“The Year in Review / The Year Ahead” highlights significant topics in the year 2020 that were selected by The MAP Working Group. Watch three members of The MAP Working Group introduce each topic in the videos below. Information is also provided below about ISMPP resources covering the individual topics. Some resources are available to the public, while other resources are accessible only to ISMPP members, as identified.
This year’s topics are:
- Impact of COVID-19 on Our Profession / Practices
- Digital Innovations in Medical Communications
- Patient Engagement / Plain Language Summaries
Impact of COVID-19 on Our Profession / Practices
Jason Gardner, PhD, ISMPP CMPP™, CMC Connect, McCann Health Medical Communications, Macclesfield, UK
| ISMPP Resources |
| ISMPP Releases Official Guidance to Address Authorship Challenges Related to COVID-19 Outbreak The MAP, March 2020 (also on the ISMPP Website) [Publicly available] |
| Virtual Meetings: Virtually All You Need to Know! The MAP, April 2020 [Publicly available] |
| Coronavirus (COVID-19): Its Impact on Publication Planning ISMPP U, April 2020 [Publicly available] |
| COVID-19, Is it Business as (Un)usual for Publications Planning? The MAP, June 2020 [Publicly available] |
| From Presentations to Conversations: Creating Dialogue in Virtual Congress Settings ISMPP West 2020, October 2020 [Members only – Member Center, ISMPP West 2020 Archive] |
| From a Meeting Place to a Virtual Space: Adapting to Create Impactful Congress Content ISMPP West 2020, October 2020 [Members only – Member Center, ISMPP West 2020 Archive] |
| Pressure to Publish. Preprints, Retractions and Peer Review in the Spotlight ISMPP West 2020, October 2020 [Members only – Member Center, ISMPP West 2020 Archive] |
Digital Innovations in Medical Communications
Sally Hassan, PhD, ISMPP CMPP™, London, UK
| ISMPP Resources |
| Achieving Precision Communications through Novel Publication Partnerships 2020 European Meeting, January 2020 [Members only – Member Center, 2020 European Meeting Archive] |
| Visual Medical Communications ISMPP U, January 2020 [Publicly available] |
| ISMPP Social Media and Web-based Metrics Glossary ISMPP Website, January 2020 [Members only – Member Center, Social Media and Web Metrics Resources] |
| Bite-size Content: Reaching Physicians in a Time-poor Era of Information Overload ISMPP U, May 2020 [Members only – Member Center, 2020 ISMPP U Archive] |
| Poster 2.0 and Beyond: Creating Better Research Posters 16th Annual Meeting, June 2020 [Members only – Member Center, 16th Annual Meeting Archive] |
| Individualizing Communications: From Concept to Impact 16th Annual Meeting, June 2020 [Members only – Member Center, 16th Annual Meeting Archive] |
| Digital Enhancements: Which are Worth the Investment? InformED Podcast, August 2020 [Publicly available] |
| An Explosion of Digital Innovation During a Pandemic The MAP, August 2020 [Publicly available] |
| User Design Principles Applied to Virtual Posters ISMPP U, October 2020 [Members only – Member Center, 2020 ISMPP U Archive] |
Patient Engagement / Plain Language Summaries
Lana Vegman, PharmD, ISMPP CMPP™, Sanofi US, Bridgewater, NJ
| ISMPP Resources |
| Plain Language Summaries of Publications: Definition, Development and Dissemination 2020 European Meeting, January 2020 [Members only – Member Center, 2020 European Meeting Archive] |
| Patient Authorship: Three Key Questions (& Answers!) for Medical Communication Professionals – Part A The MAP, May 2020 [Publicly available] |
| Patient Authorship: Three Key Questions (& Answers!) for Medical Communication Professionals – Part B The MAP, May 2020 [Publicly available] |
| Putting the ‘Drive’ in Patient-Driven Publications 16th Annual Meeting, June 2020 [Members only – Member Center, 16th Annual Meeting Archive] |
| Patient Involvement in Medical Communications: A Live How-To Guide 16th Annual Meeting, June 2020 [Members only – Member Center, 16th Annual Meeting Archive] |
| Plain Language Summaries: Best Practices InformED Podcast, June 2020 [Publicly available] |
The MAP Working Group hopes that The Year in Review / The Year Ahead article is a useful reference for important trends impacting our profession. We look forward to your continued readership, comments, and support of The MAP newsletter.
We also wish you a productive and successful 2021!
2020-2021 The MAP Working Group
Eric Y. Wong, chair; Erica Chevalier-Larsen; Richa Chhabra; Alexa Cleasby; Jason Gardner; Anna Geraci; Sally Hassan; Paul A. Petruzzi; Renee Sarlo; Lana Vegman