How to increase your chance of landing a job as an MSL (Medical Science Liaison)?
MSL is one of the most sought-after entry-level jobs in the medical department of pharmaceutical industry. Competition is fierce. You will be competing with doctors, pharmacists and other science graduates. Ramai yang minat.
First, start building your network in the pharma industry. Talk to MSLs and Medical Advisors, and find out what is the current situation in your country. Start learning more about the job. Apa sebenarnya kerja diaorang.
Second, improve your presentation skills. MSLs do a lot of presentation. It is the bread and butter of their job. If you can show during the interview that you have great presentation skills already then your chance is significantly better.
Third, improve your conversational skills. MSLs are constantly talking to doctors to discuss clinical information and get some new insights. Therefore being able to show that you have good conversational skills will give you an advantage.
Fourth, you can do some small audit projects where you work. Could be on topics like medicine adherence, prescribing error or on health screening outcome for example. This show us that you have some interest in improving healthcare delivery, can do simple research work and can write simple scientific findings.
Hope that helps to give you some idea on how to increase your change of getting an MSL job.
