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Non-Clinical Professions For Healthcare Professionals
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When we hear the term ‘clinical’, the images that come to our mind are that of a hospital, a clinic or a healthcare center. Until recently, a profession in healthcare meant direct involvement with patient care; which is not so, now. The avenues in healthcare have broadened to include professions that don’t necessarily mean working in a hospital or a clinic. These professions are non-clinical and require healthcare expertise outside the patient care settings. However, indirectly, the non-clinical professions work towards improving Patient Care- the basic motto of healthcare.
These non-clinical professions are a breakthrough in the conventional image of healthcare sector. In a non-clinical setting, the doctor may become a healthcare business analyst weighing the pros and cons of a setting up a medical device company. A nurse may don the role of a software analyst guiding a team of software professionals in preparing a software application for patient admission. A midwife may become a writer, educating expectant mothers through various informative articles on a related website.
The diversification of conventional roles in healthcare has attracted many aspirants from both- outside the sector and from within it. Not only the opportunities are available for the first-timers, the opportunities are plenty for clinicians who might want a career change, in which case, the clinical experience is an additional advantage.
Non-Clinical Professions Are Designed For Professionals Who…
- Do not go by conventional rules
- Are looking for new challenges
- Are deciding for shift career
- Wish to explore new options
- Want to know lucrative non-clinical positions
- Are nearing retirement and looking for further income
- Are looking for more creative approach to healthcare
- Are looking for career transition
- Are willing to accept change
Non-Clinical Career Options for Medical Professionals
- Medical communications/writing/education
- Medical marketing
- Advertising
- Promotional educational
- Certified medical education
- Medical publications
- Paid blogging, and more
- Consulting
- Financial Services
- Health Information Technology (Health IT)
- Electronic health records (EHRs)
- Personal health records (PHRs)
- Decision support analysis
- Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and more
- Pharma/Biotech
- Medical affairs
- Clinical research
- Regulator
- Writing and more
RIGHT-ING Information In Healthcare: Medical Writingread more
Many of you, in the course of your clinical practice, might have come across situations, where you thought you could have handled the information in a better way. There might be instances when- as a doctor you felt that whatever you explained at length about cholelithiasis to a patient, not a single word was heeded to; as a nurse you felt that health education about care of a neonate to the new mother went unheard; as a physiotherapist you felt the patient not exercising the muscles you told him to or as a lab technician you found the patient has not prepared himself for the test given. All these scenarios point towards one common problem- COMMUNICATION GAP. We must understand that a patient represents the common people, and does not understand medical terms and are rather scared of it. Mention of a single term that bounces off their head, makes them dis-interested in the content- how much ever valuable it might be. In contrast, there is another group- the peers- people who are well versed with medical language and are comfortable using it. Same communication for both the groups does not work; the content should be customized for them.
These are very few examples from a limited setting in healthcare; there are plenty of instances where ends do not meet because the information was not expressed or written properly, in a way the target audience would understand. Expressing or writing information the right way may sound easy, but can turn out to be a Herculean task when you actually do it. Expressing thoughts or writing information the right way- we call it MEDICAL WRITING- is an essential and indispensible quality in healthcare sector- whether clinical or non-clinical profession. This quality of writing right is inborn is some and imbibed in others. And it is never too late- to polish the skill if you already have it or to learn it if you don’t.
Contributing to Healthcare the WRITE way- Medical writing is one of the non-clinical ways to contribute to healthcare. It requires art of a writer and science of a healthcare professional to make a complete medical writer.
Opportunities In Real: Non Clinical Healthcare Opportunities In Various Companiesread more
The following table lists down some companies and their opportunities in non-clinical area of healthcare.
Type of Companies |
List of Companies |
Opportunities |
Healthcare education and communication |
- APIC Institute of HealthCare Studies
- Institute of Clinical Research (India)
- Institute for Rural Health Studies (IRHS)
- Fortis Health Care
- Max Healthcares
- Nopany Institute of Healthcare Studies
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (AIMS)
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- Trainers/Faculty
- Program Director
- Medical Director
- Medical Writer Scientific
- Program Directors/Medical Editors
- Associate Scientific Director
- Scientific Supervisor
- Managing Editor
- Subject matter Expert
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Medical device companies |
- B. Braun Medical(I)Pvt. Ltd
- BL Life sciences Ltd
- Baxter India
- Bayer Diagnostics India Ltd
- Godrej Industries Ltd
- Johnson & Johnson Medical India (JJMI) Ltd
- Opto Circuits (I) Limited
- Philips Electronics India Ltd (Medical Systems Division)
- Roche Diagnostics India
- Siemens India Ltd
- Span Diagnostics Ltd
- Trivitron Medical Systems
- Wipro Biomed Ltd
- Wipro GE Medical Systems
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- Medical Director
- Medical Device Marketing
- Writer (User guide, protocols)
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Healthcare consulting companies |
- Accenture
- ACE Vision Health Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
- Astron hospital and health care consultants, New Delhi, Haryana, Kolkata
- Avalon consulting, Mumbai, New Delhi & Chennai
- Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
- Daou Systems Inc
- Deloitte consultancy
- Feedback ventures, New Delhi
- First consulting group
- ForerunnersHealthcare
- Fortis healthcare, New Delhi
- Frost &Sullivan
- IBM healthcare & life sciences
- Oyster International Healthcare Consulting, Chennai.
- TCS healthcare & life science consultancy
- Techno-pak
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- Researcher
- Business analyst
- Market analyst
- Health educator
- Finance manager and consultant
- Quality assessment officer
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Pharma and Biotech companies |
- Alembic Limited (Formerly - Alembic Chemical Works Ltd.)
- Actavis Pharmaceutical
- Alcon Laboratories India Pvt. Ltd
- Aurigene Discovery Technologies Ltd.
- Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. - A TATA Enterprise
- ABL Biotechnologies Ltd
- AJAY BIO-TECH (INDIA) LTD
- Analab
- Anu Biotech International
- Aries Agro-Vet Industries Limited
- Arihant Agro Corporation
- Avestha Gengraine
- Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd.
- Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd.
- Advanced Biochemicals Ltd
- Anil Starch Ltd
- Advanta India Limited (formerly IT Zeneca)
- V. Thomas & Co. Ltd
- Aventis Pharma Ltd. India
- Ajanta Pharma Ltd.
- Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.
- Banglore Genei
- Bayer India Ltd.
- Bharat Biotech International Ltd.
- Bharat Serum and Vaccines Ltd.
- Biotron Healthcare (India) P. Ltd
- Biocon India (Irish Group)
- BioGenex India Life Sciences
- Biotech India Pvt. Ltd.
- Biozeen (Bangalore Biotech Labs Pvt. Ltd.)
- Bommidala Bhanumurthy, (BBM Group)
- Cadilla Healthcare
- Cipla Ltd.
- Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd.
- Camson Biotechnologies Ltd.
- Dabur India Ltd.
- DuPont India Pvt Ltd
- Dr Reddy's Group Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (DRL)
- Erica Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
- Emcure Pharmaceuticals
- Genotypic Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- GVK Biosciences Pvt. Ltd.
- Godrej Agrovet Ltd.
- Greenearth Biotechnologies Ltd.
- Growmore Biotech Ltd.
- GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GSK India)
- Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
- Harrisons Malayalam Ltd.
- Hindustan Livers
- Imperial Life Sciences
- Intas Pharmaceuticals
- Indfrag Ltd.
- Indian Immunologicals Ltd.
- Indo-American Hybrid Seeds (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- Ipca Labs Ltd.
- Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited ( IDPL)
- Johnson & Johnson India Ltd.
- Jubilant Organosys Science Active
- Jubilant Biosys Ltd. (JBL)
- Jupiter Biosciences Ltd.
- Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (KAPL)
- Kopran Limited
- Khandelwal Labrotories Pvt. Ltd.
- Lupin Ltd.
- LifeCell Ltd.
- Lumis Biotech Ltd.
- Magene Life Sciences
- Matrix Laboratories Ltd.
- Max India Ltd.
- Mediclone Biotech Pvt Ltd
- Monsanto India Ltd.
- Novartis India Limited
- Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.
- Nycomed Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
- Omega Biotec
- Ocimum Biosolutions Ltd.
- Orchid Pharmaceuticals
- Origin Agrostar Ltd.
- Panacea Biotech
- Pragati Biocare Pvt. Ltd
- Praj Industries
- Procter & Gamble India Ltd.
- Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
- Raj Biotech India Pvt. Ltd.
- RFCL Ltd.
- RPG Life Sciences Ltd.
- Reliance Life Sciences
- Roche Scientific Company(India)Pvt.Ltd.
- Serum Institute of India Ltd.
- Semi Labs Ltd.
- Shantha Biotechniques Ltd.
- Shreya Life Science
- Strand LifeSciences.
- Sudershan Biotech Ltd.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- Suven Life Sciences Ltd.
- Syngene International Ltd.
- Titan Biotech Ltd.
- Transgene Biotek Ltd.
- Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
- Themis Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.
- Unichem Laboratories Ltd.
- USV Ltd.
- Vimta Labs
- Wockhardt Healthcare
- Zenotech Labs Ltd.
- Zydus Cadila Ltd.
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- Medical affairs
- Manager -Business Analytics
- Medical Writing
- Regulatory Affairs Manager
- Scientific Business Officer
- Director, Biostatistics
- Research Scientist
- Publication Writing
- Subject matter Expert- Medical Review
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