Alternative Career With Law Degree?
Q: I am in the final year of a Biomedical Sciences degree and have applied
for medicine. I am currently researching alternative career options if I
do not get into medicine. I choose biomedical sciences as a degree
because I did not get the grades to do medicine straight away.
Some of my degree topics are immunology, endocrinology, genetics,
anatomy, neuropharmacology, molecular virology, biosynthesis and metabolism.
I do not want to work as a lab tech or do research as it does not offer
the social aspect that I want.
Can anyone suggest any alternative careers other than working in a laboratory.
A:Not sure exactly what you mean by an alternative career. You could do
something like science or medical publishing or journalism. I left academic
research to go into medical writing and publishing. There are lots of
different career paths for this sort of thing; many different types of
medical writing, if you have strong writing skills (everything from consumer
journalism to pharmaceutical tecnical writing and everything in between). If
not, you could still work at say a journal or medical magazine. At least in
the US, your background would be good for that sort of job, and I imagine it
would be in the UK also.
Pharma sales reps often have life-sciences backgrounds, like a bachelor's
degree in biology. Although not necessarily... a lot of them pick up the
technical information they need on the job, and the pharma companies do
pretty intensive training for their reps when