A Brief Guide to AMA Inclusive Language Guidelines

Language is powerful and can be used to illuminate, explain, heal, hurt, include, or exclude. 

The English language is evolving constantly, and medical communicators need to stay abreast of best practices. Inclusive language is one way that medical communicators can avoid bias and create a respectful climate for all people. 

What Are Soft Skills and Why Are They Important?

To succeed as a medical communicator, writers and editors must master essential technical skills such as grammar, medical terminology, and statistics. However, medical communicators who excel offer more than technical expertise.  

Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Clinical Trials

Health is much more than numbers, medications, or a clinical diagnosis. A person’s health is affected by their environment and their lived experiences. 

How to Organize Medical Writing Projects

Welcome to the busy life of a medical communicator. Medical writers and editors are busy professionals who juggle multiple projects, teams, and tasks. 

How To Become a Medical Writer

Medical writers are key personnel in the health care and biomedical research fields. They communicate scientific research findings and information about diseases and treatments to a variety of audiences:  health care professionals, regulatory authorities, sales representatives, patients, caregivers, and more. 

Medical writers make scientific information accessible for readers and empower people to make informed decisions about their health.

Sharing Key Information with Consumers through Health Care and Medical Public Relations (PR)

Health care or medical public relations (PR) is a growing niche for medical communicators that involves translating and sharing complex medical information with a general audience of patients and consumers. 

Public relations professionals—both freelance and those employed by companies—play important roles by sharing news of medical discoveries, promoting products, and educating consumers.