ISMPP Highlights
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.
ISMPP Announces Artificial Intelligence Position Statement and Call to Action
ISMPP is thrilled to announce that its highly-anticipated ISMPP Position Statement and Call to Action on Artificial Intelligence (AI) was published today, November 1, 2023, in Current Medical Research and Opinion (CMRO)…
Inaugural ISMPP Academy Draws Strong Attendance to Philadelphia
ISMPP Academy was a great success leaving attendees equipped with new knowledge, practical tools, and a strengthened network to propel their careers in medical communications and publications. We look forward to the continued growth and success of ISMPP Academy in the years to come. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this remarkable event!
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
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…
Author Payments: Same Policies, Different Scope
Can we pay authors for work that leads to a publication? This is a pressing question often faced by medical publication professionals. Good Publication Practice 2022 (GPP 2022) and its predecessors provided guidance on author payments. New questions on author payments and corresponding GPP 2022 guidance are addressed here, as well as further explanation of GPP 2022 wording and expanded scope compared with earlier GPP iterations…
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.
Submit an Encore Abstract to an Original Abstract-Only Congress?
The publication team is eager to submit an abstract to a prestigious congress, but you face a dilemma. The congress explicitly states that it accepts original content only, whereas the publication team wants to develop an abstract based on data from three previously shared abstracts/publications. As the publication lead, you need to decide on the best course of action. What Would You Do?
ISMPP (pronounced IzMap) is the only nonprofit organization founded by medical publication professionals for medical publication professionals