Scientific Content Manager
Medscape, a division of WebMD, develops and hosts physician portals and related mobile applications that make it easier for physicians and healthcare professionals to access clinical reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing medical education credits and communicate with peers.
About the role
Medscape Education is seeking a motivated, adaptable, team-oriented entry-level Content Manager to support development of medical education content (CME/CE) published on Medscape.org
By joining Medscape Education, the leading provider of live and online medical education, you will have the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to initiatives that truly make an impact on physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers and thus the lives of those around you.
What you’ll do
Work with other content development staff to develop accredited content for projects in multiple formats (multimedia, text, and live) for physicians (CME), nurses (CE), and pharmacists (CPE) that is clinically appropriate, instructionally sound, adherent to industry regulations, and completed within budget and time scale to the highest quality.
Collaborate with internal team members and external educational partners to obtain details and direction for new assignments prior to developing content
Use templates and tools to edit (clinical and line edit) content received from faculty/authors for clarity, medical/scientific accuracy, alignment with learning objectives, product specifications, and consistency with the target learner audience
Write summary statements to enhance content received from faculty/authors
Develop PowerPoint presentations for multimedia programs and figures for text programs
Perform fact-checking of internal team members’ content
Incorporate revisions based on input from cross-functional internal and external teams
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of important clinical issues, relevant literature, clinical practice guidelines, approved therapeutic drugs and regimens, and therapeutic pipelines
Learn new therapeutic areas as needed based on project assignments
Travel a few times a year for training opportunities
What you’ll need to bring
A graduate with an advanced medical degree (PharmD, RN, NP, PA, PhD) or a Bachelor of Science degree (life sciences, public health, or clinical sciences) with relevant work experience
Comfortable in a highly deadline-driven environment, and able to pivot quickly between tasks and adapt to rapidly shifting priorities
Sufficient background in a wide range of therapeutic areas, including cardiology, immunology and infectious diseases to be conversant on key/emerging issues related to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Excellent editorial (editing and writing) skills in developing multimedia, text, and live Medical Education activities; familiarity with AMA style
Knowledge of ACCME standards