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

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.
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Medical writing in plain English is an important skill for today’s medical writers.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
It’s here! The August challenge theme is women’s health.
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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.
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Our July Health Writing Challenge is about substance and alcohol misuse.
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Confused about readability tools? In this post, I give you my five favourites so you can pick a tool that works for you.
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If you’ve never written about the brain before, this is a challenge for you!
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Want to add another health writing style to your portfolio? Patient education materials are versatile, straightforward, useful and helpful.
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May is mental health month.
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Broaden your scope and search terms to find relevant entry-level medical writing jobs.
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Learn what a copywriting mindset entails and why you need this mindset before you start working on your copywriting projects.
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Test your lung health knowledge in this month’s challenge.
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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.
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30 micro writing tasks about cancer-related topics.
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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.
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Put your heart disease knowledge to the test.