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Readability and plain english

medical writing style guide

LAST UPDATED March 23, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 22, 2023 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to create a medical writing style guide

A medical writing style guide enhances your business communications and keeps everyone on track.

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rules of plain English writing

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 10, 2023 | BY Michelle Guillemard

17 rules of plain English writing

Easy rules to help you write better health content for the general public.

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syllables-and-readability

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED September 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.

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medical writing in plain english

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | 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.

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my favourite readability tools

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | 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.

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what are patient education materials

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | 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.

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writing effective subheadings

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 5, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to write effective subheadings for your health content

Subheadings are essential for structure and readability. Here’s how to write effective subheadings that engage your readers and promote literacy.

Filed Under: Health & medical editing, Health copywriting, Health writing, Readability and plain english

write bullet points

LAST UPDATED August 16, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 30, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to write engaging bullet points

Bullet points enhance your health and medical content. Here’s how to use them.

Filed Under: Health & medical editing, Readability and plain english

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