Evidence-based writing is about making sure your writing incorporates best practices and recommendations as determined by communication-related research.

Our top blogs and resources to help you write high-quality, engaging health content.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
Evidence-based writing is about making sure your writing incorporates best practices and recommendations as determined by communication-related research.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Libby Evans
Editing can be a time-consuming part of the writing process. Luckily, there’s a wealth of information available to help you improve your editing skills. Here are the top online editing courses and resources for you to add to your writing toolkits.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Libby Evans
These days, you can find podcasts on just about any topic – and, thankfully, there are plenty of interesting and helpful podcasts for health and medical writers. Here are our top picks to get you started.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
Daniel Sokol, lawyer and medical ethicist, has just been shortlisted for the ‘Best Columnist of the Year (Consumer Media)’ award at the PPA Awards 2018 (“the Oscars of the UK publishing industry”). In 2015, Daniel won ‘Best Column’ at the UK Medical Journalists’ Association Awards. In this article, he gives aspiring medical columnist some tips for success.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
Had The Lancet not published their now retracted article, “Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children” by Andrew Wakefield et al. in 1998, perhaps we wouldn’t be facing one of the most significant public health challenges of our time.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
A free checklist to help you break down the art and science of clear health writing.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
There’s no denying that assessing your writing is a daunting, confusing task. Luckily, there are quite a few ways to evaluate your skills so you can develop your writing abilities with confidence.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
This is a question that comes up often in my course groups. And, it’s reasonable and natural to worry about time. Time is money. The less time you spend writing, the more money you make. The more time you spend researching, writing, reviewing and refining, the more your hourly rate drops.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Dinethra Menon
A study recently published in the Journal of Health Communication has looked at warning labels on cigarette packages in the Netherlands.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
You can read hundreds of blog posts full of tips on how to improve your writing, but these easy writing exercises will get you real results.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
Wising up is about helping your readers to understand why they should care.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
Adding more detail is a small yet significant tweak that helps to improve the quality of your writing.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
If we want our readers to not only understand our content but also act on it, then we need to know more about how behaviour change works.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Dinethra Menon
Here’s how to find the most useful apps for recording audio or video interviews.
LAST UPDATED | FIRST PUBLISHED | BY Michelle Guillemard
Evidence-based advice to help you debunk health myths, correct misinformation and inspire behaviour change in your readers.