Medical Writer / Clinical Document Author

$50–80/hrrate as listed

Write and critique clinical documents — protocols, CSRs, regulatory summaries, patient materials — that are used to train and evaluate AI models on medical writing tasks. Work is remote and project-based, with observed rates of $50–80/hr depending on therapeutic area and regulatory experience.

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What the work involves

micro1 recruits credentialed medical writers to produce reference documents and to judge model output against professional standards. Day to day, tasks fall into a few recurring shapes:

Authoring gold-standard drafts: a clinical study protocol synopsis, a CSR section, an informed consent form, a plain-language summary, or a manuscript abstract from supplied data.
Reviewing model-generated clinical text for factual accuracy, citation fidelity, ICH E3/E6 and CONSORT alignment, and reading-level appropriateness for the stated audience.
Ranking two or more model responses and writing a short rationale that a non-clinician reviewer can follow.
Flagging failure modes that matter in this domain: fabricated references, misstated endpoints, off-label implications, unsupported causal language, and unsafe patient-facing phrasing.

The written rationale usually matters more than the score. Reviewers who explain why a sentence would fail a regulatory or journal review are the ones who get repeat work.

What the platform screens for

Expect an AI-led interview that probes specifics rather than credentials in the abstract. Interviewers ask what documents you have personally authored, at what phase, for which submission, and what changed after review. Vague claims tend to collapse under follow-up. Screening also tests whether you can distinguish a stylistic preference from a substantive error, and whether you can hold a consistent standard across several similar samples. A short writing or editing sample is common.

Logistics

Fully remote and asynchronous, with work delivered through the platform's task interface. Most contributors take 5–20 hours per week in self-selected blocks; some projects have batch deadlines measured in days rather than hours. Engagements are contract-based and volume fluctuates with client demand, so treat this as supplemental rather than a replacement for a primary role. Pay in the $50–80/hr range has been observed for this category; actual offers vary by project, specialty, and assessed calibration quality.

What they look for

regulatory medical writing
clinical study report authoring
ich e3 guidelines
scientific accuracy assessment
source data verification
clinical protocol interpretation
tfl (tables, figures, listings) analysis
written communication
structured feedback provision
collaborative problem-solving
ai-assisted documentation evaluation
periodic safety documentation (ich e2f, ich e2c)
ectd (electronic common technical document) knowledge
oncology and haematology domain expertise

Before you apply

Would you pass this screen?

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Are you a credentialed medical writer (EMWA, AMWA, or equivalent certification or fellowship), or do you have at least 5 years of professional experience authoring clinical documents for regulatory submission or publication?
Medical writing credential · required
Have you personally authored at least two complete clinical documents (protocol, CSR section, IND, informed consent form, manuscript, or similar) that were submitted to a regulator or journal?
Authorship of regulatory or clinical documents · required
Have you applied ICH E3, ICH E6, CONSORT, or similar regulatory reporting guidelines to a real document you authored or reviewed?
Familiarity with ICH or CONSORT guidelines · preferred
Is English your primary working language, and do you have professional writing experience in English clinical or regulatory documents?
English language proficiency · required
Are you able to work fully remote and asynchronously, self-selecting blocks of time across weeks, with some projects having 2–5 day batch deadlines?
Availability for asynchronous remote work · preferred

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Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: Whether the candidate has hands-on experience writing regulatory or clinical-grade documents, not just editing or reviewing; whether they can articulate the real constraints that drive document structure and language in this domain.
A strong answer: Name a specific document type (protocol, CSR, IND, marketing authorization dossier section, etc.), state the phase and submission context, describe the source data and any ambiguities you had to resolve, and name at least one meaningful revision—either regulatory feedback or journal/sponsor feedback—that changed the document's substance, not just tone.
Where people lose it: Candidates who describe editing someone else's draft, or who name a document type but cannot recall what changed after review, or who describe only cosmetic revisions (tense, formatting) rather than content changes, usually fail follow-up probes and read as lacking true authorship experience.