Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a medical writer can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical writer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Medical writers produce and process scientific documents related to medical affairs. Work alongside scientists, doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Professionals 23 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: clinical trial assistant, 51%

clinical trial assistant 51% covered clinical coder 21% covered medical records clerk 16% covered medical writer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 3 nearest destinations from medical writer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical writer already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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medical writer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a medical writer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.