AMWA’s Fourth Medical Writing Executives Forum: Creating an Apprentice Program to Develop the Next Generation of Medical Writers

Abstract

The Fourth Annual Medical Writing Executives Forum took place during the 2022 American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Conference with the aim of bringing together heads of medical writing departments to discuss relevant topics in medical writing. This year’s theme focused on the development of a framework for a medical writing apprentice program. The participants shared their experiences to begin laying the foundation for a successful medical writing apprentice program framework that can be customized and deployed as needed to help develop and grow the next generation of medical writers.