Learn AMA Style

Uplevel your medical writing and editing skills

Which one best describes you?

You're a freelance or staff medical writer/editor

  • You’re a new or experienced medical writer or editor.
  • You want to sharpen your skills, making accurate editorial decisions based on the AMA Manual of Style. 
  • You want to offer editing services in addition to writing.

Download the “AMA Style Tip Sheet” listing the main things to check
for here!

You're a healthcare worker, post-doc, or researcher

  • You’re a clinician, academic, or research scientist.
  • You want to make sure that your written publications achieve the highest quality.
  • You want to put your scientific or medical background to good use while working from home and on your own schedule

Download the “Medical Editing & Fact-Checking Steps for Getting Started” PDF here!

You're a healthcare/ pharmaceutical executive

  • You don’t edit or write much more than emails on a daily basis, but you work with people who do.
  • You need to know what “good” medical writing and editing looks like.
  • You’re eager to advance professionally–written communications is a core skill.

Download the “Checklist to Make Your (Medical) Writing Shine” free
PDF here!

Coming Soon!

Are you ready to master the art of medical editing and AMA Style to elevate your career? 

This course offers a comprehensive guide to the AMA Manual of Style, providing you with the knowledge and tools needed to produce accurate, polished, and impactful medical editing.

Whether you’re an aspiring editor or a seasoned professional, you’ll start with the basics of editing, learning about types of editing, maintaining consistency, and ensuring visual cohesion in documents. 

You’ll also dive into paragraph structure, sentence flow, word choice, and punctuation to create clear, concise, and error-free content.

The course covers AMA-specific grammar and punctuation rules, preferred terminology, and usage specific to medical writing. You’ll gain expertise in formatting references and citations. You’ll also learn formatting guidelines for tables and figures. 

As this course is brand new in 2025, you’ll explore how AI tools can streamline your editing process with practical prompts, annotation tools, and efficient search techniques.

Self-paced and designed for busy professionals, this course offers clear instruction, practical examples, and actionable tips to master medical editing skills. 

Whether you’re editing journal articles, research papers, or clinical materials, this course will prepare you to work with confidence and professionalism.

The course will be opening for registration soon.
Please join the waitlist to get notified!

Get a Weekly Quiz Question

Keep your skills current!

You’ll receive regular multiple choice questions testing your knowledge of grammar, editing, and the AMA Manual of Style to your in box!

Dr. Emma Hitt Nichols

Hello there!

I’m Emma Hitt Nichols, PhD, a long-time medical writer and editor.

If you’re an experienced medical writer or editor, please check out all the free resources above to help uplevel your medical writing and editing skills.

If you want to learn more about implementing AI in your medical writing or editing, please visit aimwecourse.com to access a free course and other resources.

If you have an advanced degree in a science and fluent English and you might be interested in medical writing or editing as a career, please check out my 6-Week Course for free information on the topic and a way to get started.

Warm regards,
Emma

Note: Learn AMA Style is in no way commercially affiliated with the Oxford University Press, JAMA Networks, or the AMA Manual of Style. 

Scroll to Top