When writing health and medical content for a lay audience, it is important to think beyond simply writing well. Defining your ideal readers, reducing medical jargon, and producing a well-formatted piece of work can all enhance your reader’s understanding. In this article, I explain how these three key strategies will help you write clearer medical content for lay readers. I also give some exercises to help you put these strategies into practice.
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