Querca Too - Medical & Scientific Communications. Freelance medical writing & talent development. Collectively, we have nearly 4 decades of experience in medical communications.
Querca Too - Medical & Scientific Communications. Freelance medical writing & talent development. Collectively, we have nearly 4 decades of experience in medical communications.

Who we are

'Querca' represents our experience. The depth and breadth of our experience are symbolized by the oak tree (actual genus Quercus). 'Too' means that we work alongside you, whether this means collaboration or support. Heather has 10 years' experience in medical communications and an Organisational L&D Assoc Dip, CIPD. Chris has nearly 29 years' experience in medical communications and is a Certified Medical Publication Professional ™.
'Querca' represents our experience. The depth and breadth of our experience are symbolized by the oak tree (actual genus Quercus). 'Too' means that we work alongside you, whether this means collaboration or support. Heather has 10 years' experience in medical communications and an Organisational L&D Assoc Dip, CIPD. Chris has nearly 29 years' experience in medical communications and is a Certified Medical Publication Professional ™.
'Querca' represents our experience. The depth and breadth of our experience are symbolized by the oak tree (actual genus Quercus). 'Too' means that we work alongside you, whether this means collaboration or support.
Heather has 10 years' experience in medical communications and an Organisational L&D Assoc Dip, CIPD.
Chris has nearly 29 years' experience in medical communications and is a Certified Medical Publication Professional ™.

How we can help

Project work

We’re happy to discuss supporting you with most writer tasks and project types

Our experience is most extensive for:

  • manuscripts (including submissions to high-tier journals and simultaneous publication), congress presentations, and associated training materials for internal use
  • design, analysis and interpretation of data-driven projects in Excel, VBA and R (e.g. to inform company-level strategy for publication planning, simultaneous publication and authorship practices).

Some of our other experience includes:

  • materials to support investigator meetings
  • lexicons, scientific communication platforms and gap analyses
  • publication plans
  • health policy (e.g. white papers/policy reports and recommendations).

Mentoring & training for medical writers

We help writers of all levels develop their skills and thrive in medical communications

We are passionate about:

  • the value of critical thinking, accuracy and coherent 'storytelling'
  • the importance of promoting a growth mindset, especially relating to reviewer comments
  • scenario-based approaches
  • tailoring learning methods to learners and the skills on which they are working (e.g. flipped learning, 1:1 feedback, small-group virtual workshops)
  • creating a safe space for learners and engaging them with a conversational and upbeat style.

We draw on nearly 40 years of collective experience in creating content and providing feedback to writers of all levels. We also draw on our experience in agency-based learning and development roles and our qualifications (which include Certified Medical Publication Professional™ and Organisational L&D Assoc Dip, CIPD).

Skills assessments for delivery-focussed roles

We have extensive experience in using skills assessments for recruitment (e.g. writing tests)

This means:

  • creating and evolving exercises that differentiate by both process and outcome, especially in the large-language-model era
  • helping hiring managers identify candidates with potential
  • developing metrics from the assessment process to inform business decisions
  • reviewing candidates' work.

Contact us

To chat with us about how we might help you, please email and we’ll be in touch!