Use AI tools with confidence to enhance your medical editing skills
Are you unsure how to use AI tools in your editing process – or worried you’re relying on them too much? Do you want to improve your ability to edit clearly and accurately, while using the latest tools ethically and effectively?
Principles of Medical Editing and AI teaches you how to combine proven editing strategies with AI support. You’ll learn how to stay in control of your content, make better editing decisions and speed up your workflow – all while maintaining quality, accuracy and credibility. In this course, you will:
- Learn how AI tools can assist with structure, readability and clarity – without losing your voice
- Discover how to use AI to identify inconsistencies, flag missing information and improve accuracy
- Build an editing workflow that combines human expertise with the efficiency of AI
- Gain confidence in editing medical content with and without AI support
- Understand when to trust AI suggestions – and when to override them with your judgement
By the end of the course, you’ll know exactly how to use AI as a helpful assistant in your editing process – and how to make decisions that result in stronger, clearer and more effective medical content.
Hello! I’m Michelle Guillemard, founder of Health Writer Hub.
I’m an experienced medical writer with nearly two decades of industry expertise. My CPD-certified medical writing courses are designed for both newcomers and experienced writers, offering the tools and support needed to create clear, ethical health content.
Since 2013, I’ve helped thousands of writers from over 50 countries sharpen their skills and grow their careers in medical writing. In an age of AI, I also guide writers on using new technologies responsibly while upholding high standards of quality and credibility.
Who is this course for?
Principles of Medical Editing and AI is designed for both new and experienced writers, researchers, marketers and health professionals who want to enhance their editing skills and stand out by incorporating AI tools effectively into their processes.
- Writers and editors eager to master essential medical editing rules and AI-assisted strategies
- Freelancers seeking to build confidence in delivering high-quality medical editing services
- Professionals wanting to expand their career opportunities by offering AI-augmented editing services
- Health communication experts aiming to improve clarity, accuracy and engagement in health content
Here’s what you’ll learn
Principles of Medical Editing and AI will provide you with the essential tools and resources to enhance your editing skills and integrate AI effectively:
- Understand the medical editing mindset and how AI tools can enhance your workflow
- Improve your writing and self-editing using AI-powered feedback
- Distinguish editing from proofreading and apply AI tools effectively at each stage
- Critique first drafts for big-picture improvements with AI-supported analysis
- Structure content for readability using AI insights
- Edit for clarity, relevance, and audience engagement aided by AI suggestions
- Ensure accuracy and credible referencing with AI-assisted fact-checking
- Conduct compliance edits and quality checks with AI flagging potential issues
- Use AI responsibly to improve efficiency while maintaining editorial judgement
Gives you great skills in editing and proofreading
“If you are an aspiring or experienced health writer, this course 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
What to expect
Here’s how it works.
Flexible learning
- Learn at your own pace
Work through the lessons at a schedule that suits you – no rush! - Access from anywhere
Join from anywhere in the world, whether at home or on the go. - Lifetime access
Enjoy unlimited access, so you can revisit lessons whenever you need a refresher.
Personalised feedback and guidance
- Direct support
Email your teacher whenever you have questions for quick assistance. - Build your confidence
Enhance your editing skills to industry standards, equipped with the knowledge and skills you need.
What’s included in this course?
Industry-leading resources full of essential editing and proofreading techniques.
- Private coaching call to discuss your unique goals and get expert advice on next steps
- Comprehensive lessons (audio lectures and text modules) meeting the core learning objectives
- 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
- Quizzes and assessments to help you reflect and put the learnings into practice
- Feedback and advice by email whenever you have questions or need guidance
- CPD accreditation and certificate
- Bonus content only available to students, including free guides, templates and planners
- Health Writer Hub Community membership so you can connect with a supportive group of health 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.
Course outline
12 lessons full of best-practice advice you can start using today.
Part 1: Laying the foundation in medical editing
- Medical editing is a mindset – understanding the editing process (with and without AI)
Discover the fine art of improving your own work – and how AI tools can support your editing decisions without replacing your expertise. - The differences between editing and proofreading – and where AI fits
Learn why understanding these differences matters when using AI tools – and which tasks are best handled by technology versus human judgement. - How to critique a first draft – with and without AI assistance
Determine the big-picture changes needed to ensure the content you’re editing achieves its goals – and how AI can help surface issues with tone, structure or clarity.
Part 2: Addressing common medical writing dilemmas
- The importance of structure – and how AI can help analyse it
Determine the most appropriate structure for your first draft – with support from AI tools that assess flow, organisation and logical progression. - Readability and relevance – enhanced by AI-driven insights
Learn how to edit your draft into easy-to-understand content for your target audience – using AI to check reading level, simplify complex language and maintain the right tone. - Correct editing techniques for research and evidence – with AI-supported checks
Make sure the work includes accurate health claims and quality, credible references – and explore how AI can help identify unsupported claims, summarise research and flag inconsistencies. - Effective consumer health referencing techniques – supported by AI tools
Discover how to correctly reference your consumer health content – and how AI can assist with formatting, consistency and source attribution, while maintaining editorial standards.
Part 3: Health & medical editing specifics
- Health communication best practices – supported by AI prompt strategies
Get super-useful checklists covering the essential best practices of high-quality health & medical writing – including health literacy, engagement, persuasion and behaviour change – and explore how AI can help assess tone, clarity and audience suitability. - How to conduct a compliance edit – and use AI responsibly
Determine whether your first draft is compliant with local guidelines, rules, regulations and legislation – while understanding the limits of AI tools in regulated environments. - Grammar and punctuation rules, and editing tools – human judgment meets AI support
Learn how to address common issues relating to grammar and punctuation – and discover which AI editing tools are most useful for your needs, including how to customise suggestions without losing control of your style.
Part 4: Future strategies
- Essential editing efficiency strategies – with smart use of AI tools
Learn how to edit your own work efficiently and thoroughly – even when you have limited time – by combining manual techniques with AI to speed up lower-level tasks. - How to write a better first draft next time, and a recap – using AI to strengthen your process
Consolidate all the techniques in this course and develop strategies to write a better first draft next time – with tips for using AI to plan, review and support your future content.
Part 5: Medical editing assignment
- Editing assignment with personalised feedback – and optional AI integration
Complete the included editing assignment and get personalised feedback on your editing skills – plus suggestions for how AI tools could support your individual editing workflow. - Medical writing, artificial intelligence and your future – staying skilled and relevant
Start thinking about your editing future and the potential of AI writing tools – including how to use them ethically, efficiently and in ways that enhance your value as an editor.
Bonus inclusions!
Enhance your learning experience with these included bonuses.
- The Health Writing Template Package – save time and write better content faster with 30+ new health writing templates
- The Freelance Health Writer Business Planner – map out your freelance career transition confidently with our detailed planner
- The 110 Websites That Accept Health Article Pitches Guide – a comprehensive list of websites that accept article pitches and guest posts from health writers
The results were beyond rewarding
“Enrolling in the Health Writer Hub courses has been a transformative experience for my writing. It sharpened my focus on delivering valuable health information to readers. These courses have been an invaluable source of knowledge, equipping me with practical skills and actual documents to enhance my portfolio. Engaging and enjoyable, the course materials present information in a captivating format. They offer a wealth of insights and hands-on exercises, ensuring a challenging yet flexible learning experience. I conquered each task through diligent effort at my own pace, and the results were beyond rewarding. These courses have truly elevated my health writing skills to new heights.”
Paul Penman, UK
Join a supportive community of health writers
When you join Principles of Medical Editing and AI, you’ll also join the Health Writer Hub Community – a welcoming, global network of passionate health writers. As a member, you’ll enjoy:
- Loyalty discounts – receive 30% off any other Health Writer Hub course
- Global networking – connect with health writers from around the world
- A supportive environment – ask questions, share advice and grow your skills
- Immediate access – start connecting with fellow students as soon as you sign up.
I gained ready-to-use skills and knowledge to improve my work as an editor
“Michelle is an amazing and available teacher! Thanks to the medical editing course, I gained ready-to-use skills and knowledge to improve my work as an editor. I enjoyed the ease of taking this course online in my own time. It enabled me to have the opportunity to sustain my up-skilling goals, and fulfill my familial as well as professional obligations at the same time. I’ve already put most of what I learnt into practice! My editing strategy has definitely gone through an efficiency boost.”
Linda Eva Seuna, Cameroon
Your teacher
Who I am, and why I want to help you succeed.
Hi again – I’m Michelle Guillemard, founder of Health Writer Hub.
Working solo, I wear all the hats – writer, editor, and proofreader. It took me years to develop efficient editing processes that combine traditional techniques with powerful AI tools. Now, I have a proven toolkit that boosts my confidence, improves the quality of my work and helps me deliver polished, accurate content that clients love.
In Principles of Medical Editing and AI, I’m sharing everything I’ve learned about mastering medical editing in today’s AI-enhanced landscape.
Editing your own work can be challenging, but with the right skills and AI strategies, you can transform a first draft into a clear, engaging and trustworthy piece. This course was designed to give health writers practical, actionable editing techniques and introduce you to the AI tools that make the process smarter and more efficient.
If you’re ready to elevate your editing skills by combining proven methods with AI-powered support, Principles of Medical Editing and AI 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.
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.
Certified and accredited
Accredited for quality and standards.
Principles of Medical Editing and AI is an accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program recognised by the CPD Certification Service, a leading global accreditation body. Our accredited medical writing courses meet international CPD standards, adhering to global guidelines and aligning with the policies of professional and academic institutions.
A community of opportunity
"I came to these courses curious and hopeful. As I worked through the material I felt stretched and challenged, but always buoyant. That's because Michelle is such a great teacher, mentor and encourager. It's not just a course, but a community of opportunity - and a great one to be part of."
Sally Bathgate, Australia
Frequently asked questions
What you need to know.