Three Ways a Ph.D. Prepares Students for a Career in Medical Affairs
A career in Medical affairs is fast emerging as a popular choice for students with advanced degrees in science, pharmacy and medicine. In this post I will highlight certain skills which students pick up during their graduate school days and which are extremely useful in medical affairs roles. 1. Selling an Idea which is backed up by strong scientific evidence and logical reasoning When PhD students defend their thesis, what they are basically doing is selling their research. They had an idea and they gathered evidence by doing experiments and now they are trying to sell their idea in front of scientists who are experts in that area. A medical affairs professional is trying to do a similar thing. Imagine that the company you are working for has developed a new drug for treating hypertension which is targeting a completely new pathway which no one knows about. When you are talking about this drug for the first time in front of clinicians, it is similar to a thesis defense...