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Survey evidence to advance advocacy: awareness of publication professional initiatives at the Peer Review Congress
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Survey evidence to advance advocacy: awareness of publication professional initiatives at the Peer Review Congress

Karen L Woolley, Slavka Baronikova, Alice Choi, Mary Gaskarth, Anna Geraci, Mieko Hamana, Jackie Marchington, Elizabeth A Whann, Chris C Winchester and Fran Young
Current Medical Research and Opinion, Vol.34(Supplement 1), pp.39-39
European Meeting of International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP): Advancing Medical Publications in a Complex Evidence Ecosystem, 2018 (London, United Kingdom, 23-Jan-2018–24-Jan-2018)
2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2018.1440990
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Medical and Health Sciences Economics advocacy certified medical publication professional (CMPP) ghostwriting
Objective: The Peer Review Congress (PRC), hosted by JAMA and The BMJ every 4 years, attracts world-leading journal editors and publication researchers. These influencers can affect how publication professionals are perceived. The PRC provided a rare opportunity to assess awareness of initiatives to differentiate and advance our profession. Research design and methods: With PRC's permission, we conducted face-to-face surveys of poster presenters (Chicago; September 11-12, 2017). A standardized data collection tool was used to obtain presenter consent, ask 3 binary-response questions (Figure), and document demographic information. Results: Of 84 presenters, 80 were available (response rate 95%) and 80 consented; duplicates were removed (73 unique responders; 29 from USA [40%], 42 from academia [58%]). Awareness was high for the difference between professional medical writers and ghostwriters, but low for the JPS and CMPP credential (Figure). Conclusions: Awareness of important publication professional initiatives is low among researchers in the publication ecosystem. These empirical results should help justify, guide, and advance advocacy efforts.

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