ISMPP Highlights
20-Year Milestone: 700+ Attendees Gather for Memorable Meeting
More than 700 ATTENDEES connected last week in DC for the 20th Annual Meeting of ISMPP. This year’s theme, ‘Storytelling: Its Art and Power,’ highlighted the transformative role of art in storytelling within healthcare and medical communications. The storytelling concepts and tools learned during the three-day meeting helped our professionals to find ways to break down stigmas, combat misinformation, help change perceptions, and ultimately improve patient care.
ISMPP’s 2024 European Meeting: Record Attendance Explores Innovation and Tradition in Industry
From January 23-24, ISMPP members gathered together in London for two days of collaboration, networking, learning and sharing. The 2024 European Meeting welcomed a record-high number of attendees with 395 industry professionals gathering at Novotel London West and 155 of those attendees participated in this meeting for their first time!
ACCORD: New Guideline for Consensus-based Research is Published
The new ACCORD reporting guideline will help the medical and scientific communities to improve the reporting of research involving consensus methodologies. The guideline was published last week in PLOS Medicine with simultaneous presentation at the 2024 European Meeting of ISMPP.
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
Publication Planning for Medical Devices: The Opportunities in an Underserved Field
For nearly two decades, ISMPP has helped identify and refine what goes into a successful, ethical, and transparent publication plan, most recently in the form of the Good Publication Practice (GPP 2022) guidelines. But how applicable are these recommended practices to the medical device industry, whose technologies represent a crucial but oft-overlooked sector of contemporary healthcare?…
Mastering the Art of Meeting Facilitation: Part 2
In the fast-paced field of medical communications, effective meeting facilitation is critical. This is the second of two articles that will provide tips and insights into running a successful meeting. This second article provides tips and tricks on leveraging meeting format, driving active engagement, and building a repertoire of meeting facilitation techniques and skills…
Mastering the Art of Meeting Facilitation: Part 1
Meetings serve as vital platforms for collaboration and discussion as well as ensuring key decisions are made for aspects critical to successful publication planning. This is the first of two articles that will provide tips and insights into running a successful meeting. Initially, in this article, we look at preparation and what a facilitator should focus on to ensure success…
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 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.
To Use AI or To Not Use AI… for Manuscript Development? [redo]
You are a researcher working on a groundbreaking clinical study that could potentially lead to a significant advancement in the treatment of a complex disease. Some members of the research team want to use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop the first draft of the manuscript. Other team members are concerned about accuracy, interpretation, and potential bias in the content. What Would You Do?
ISMPP (pronounced IzMap) is the only nonprofit organization founded by medical publication professionals for medical publication professionals