activities; familiarity with AMA style -
Knowledge of ACCME standards -
Strong problem-solving skills to independently and quickly deal with unforeseen issues to ensure that timelines are consistently met -
Experience as a medical writer and/or editor for a medical education/communications company, professional medical publisher, or academic institution/hospital/university center, medical society is a plus -
Excellent computer skills that include working remotely on shared networks and cloud-based systems, and a high degree of proficiency using Google and Microsoft Office suite required; web-based data and document sharing sites and authoring tools (SharePoint, Read Cube, Accent Library) a plus -
Experience with web-based project management tools (such as Workfront) highly preferred -
High professionalism and easy rapport in building collaborative work relationships
WebMD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protected by law.
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Jan 29, 2025