Writing Concentrations

Our writing concentrations in the Medical Writing and Editing Training Certificate program provide the knowledge and skills you need to bring more effective and understandable messaging to an increasingly complicated field. In today's rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, effective communication is paramount. That's why we've curated a selection of key writing concentrations that focus your skills in medical communication roles.

Why Health Communication Is Important

The healthcare industry is in a constant state of change. It needs skilled writers to adapt swiftly and know how to speak to a variety of audiences across verticals. Medical communications professionals write for patient and public health information materials; clarify misinformation about health and disease; work toward increasing health literacy; help level out inequalities in healthcare; and provide effective, user-friendly data visualization to convey key messages.

Bring Health Literacy to the Forefront of Medicine

Writing Concentration Courses

Courses in the Healthcare Communications program will strengthen your understanding of communication types, audiences, platforms, regulations, and best practices, for constructing clear, ethical, patient-centered communications to multiple audiences.

Tailor your professional development to align with your career goals by engaging in one or more specialized writing tracks:

Regulatory Writing:

Prepare documents for submission to regulatory agencies and ensure compliance with established standards.

Writing for Patient Education:

Create accessible and empathetic materials that enhance patient understanding and engagement.

Writing for Healthcare Advertising:

Learn persuasive writing strategies for promotional and marketing communications that adhere to ethical guidelines.

Health Communications That Can Make a Difference in Patient Care

The writing concentration courses offer training in the most prevalent specialized writings of health communications. There is increased awareness of the importance of communicating medical information effectively to the public across platforms within this growing industry.

Join the Growing Healthcare Communications Industry

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Grow Your Healthcare Communications Career

Whether you are upskilling or reskilling, looking for an entry-level job, or building your freelancing opportunities within pharma, hospital systems, research, marketing, grant writing, or other health-related businesses, our online Healthcare Communications certificate program will enhance your credentials and immerse you in the community and resources of an elite research university.