Health care professional resources

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Are you looking for a medical writer who understands and engages health care professionals to produce accurate, high-quality, evidence-based content?

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Look no further. I am a highly experienced health, scientific and medical copywriter. 

 

I understand scientific terminology and interpret and use data correctly. I turn complex medical research and scientific information into engaging content for health care professional resources and CPD education. I source and cite the most current peer-reviewed research to ensure that content is evidence-based and backed by credible supporting references that are used correctly.

 

Examples of health care professional resources and education

 

My recent projects include:

• Clinical app content

• Clinical brochures, blogs, guides, CPD education modules, ebooks, fact sheets, leave-behinds and manuals —  in print or online content.

• Email, newsletter and website content — articles about health issues, trends and research.

• SMS content — to boost engagement and offer accurate information.

 

I write for medical specialists and health practitioner audiences, including Aboriginal health workers, aged care staff, audiologists, dentists, dieticians, emergency physicians, GPs, midwives, medical specialists, nurses, obstetricians, ophthalmologists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, rehabilitation specialists and speech therapists.

 

As a human medical copywriter, I understand what your target audience wants in health care professional resources, unlike robotic, AI-generated copy. I have even researched and co-authored journal articles on understanding the pain points and enablers of health practitioners (GPs and nurses) (1,2).

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Health care professional resource audits

 

Health care professional resources must be regularly updated to remain relevant, informative and accurate.

 

Clinical practice and treatment guidelines change as new data comes to light and the evidence base grows. The most recent data from credible sources needs to be used to direct health care professionals to further information, clinical guidelines and research studies.

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If an organisation’s tone of voice, branding or style has changed, this also needs to be reflected in updated patient resources. 

 

I work with government organisations, health care not-for-profits, health care professionals, medical specialists, health practitioners, medical device start-ups, research institutes and pharmaceutical companies to update and write health care professional resources. 

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Health care professional resource content updates

 

I work with clients to update health care professional resources by:

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• ensuring that they use the most current evidence-based and best-practice information and that they are correctly cited

• ensuring that graphs and tables contain the correct elements

• ensuring that the trends in graphs and tables are correctly articulated in the content

• identifying supporting evidence from credible sources

• developing a clear, flowing and easy-to-understand information architecture to assist healthcare professionals to quickly navigate the content and pull out the most relevant information

• assessing if the current publications are appropriate for the target audience

• ensuring that the language, tone and style of patient publications are appropriate

• finesse complex medical jargon and evidence into concise language

• developing a Style Guide for the organisation, brand or project to ensure that all publications consistently use the same language, literacy level, tone, grammar, spelling, formatting and referencing styles.

• editing or re-purposing content from print to web content, emails and social media posts and vice versa.

 

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​Client feedback

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"I had the pleasure of working with Melissa as the content writer for a complex health-related project and I am very pleased with the result. Melissa navigated the complexities of the project while remaining flexible to our evolving needs. Her attention to detail was evident in her work that she passed back to us ahead of schedule. I would be very happy to recommend her to anyone looking for a writer who is efficient, knowledgeable and easy to work with." MyHeart MyLife consumer resources creation

 

"Hi Melissa, Thank you for your work on this. It is looking good. It has been great working with you. Thanks for your hard work on the resources, you have done a great job." Consumer resource creation.

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Recent published work includes

 

MyHeart MyLife Heart Foundation program

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AURA 2023: Fifth Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health

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Crohn's and Colitis National Action Plan

 

Sydney Morning Herald 30 July 2019

 

www.agilexbiolabs.com

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References

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1. Brodaty H, Gibson LH, Waine ML, Shell AM, Lilian R, Pond CD. Research in general practice: a survey of incentives and disincentives for research participation. Ment Health Fam Med. Sep; Volume 10, Issue 3, 2013:163-73. PMID: 24427184; PMCID: PMC3822664.

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2. Jamshidi N, Waine M, Binet M, Mohan V, Carter D, Morgan, B. The adoption of point of care testing technologies for respiratory tract infections in primary care in Australia: Challenges and facilitators. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Volume 110, Issue 4, 2024.​​​