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LUNCHTIME CAREERS EVENT - 10 JANUARY 2013 - OXFORD

This was the seventh time we have run what is now established as an annual event. Once again we had an enthusiastic audience of post-docs and DPhil/PhD students and others from the biomedical sciences departments within and around Oxford and from other Universities, who met with a number of medical writing and communications professionals for a highly engaging session which presented medical writing as an attractive career option. We explained how areas of the UK such as Oxfordshire, London and Cheshire are home to numerous leading medical communications agencies that serve the global pharmaceutical industry... and they're crying out for good staff! These agencies are looking for individuals with: a genuine enthusiasm for science and its application to the world of medicine the ability to work independently within a small-team environment. MedComms can literally take you all over the world and provides attractive long-term career pathways. Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre (MSTC), South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PL [Directions here] Timetable: 10.30 Registration and coffee 11.15 Welcome and Introduction by Peter Llewellyn, NetworkPharma and presentations by: Diane Sutherland, Martin Callaghan and Phil Loder, Fishawack Communications Group The agency perspective; what we do, how we do it, what we look for in a new staff, and the training and career opportunities ahead. [VIEW PRESENTATION - PDF] Ryan Woodrow Aspire Scientific Been there, done it, got the tee-shirt. Life in MedComms. [VIEW PRESENTATION - PDF] Carys Mills, Carys Mills Recruitment Tricks and tips for gaining that elusive first job. [VIEW PRESENTATION - PDF] 13.00-15.00 Lunch and informal discussion with senior staff from additional leading medical communications agencies; 7.4 Limited, Caudex Medical, Darwin Healthcare Communications, Insight Medical Writing, Oxford PharmaGenesis, PAREXEL MedCom, Porterhouse Medical and Watermeadow Medical as well as representatives from European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) and the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP). If you have any questions about the event please email Peter Llewellyn.

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