Hello, and welcome! I’m Michelle Guillemard, founder of Health Writer Hub.
For 16 years, I’ve been working as a health & medical writer. First I was employed, working for different medical companies including the British Medical Journal and Elsevier, then I went freelance. I’ve since worked for various healthcare brands and businesses – hospitals, government, health professionals, pharmaceutical brands, insurers and more.
I’ve written about pretty much any health topic you can think of (here are some of my most memorable health writing projects) – and now, I’m sharing what I know with aspiring health writers worldwide.
Why? It’s simple – I’m passionate about inspiring behaviour change through effective communication. I believe high-quality health writing plays a significant role in creating better public health.
As the industry evolves, my courses evolve. That’s why I’m so excited about AI. I see the tremendous potential of this technology to help health & medical writers become more productive while still maintaining quality and accuracy in health communication.
I’m so keen to help new and experienced medical writers navigate the AI landscape with confidence, future proof their skills and stay relevant!
In 2023, I launched new AI and medical writing courses to help you do just that. In my Introduction to Medical Writing and Artificial Intelligence course, I introduce you to the AI landscape and show you why AI is nothing to be feared.
Through Health Writer Hub, I strive to enhance global health literacy levels and improve health outcomes by empowering new writers to create best-practice, life-changing health content.
Effective digital health communication boosts global health literacy levels and makes a real difference in our readers’ lives.
About my health writing courses
Since 2014, I’ve grown a portfolio of niche health writing courses showing you how to create high-quality, evidence-based, easy-to-understand health content.
My courses are accredited, independently certified with The CPD Certification Service, so you can be confident you’re signing up for a quality program when you joing.
Here’s an overview of my courses (all nine of them!):
- Breaking Into Health Writing – an on-demand, career-focused course introducing you to the health & medical writing field
- Introduction to Health Writing – my most popular online course teaching you different styles of health writing such as health news, features, web copy, blogs and sales copy
- How to Become a Freelance Health Writer – a comprehensive guide to setting up your freelance writing business
- Principles of Health & Medical Copywriting – a 4-week course blending copywriting technique and strategy with career planning
- Build Your Portfolio Masterclass – a 16-week mentoring program, designed to help you create quality content for your health & medical writing portfolio
- Principles of Health & Medical Editing – an on-demand course teaching you essential medical editing techniques to enhance your writing
- How to Write Patient Education Materials – a short course teaching you how to write explainer-style health content (think Mayo Clinic and Healthline)
- Introduction to Medical Writing and Artificial Intelligence – a short on-demand course helping you learn about AI’s role in the medical writing landscape, how to use AI writing tools ethically and the key limitations of these tools
- How to Create a Medical Writing Portfolio (new in 2024!) – an on-demand course that helps you plan, write content for and set up your medical writing portfolio (even if you have no published writing).
Who are Health Writer Hub students?
Since 2013, thousands of students from around the world have taken at least one Health Writer Hub course. There are people from 50+ countries in our student-only Facebook group and 21,000 subscribers. Who knew health writing could be so popular?!
Health Writer Hub students are aspiring writers, experienced writers, health communicators transitioning from an employed role, health professionals, physicians, PhDs and freelancers keen to specialise in health & medical writing.
They are writers who want to work full-time, part-time, in addition to clinical work and around family commitments.
I’m so pleased that they share my vision: to create quality content that improves health literacy, inspires positive behaviour change and creates better health outcomes.
About me
In addition to teaching at Health Writer Hub, I work as a freelance medical writer. I’m also a University of Melbourne Alumni Mentor and contributor to the European Medical Writers Association Journal. A keen industry advocate, I was President of the Australasian Medical Writers Association from 2014 to 2019.
What do I love most about my work? Meeting so many amazing people – from health writing students around the world to value-driven healthcare clients.
If you’re driven by the desire to make a real difference in people’s lives through effective communication, you’re in the right place. Networking is essential for health & medical writers, so let’s connect on LinkedIn.
Are you ready to enhance your skills and grow your health writing career?