Interview with Dr. Laura McKain – 358

In this week’s show, an interview from the archives with Dr.Laura McKain explains how to land a pharma clinical development job.

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Our guest, Dr. Laura McKain, is a board-certified physician with more than 10 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. She has managed clinical-regulatory strategy, study design, protocol writing, Phase 2, 3, and 4 clinical trials, medical monitoring, safety surveillance, data analysis, and report writing.

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From Clinical Medicine to Clinical Development

Laura received her medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and completed her training in obstetrics and gynecology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She was in private practice for twelve years where her clinical interests included well-women care, contraception, HPV, menopause management, as well as general and high-risk obstetrics.

Anybody that feels miserable and trapped… You may feel like you have no options but, I promise you, you have a thousand different options. – Dr. Laura McKain

Subsequently, Laura transitioned her career to the pharmaceutical industry. There she was involved in clinical development projects encompassing various therapeutic areas. During her tenure, she brought two new therapeutics to market.

Land a Pharma Clinical Development Job

She recently retired from full-time work. That allowed her to focus on helping other physicians find new nonclinical careers. She does that in several ways. And she is very confident that almost any physician in practice can make a move to a pharmaceutical job.

She is a career coach and resumé expert at mckainconsulting.com. And, she founded the Physician Nonclinical Career Hunters Facebook Group. Opened 8 years ago, it now serves 30,000+ members. It is the premier group to connect with other physicians, find job openings, and obtain valuable advice and mentorship about nonclinical careers.

During our interview, she described the tactics she recommends to find a clinical development job. She also defines job descriptions used in the pharma industry, and which jobs are the easiest to secure.

Summary

Dr. McKain provides lots of actionable advice in today’s interview. She is a great resource for information and coaching about nonclinical careers. And she continues to grow her popular Facebook Group where you can learn more about how to land a pharma clinical development job.

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