ISMPP Highlights
ISMPP CMPP™ Program Celebrates a Decade of Dedication & Commitment
ISMPP is honored to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the ISMPP Certified Medical Publication Professional™ (ISMPP CMPP™) program. Achievement of this notable milestone offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the program’s beginnings, look ahead at the future of the evolving credential, and truly appreciate…
AMWA–EMWA–ISMPP Release Joint Position Statement on Predatory Publishing
AMWA, EMWA, and ISMPP have released a “Joint Position Statement on Predatory Publishing,” which was published in Current Medical Research & Opinion (CMRO) on July 29, 2019. The Joint Position Statement outlines the “serious threat”…
Advocacy & Outreach Committee Offers Educational Slide Library and Informational Webinars
ISMPP is pleased to announce two projects undertaken by the Advocacy & Outreach (A&O) Committee: one is an Educational Slide Library covering medical publication topics, and the other is Informational Webinars for those located in Europe and the Asia Pacific region…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
Social Media: A Useful Tool or a Distraction in Medical Publications?
Social media is part of everyday life for many healthcare professionals who use it alongside traditional communication channels for scientific exchange and debate. The benefits of facilitating the transparent and credible exchange of …
Narrative Reviews and Consensus Processes – Combining the Literature with Expert Opinion and Real-World Experience
Narrative reviews and Delphi consensus processes play important supporting roles in the collection and analysis of expert opinion by synthesizing the available evidence from the literature and…
What I Would Like You to Know: A Biostatistician’s Perspective
What are one or two things you want your medical publication colleagues to know from your experience working on clinical research publications? There is a common misconception about probability and the use of the p-value…
What Would You Do?
In our role as medical publication professionals, we may occasionally encounter situations in which it is not obvious how to ensure good publication practice. Have you ever wished you could consult the ISMPP membership for guidance when these situations arise? Here’s your opportunity!
What Would You Do? is a new section of The MAP that presents case scenarios as an educational tool for medical publication professionals. The section provides a case scenario to ponder, and readers are invited to participate in a poll by selecting one of the listed solutions. Readers can also submit their thoughts on the scenario anonymously. The poll results, plus educational insights, are posted in a later issue for readers to digest.
POLL RESULTS: Delayed Review Calls Authorship into Question
You are a company medical publication professional. The lead author of a manuscript in development was key in acquiring data for the study and actively engaged in the initial discussions that shaped the outline for the paper. However, he/she was slow to send feedback…
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