Identify and fix common medical writing errors.
Principles of Health & Medical Editing will teach you how to:
- Develop an effective editing process
- Edit with confidence
- Apply different styles of editing
- Enhance your job prospects and professional credibility.
Trusted
More than 2000 students in 42 countries have taken our courses.
Flexible
Learn at your own pace, from anywhere in the world, with unlimited access.
Accredited
We’re independently accredited for quality, academic standards and professional development.
Comprehensive
12 lessons will walk you through the entire process of editing medical content.
What you’ll learn
Principles of Health & Medical Editing is an essential guide to editing health and medical content.
- Professionally edit your work
- Fix common writing errors
- Cite research and references correctly
- Develop a simple, clear editing process
- Self-edit your work quickly and efficiently
- Learn fundamental grammar and punctuation rules
- Confidently improve the style and presentation of your work
- Proofread like a pro
Gives you great skills in editing and proofreading
“If you are an aspiring or experienced health writer, Principles of Health & Medical Editing will give you some great skills in editing and proofreading. It is easy to follow, and you can do the work at your own pace. There are plenty of helpful reading materials. Test questions are supplied at the end of each lesson, which helps with checking your understanding and keeps you motivated for the next lesson!.”
Dr Alice Lam, Australia
Who is this course for?
Our students are new and experienced writers, editors and professionals who:
- Want to learn essential medical editing rules and strategies
- Need to review content written by other people
- Lack specific editing skills
- Want to offer editing as a freelance service
- Aspire to write better health and medical content.
How does this course work?
Here’s what you can expect.
12 engaging lessons
- Start learning as soon as you join
- Work through the lessons at your own pace
- Email your teacher whenever you have questions.
Editing assessment
- Complete the optional editing assessment
- Get personalised feedback on your editing skills
- Feel supported in your editing journey.
What’s included?
Industry-leading resources full of essential editing and proofreading techniques.
- 12 comprehensive lessons (audio lectures and text modules) meeting the core learning objectives
- 24+ handouts, checklists and recommended reading links enhancing every lesson’s learning objectives
- One assessed editing task to put your new editing know-how to the test
- 12 quizzes and assessments to help you reflect and put the learnings into practice
- 14+ free health writing webinars to enhance your learning objectives
- Personalised feedback and all your questions answered
- Certificate upon completion (75% pass rate required)
- CPD accreditation for your annual CPD requirements
- Lively student-only Facebook group of 1100+ writers
- Ongoing access so you can dive back in whenever you need a refresher
- Loyalty discounts giving you 30% off every other course
- World-class eLearning platform for a seamless learning experience.
What are the benefits and opportunities after I complete the course?
After you complete Principles of Health & Medical Editing, you will have:
- Editing skills to help you improve your first drafts right away
- Confidence to edit your own work effectively and efficiently
- Knowledge to ensure your work is best-practice and industry-standard.
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Course curriculum
12 lessons full of best-practice advice you can start using today.
Part 1: You have the first draft. Now what?
- Editing is a mindset – understanding the editing process.
Discover the fine art of improving your own work. - The differences between editing and proofreading.
Learn why understanding these differences matters. - How to critique your first draft.
Determine the big-picture changes needed to ensure your content achieves its goals.
Part 2: Addressing common writing dilemmas
- The importance of structure.
Determine the most appropriate structure for your first draft. - Readability and relevance.
Learn how to edit your draft into easy-to-understand content for your target audience. - Correct editing techniques for research and evidence.
Make sure the work includes accurate health claims and quality, credible references. - Effective consumer health referencing techniques.
Discover how to correctly reference your consumer health content.
Part 3: Health & medical editing specifics
- Health & medical writing best practices.
Get super-useful checklists covering the essential best practices of high-quality health & medical writing, including health literacy, engagement, persuasion and behaviour change. - How to conduct a compliance edit.
Determine whether your first draft is compliant with local guidelines, rules, regulations and legislation. - Grammar and punctuation rules, and editing tools.
Learn how to address common issues relating to grammar and punctuation, and discover which editing tools are most useful for your needs.
Part 4: Future strategies
- Essential editing efficiency strategies.
Learn how to edit your own work efficiently and thoroughly – even when you have limited time. - How to write a better first draft next time, and a recap.
Consolidate all the techniques in this course and develop strategies to write a better first draft next time.
Part 5: Editing task
- Editing assignment with personalised feedback.
Complete the included editing assignment and get personalised feedback on your editing skills.
Alumni Bonuses!
Free templates, checklists, planners and 10+ hours of online learning (value $500).
- 14 webinars – webinar topics include quoting for jobs, finding clients, CV writing, finding employed work, website essentials, subcontracting, marketing and more!
- Freelance Career Planner (new in 2022!) - map out your freelance career transition confidently with our detailed planner
- Foundations of Readability & Plain English Checklist (new in 2022!) - ensure your writing captures the essential readability techniques all health writers need to know
- Writing templates - simplify the writing process with our handy templates
- COVID-19 communication resources - stay updated with the latest health communication best practices
Join a supportive group of like-minded health writers
When you join Principles of Health & Medical Editing, you become a member of the Health Writer Hub Alumni – a smart, diverse and friendly community of 1100+ health writers from around the world. Alumni benefits include:
- Loyalty discounts – 30% off any other Health Writer Hub course
- Writing challenges – goals to keep you motivated and accountable
- Global networking – connect with health writers from around the world
- A supportive group of health writers – ask questions and share advice
- Immediate access – join the group as soon as you sign up.
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Certified and accredited
Accredited for quality and standards.
Principles of Health & Medical Editing is an approved Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course, independently accredited with the CPD Certification Service – one of the world’s leading independent CPD accreditation institutions.
As an accredited medical writing course, Principles of Health & Medical Editing meets the required standard of CPD at a global level. The course’s learning value and structure conform to global CPD guidelines and principles, complementing the CPD policies of professional institutes and academic bodies.
Your teacher
Who I am, and why I want to help you succeed.
Hi – I’m Michelle Guillemard, founder of Health Writer Hub (you can read more about me here).
Working alone, I never have the luxury of a second pair of eyes; I am the writer, editor and proofreader. Developing effective editing and proofreading processes took years. But I now have a toolkit of health and medical editing techniques that boost my writing confidence, improve the quality of my work and impress my clients. And in Principles of Health & Medical Editing, I’m sharing everything I know about editing with you.
Editing your own work is NOT easy – but, with the right techniques, a good edit will transform your first draft into an engaging, effective piece. I created this course to give aspiring health writers actionable tips and essential editing skills.
If you’re ready to learn effective techniques for editing your own work and improving your health & medical writing skills, Principles of Health & Medical Editing is the course for you!
My teaching method
I teach this course, and all my courses, through a combination of audio lectures (podcast style) and text resources. I also offer a range of video content, including bonus webinars and regular student interviews.
After experimenting with different combinations over the years and listening to student feedback, I am confident that delivering lectures in both audio AND text format is the most effective way for you to learn about health writing.
Consume the content however you like:
- Listen and read the transcripts at the same time
- Listen and take your own notes
- Listen away from your computer
- Read the transcripts only.
Many students have told me they enjoy listening to the lectures while driving, walking, hiking, running or cleaning the house! You're free to do whatever works best for you.
Frequently asked questions
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