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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.

The best medical dictionary apps for your writing

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 10, 2015 | BY Michelle Guillemard

The best medical dictionary apps for your writing

Regardless of whether you have a background in medicine or you’re new to the health writing field, you should have at least one medical dictionary in your toolkit.

Filed Under: Health writing

Finding free journal articles online - tips and tricks

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 2, 2015 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Finding free journal articles online – tips and tricks

As you know, it’s very hard to find free journal articles online. And I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but here goes.

Filed Under: Health writing

How to make six figures

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 23, 2015 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to make six figures as a freelance health writer

So you want to earn six figures as a freelance writer. Is that an achievable goal, or are you dreaming?

Filed Under: Growing your career

Misleading health copywriting and how to avoid it

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 12, 2015 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Misleading health copywriting and how to avoid it

We see misleading health copywriting too often – on Facebook, online ads, print ads, TV ads, you name it.

Filed Under: Health copywriting, Health writing

How to write quality content that readers understand

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 1, 2015 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to write quality content that readers understand

Improving the quality of writing improves the quality of thought. This, in turn, results in reader clarity.

Filed Under: Health writing

The best way for clients to appreciate writers

LAST UPDATED May 23, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 17, 2015 | BY Michelle Guillemard

The best way for clients to appreciate writers

Since I began writing, I’ve always been, well, a little scared of sending my first draft to my clients.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

Medical writing vs health writing: a look at the scope

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 12, 2015 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Medical writing vs health writing: a look at the scope

Medical writing. Health writing. Same same but different?

Filed Under: Growing your career, Health copywriting

work stress and writing

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED December 21, 2014 | BY Health Writer Hub Guest Author

Work stress and writing: the truth about both

Your mental health can suffer if you are too anxious and experience too much work stress for too long.

Filed Under: Growing your career

Working with PhD students: Right, or wrong?

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED November 24, 2014 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Working with PhD students: Right, or wrong?

As it turns out, many of us have been approached by PhD students of various academic levels who have had no shame in asking us to write their essays and papers.

Filed Under: Growing your career

Online networking for medical writers

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED October 16, 2014 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Online networking for medical writers

I can reveal, without a doubt, that I wouldn’t be where I am right now if it weren’t for networking.

Filed Under: Growing your career

8 reasons why medical writers need blogs and websites

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED September 30, 2014 | BY Health Writer Hub Guest Author

8 reasons why medical writers need both blogs and websites

In today’s world, having your own web presence is essential.  If you do not have online presence these days, you might as well be invisible.

Filed Under: Growing your career, Health blogging

Do you need a medical degree to write about medicine?

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED September 4, 2014 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Do you need a medical degree to be a health writer?

Confession: I’m a medical writer without a medical degree.

Filed Under: Growing your career

Want to be a freelance medical writer? Read this first

LAST UPDATED May 23, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED September 1, 2014 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Want to be a freelance medical writer? Read this first

Career pathways and strategies are different for everyone, as we all have unique aims, objectives, needs and desires.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

Health promotional materials: how to write compliant copy

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED August 29, 2014 | BY Health Writer Hub Guest Author

Health promotional materials: how to write compliant copy

Every country has their own legal requirements when it comes to writing health promotional materials. Do you know yours?

Filed Under: Health copywriting, Health writing

7 tips for reporting on health under pressure

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED August 11, 2014 | BY Michelle Guillemard

7 tips for writing under pressure

In an ideal world, we wouldn’t experience any sort of work stress – but, unfortunately, many of us are required to report under pressure.

Filed Under: Health writing

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