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From a practical standpoint, I would say yes. It's just that the content
is a lot more specialized, and the people doing the hiring think it's even
more specialized than it is. The entrenched thinking, which is not likely
to change, is that in order to do "medical writing," you need to have a
medical, biology or chemistry education, and that experience is not an
acceptable substitute (and, of course, you're not likely to get the experience
without first getting the education that will get your foot into the door in
the first place). However, there's still a lot of technical writing involved
in the support of pharma development and manufacturing (much of which
*is* IT-related) that does not fall into the pigeonhole of "medical writing."
> Ive been reading the mails and I see that most of you prefer the
> "Bio/medical/pharmaceutical" writing then the "IT/software/computer"
> writing. Why? and why can't a good writer become either or? is there
> specific training to go from an IT writer to a Medical writer? Enlighten me.
> isnt it the same on a daily basis other than the content writing is
> different?
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