This interactive webinar is your KEY to taking the next step in your MedComms career.
If you're looking to break into the world of medical communications, this replay is a must-watch.
Originally recorded live, this candid and practical session brings together professionals from across the industry to share real-world advice, honest insights, and strategies to help you stand out – whether you're a graduate, brand new to the space, or pivoting careers.
👂 Tune in to hear our expert panel unpack how you can:
🎯 Optimise your applications to secure that first role
📌 Pinpoint your specialist niche to carve out your place in the industry
💡 Prepare for a successful MedComms career – with one eye on AI and what’s coming next
👉🏻 ...and so much more
No fluff. Just actionable guidance, helpful perspectives, and a clearer sense of your next steps.
We brought together expert panellists from across the Health Comms landscape – agency, freelance, health tech and beyond. Each one shared real-world advice and first-hand experience of helping people get their foot in the MedComms door – and thrive once they’re in.
I'm Virginia Chachati and in 2020 I moved from London to Germany. I became a medical copywriter and educational health video creator - and now I work remotely from anywhere in the world. I’ve been a registered pharmacist with the UK General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) since 2014.
I create evidence-based, accessible health information videos as Pharmacist Virginia on YouTube. I have worked with the NHS, UKHSA, WHO, YouTube Health, and L'Oréal. I teach people how to create health videos too.
I founded the International Medical Writing Association (IMWA), a private community for medical writers, with a focus on education and collaboration for a long sustainable medical writing career.
Through Write Clinic, I produce educational YouTube videos and courses about medical writing to help healthcare professionals and scientists become medical writers. I host Medical Writing Uncut, a video podcast to share the voice of medical writers from all over the world. And I publish Medical Writer Magazine twice a year.
Created in 2021, I have a free networking LinkedIn group "Medical writing for beginners and beyond" with around 17,000 members.
Email me any time to chat at hello@virginiachachati.com
Rachel Pascal is a versatile and accomplished medical writer and healthcare communications specialist with over a decade of experience in writing and editorial roles across the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Her expertise spans medical education, med comms, healthcare PR, patient engagement, and beyond.
Rachel began her career at HERON (a PAREXEL company), an evidence-based consultancy where she worked within the Strategic Communications team. There, she played a key role in developing materials that helped shape, substantiate and communicate product and portfolio value across a range of therapeutic areas.
Since then, Rachel has held senior positions across healthcare communications, working on everything from thought leadership and independent medical education to global advertising campaigns and peer-reviewed publications. Today, as a freelancer, she partners with a diverse client base — from top-tier pharmaceutical companies and leading med comms agencies to health tech start-ups and entrepreneurs.
Rachel’s clients describe her as “a tremendously talented writer” and “a delight to work with.”
Grace is a dedicated and adaptable medical copywriter and communications specialist.
During her time at university, she started an educational YouTube channel and worked in a range of roles, creating content, running events, and managing projects. She began her medical copywriting career during her placement year at a global health marketing agency, where she produced slide decks, briefing packs, and videos for competitor-simulation workshops, and championed the team’s LinkedIn account. She then went on to work for health-tech companies shaping patient-facing content, before pursuing freelancing and then joining RubyDuke. She has produced a range of educational and promotional materials for HCPs, paediatric and adult patients, families, and the public.
Grace is experienced in scaling content, shaping tone of voice and style guides, and working with high-profile healthcare and pharmaceutical clients. She champions engaging, accessible, and creative content and excels at breaking down complex medical information into educational and compassionate resources.
Grace also helps young people to pursue MedComms careers, through her platform, Write in the Loop, and runs a YouTube channel sharing educational employability content and her own career and personal journey.
Having sifted through hundreds (or possibly thousands) of applications as a Line Manager and Scientific Director, Sam knows the challenges that Medical Writers face as they find their way into the MedComms industry, and climb the progression ladder. And as an award-winning Medical Writer, he has the top tips for how you can make your writing stand out.
He came to mentoring at a young age, initially during his Higher Education. Since then, he’s coached Medical Writers with a practical approach, taking them from entry to senior level, supporting in speeding up their development, reaching their goals, and gaining the recognition they deserve.
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