Explore careers beyond the clinic

Four fields where a medical degree is an advantage. Each guide covers what the work is, the roles inside it, how people get in, and the conversations we have had with people doing it.

New guides are added as they are written.

Medical Writing

Writing the documents regulators review: protocols, clinical study reports, investigator brochures and submission summaries.

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Scientific Editing

Turning research into clear, accurate, publishable papers: checking logic, data presentation and language before peer review.

Coming soon

Health Technology

Bringing clinical judgement to digital health tools, medical devices and health data, so they are safe and useful in practice.

Coming soon

Pharmacovigilance

Collecting and assessing reports of side effects, spotting safety signals and keeping a medicine’s benefit–risk balance under review.

Coming soon