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Emma Hitt Nichols, PhD

If you’re a healthcare professional (for example a doctor, pharmacist, dentist, or nurse), a scientist, or a science graduate student, I can help you explore the field of freelance medical writing so that you can transition into a lucrative career that allows you to set your own hours and work remotely.

If you’re reading this, you may have heard about my 6-Week Course, which has helped hundreds of people transition into a career in freelance medical writing. Unlike some other courses out there, this course offers actual paying work upon completion of the 6 feedback tests, and our writers tend to work with us for years.
 

In about 6 hours of video content, the course will also give you information about how to get other paying clients based on my 20+ years of being a full-time medical writer so that you can seek out multiple clients and build your business.

 
You will need to have a background in science, such as an MD, PharmD, DVM, PA, RN, or a science PhD, as well as native-level English and writing ability. If you have that background and do the work required, the course will help get you started in your own freelance medical writing business.
 

This course isn’t for everyone, but if you are a burned out healthcare provider or scientist, this course is a path to a new career. With some dedication and effort you’ll be able to start a lucrative work-from-anywhere career that will allow you to work on your own schedule, become your own boss, and spend your time in any way you see fit. If you dedicate yourself to the process, it can happen in as little as 3-6 months. 

It’s not just any career, but one that will use your scientific background and won’t waste all those hard-earned years in medical school or graduate school. It also pays 6 figures if you bring the skillset, work ethic, and follow my advice.

I hope you will allow me to be your guide.  


With the 6-Week Course, you will… 

  • Learn everything you need to know to set up your freelance medical writing business with self-paced online modules that teach you about the field of medical writing
  • Be able to access our private members-only platform, where you can make connections with medical writers and get your questions answered
  • Prepare samples as part of the course, receive feedback, and use these samples to secure work from prospective clients
  • Have the opportunity to subcontract as a medical writer with Nascent Medical, LLC.*

* Please note: becoming a subcontractor is contingent upon completing the 6 feedback modules, having an advanced science degree, and writing with fluent, native-level English. You can still sign up, but we will not be able to give you work if your English is non-native or you don’t have a science degree. We regret this, but our business is a real business with real clients who expect these attributes. We do have writers who are non-native, but we can’t tell that from their writing.   

About one-third of the people who sign up for the course finish the 6 feedback tests (this just takes the willingness to follow directions and to do the work), and so far, all of the people who have finished have been offered work. 

If you pay for the course and complete the 6 feedback tests, but for some reason we don’t think you’ll be successful at Nascent Medical (usually due to non-fluent English), then we’ll refund 50% of the cost of the course at that time. 

If you’re already a freelance medical writer, you should probably not take this course. By definition, you already know how to get clients and might even make a better hourly rate than the one we offer (although ours is quite good). This course is for burned out clinicians and scientists who want a lucrative work from home career but are not sure where to start. That’s who I’m here to help. 

Although I went to an excellent graduate school, getting my PhD was a pretty miserable experience for me. One day in lab, I was about to quit because I just couldn’t see how I could keep going. But I also didn’t want to waste all the years I had spent slogging away at it either. It struck me that I had always loved writing, and I wondered if I could somehow combine writing with science. It turned out that science writing (which for me, later became medical writing) was a “thing,” and the rest, well… here we are. 

 

With renewed purpose, I made myself finish my PhD, and I vowed at that time that if I could make something of this medical writing career, that I would always try to give back to those who were also struggling on their path and for whom this work might be a good fit. It turns out there are so many healthcare professionals, graduate students, and post docs who do not love what they do. Medicine, in particular, seems to have become increasingly burdensome to those who practice it.  

I spent the first few years as a full-time freelance medical writer, and in recent years, while still writing, have been running my company, 
Nascent Medical, LLC, which continues to grow beyond any expectation that I ever had. Most people who complete my course end up having Nascent as one of their first clients, which is great for them and also for us!

 
I am so fortunate because of my career choice to have spent all kinds of time with my dear husband, Nick, who works from home, and my daughter, who is now all grown up, married, and serving in the US Air Force. My 2 cats like me being home also!


With this course and your effort, I hope I can help you achieve the same kind of remote work-life balance using your science background and writing ability to make an excellent income. 

Testimonials

"I really can’t quantify the value of Emma’s course. I gained so much knowledge about medical writing, started my new career with confidence, and had paying clients within weeks of finishing the course!"
Lindsay Gasch, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Pharmacist
"Emma is a great teacher and mentor. Her 6-week medical writing course was extremely helpful in getting me started in my new career. As a result of the course, I was able to successfully transition from clinical practice to full-time freelance medical writing in a short amount of time.”
Xiomara Santos, MD
Physician
Emma's mentorship, expertise, the potential to become a subcontractor of her own company, and the confidence one gains to solicit clients of their own, are far more valuable than the price of her course(s)."
Petal Smart, DVM
Veterinarian

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