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Discover how to write life-changing health content and grow your writing career. Explore the latest health communication research and get best-practice writing strategies that work.

Medical writing in plain English

LAST UPDATED August 11, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED August 11, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Medical writing in plain English

Medical writing in plain English is an important skill for today’s medical writers.

Filed Under: Readability and plain english

LAST UPDATED August 2, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED August 1, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

August 2022 Health Writing Challenge

It’s here! The August challenge theme is women’s health.

Filed Under: 2022 writing challenges

How cutting out syllables improves your readability score

LAST UPDATED August 11, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED July 2, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How cutting out syllables improves your readability score

Words with multiple syllables are hard to read. If you want to improve your text’s readability score, use words with one or two syllables.

Filed Under: Readability and plain english

LAST UPDATED July 1, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED July 1, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

July 2022 Health Writing Challenge

Our July Health Writing Challenge is about substance and alcohol misuse.

Filed Under: 2022 writing challenges

my favourite readability tools

LAST UPDATED August 11, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 7, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

My favourite readability tools

Confused about readability tools? In this post, I give you my five favourites so you can pick a tool that works for you.

Filed Under: Readability and plain english

LAST UPDATED May 31, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED May 31, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

June 2022 Health Writing Challenge

If you’ve never written about the brain before, this is a challenge for you!

Filed Under: 2022 writing challenges

what are patient education materials

LAST UPDATED June 9, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED May 31, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

What are patient education materials?

Want to add another health writing style to your portfolio? Patient education materials are versatile, straightforward, useful and helpful.

Filed Under: Readability and plain english

2022 may health writing challenge cover

LAST UPDATED May 1, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED May 1, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

May 2022 Health Writing Challenge

May is mental health month.

Filed Under: 2022 writing challenges

entry-level medical writer job

LAST UPDATED July 3, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 22, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to find an entry-level medical writer job

Broaden your scope and search terms to find relevant entry-level medical writing jobs.

Filed Under: Getting started as a health writer, Growing your career

How to develop a copywriting mindset

LAST UPDATED June 4, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 19, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to develop a copywriting mindset

Learn what a copywriting mindset entails and why you need this mindset before you start working on your copywriting projects.

Filed Under: Health copywriting

LAST UPDATED April 19, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 1, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

April 2022 Health Writing Challenge

Test your lung health knowledge in this month’s challenge.

Filed Under: 2022 writing challenges

LAST UPDATED June 4, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 2, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

6 ways to create unique health content about common topics

There is so much general health information online, so how can you make yours different? Here are six simple strategies for creating unique content about common topics.

Filed Under: Health writing

march 2022 health writing challenge

LAST UPDATED March 1, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 1, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

March 2022 Health Writing Challenge

30 micro writing tasks about cancer-related topics.

Filed Under: 2022 writing challenges

LAST UPDATED February 15, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 15, 2022 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

Black pioneers in medical writing

February is Black History Month in America. It’s a month where the achievements of Black pioneers are celebrated and their struggles acknowledged. This post highlights the immense contribution African-Americans have brought to the medical writing profession.

Filed Under: Health writing

february 2022 health writing challenge

LAST UPDATED January 31, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 31, 2022 | BY Michelle Guillemard

February 2022 Health Writing Challenge

Put your heart disease knowledge to the test.

Filed Under: 2022 writing challenges

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