by Melody Davis | Jun 1, 2021 | Instructional Design, Training
How much time do you set aside to plan and storyboard a presentation? Consider this scenario: You are the Rockstar MSL of your team! Management and your team acknowledge that you are a subject matter expert (SME) in your therapeutic...
by Melody Davis | May 11, 2021 | Medical Affairs, Training
Quick-Start Synopsis – What is the post-pandemic training strategy? What is your plan to create a sustainable post-pandemic training strategy? Despite trying to find our way through the pandemic for more than a year, there are still many...
by Melody Davis | May 4, 2021 | Medical Affairs, Operations
Quick-Start Synopsis – MLR is a bottleneck and technology can help Leveraged correctly, technology like AI and machine learning should enable us to do mundane tasks quicker. One of the tasks that internal teams in Medical...
by Jessica McLin | Apr 27, 2021 | Medical Affairs, Training
Quick-Start Synopsis Take a minute to calculate the number of informational video conference calls you’ve attended over the last couple of weeks; examples include reviewing the key data presented...
by Melody Davis | Apr 20, 2021 | Instructional Design, Training
Quick-Start Synopsis Constructivism is a learning theory that proposes that learners do better with rich and interactive experiences. Think of activity stations, dissecting animals, or putting together a model of the...
by Melody Davis | Apr 13, 2021 | Instructional Design, Training
Quick-Start Synopsis Behaviorism has a long history as a learning theory. It was very popular in the early 20th century. Teachers used the concept to standardize classrooms and design curricula. Let’s illustrate...
by Jessica McLin | Apr 6, 2021 | Management, Medical Affairs
Overall Training Challenge One of the workshops most frequently requested by Medical Affairs teams is some version of “Building Rapport with KOLs” or “Developing Long-Term KOL Relationships.” In those workshops, we...
by Melody Davis | Mar 30, 2021 | Medical Affairs
Quick-Start Synopsis Researchers of cognitive learning theory seek to better understand how the mind processes and stores information when they learn. It is part of the larger field of Learning Sciences is the interdisciplinary field...
by Jessica McLin | Mar 16, 2021 | Medical Affairs, Training
Quick-Start Synopsis Every MSL has a story (or several) of a KOL who, despite being repeatedly presented with new data, remained convinced that their outdated opinion was correct. How could the KOL maintain their viewpoint even when presented with robust,...
by Melody Davis | Feb 23, 2021 | Medical Affairs
Overall Training Challenge The client was clear on the goals of this project. There was an urgent business need for a scientific PowerPoint presentation on a new topic, but management also needed to protect the time...
