by Jessica McLin | Aug 10, 2021 | Medical Affairs
Strategies for visualizing and communicating data to a journal’s target audience. Overall Challenge: The client tasked us with creating tables and figures for a manuscript slated for submission to a high-impact, peer-reviewed scientific journal. The data were derived...
by Melody Davis | Aug 3, 2021 | Instructional Design, Medical Affairs, Training
TL: DR Blended learning provides an opportunity to deliver MSL training with variety and flexibility. Reskilling and upskilling are a huge issue in the corporate world, and Medical Affairs has always been under pressure to add to team skillsets continuously. When Does...
by Melody Davis | Jul 27, 2021 | Medical Affairs, Operations, Training
Blended learning is the future of medical affairs training. If your training to date included a stack of PDFs, a few PPTs, and a webinar or two, then your team is missing out. Your team could improve efficiency, enhance operations, and provide more value to internal...
by Melody Davis | Jul 20, 2021 | Medical Affairs, Operations, Training
Information retrieval. It sounds like computer talk, but we do it every time we call up a fact or data point in a conversation. How does one become good at retrieving knowledge from memory? Consider using three actions consistently – Reflection, practice, and...
by Melody Davis | Jul 13, 2021 | Management, Medical Affairs, Training
Media multitasking can increase the risk that an MSL makes inaccurate assumptions. Imagine – You are waiting for a meeting to start. What to do? You open your tablet/smartphone or take a quick look at your smartwatch. You are engrossed in something on social media...
by Melody Davis | Jul 6, 2021 | Medical Affairs, Training
Application over recall Craft units of instruction and assessments that emphasize application rather than recall. Why? Your Medical Affairs team needs assistance in applying knowledge in various situations. Performance Differences It may be key to the organizational...
by Melody Davis | Jun 29, 2021 | Medical Affairs, Operations, Training
Quick synopsis – Ensure videos in medical training are story-centered. Everyone loves a story. You lean in when someone starts talking by saying, “Let me tell you about the time….” It is human nature. Stories in Business Even a business case tells a story...
by Melody Davis | Jun 22, 2021 | Management, Medical Affairs, Operations, Training
Quick synopsis When using video in medical affairs training, consider that your audience consists of scientific and medical professionals. You may consume many videos in your personal life from influencers and well-known celebrities and leaders on social media. Those...
by Melody Davis | Jun 15, 2021 | Instructional Design, Training
Quick synopsis Don’t add a video to add a video – add video strategically to your training content in medical affairs. Training content works best when it is fit for purpose. Take a Deeper Dive It would not be wise to create a quiz of Step 1 Physiology questions...
by Melody Davis | Jun 8, 2021 | Instructional Design, Training
Quick synopsis – Use video in your Medical Affairs training to engage today’s learners. How much video content do you consume in your daily life? Netflix? Cute cat videos on social media? I bet more than you did even three years ago! Consider adding training videos to...