Special 90-min. open to all ISMPP U: Plain Language Summaries (PLS) of publications: Focus on practical application

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Plain language summaries (PLS) support healthcare equity and inclusion by ensuring information from clinical studies is understandable and accessible to all. Recently the ISMPP PLS Perspectives Working Group, Pfizer, and Open Pharma published individual articles on plain language summaries.

This webinar will feature representation from each group, as well as publishers, and patients/ patient advocates, and focus on best practices in developing PLS of medical journal articles. A discussion on measurements of success as defined by accessibility and discoverability, as well as pilot research on whether PLS increase the impact of published research, will be featured.

Participants will leave with guidance on how to successfully integrate PLS into publication's standard operating procedures and best practices for working with publishers to generate PLS.

At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

Understand key points in the PLS guidance documents and publications developed by the ISMPP PLS Perspectives Working Group, Open Pharma and Pfizer

Understand how to create an implementation process for PLS generation

Understand what medical communication professionals can do to support the discoverability and accessibility of PLS

Understand if PLS increase the impact of published research
Gain knowledge of how to work with patients/ patient advocates on PLS generation

Approved for 1.5 ISMPP CMPPTM recertification credits

Contributors

Caroline Halford, Digital Publishing Manager, ADIS│Springer Healthcare
- First publisher to enable PLS publication on PubMed
- Publishes many patient-focused article types, including ‘Patient Physician Perspectives’
- Presented data at ISMPP EU 2022 on PLS metrics
Dawn Lobban, PhD, Co-lead, ISMPP PLS Perspectives Working Group; Global Lead, Patient partnerships, Envision the Patient, Envision Pharma Group
- Expertise in patient engagement across the lifecycle of medicine development
- Interest in optimising plain language summaries of publications
- Active participant in key initiatives including ISMPP PLS Perspectives Working Group and PFMD ‘How to’ Guide for PLS.
Angela Sykes, MPhil, MA, Director, Publications Standards and Best Practices Lead, Pfizer
- Developed and implemented enterprise-wide PLS process and requirements
- Experience with applying health literacy principles to scientific content
- GPP4 co-author
Jason Gardner, PhD, Co-lead, ISMPP PLS Perspectives Working Group; Head of Medical Services, CMC Connect, McCann Health Medical Communications
- Passionate about bringing clarity to communications – for all audiences
- Researcher into optimal readability and format of PLS
- Co-lead of the ISMPP PLS Perspectives project, published recently in CMRO
Will Gattrell, PhD, Senior Manager, Global Medical Publications and Communications, Ipsen
- Publication’s geek
- Leading on implementing Ipsen's PLS commitment for all journal publications with human data
- Co-author on Open Pharma PLS recommendations
Jessie Daw, Patient Advocate, Multiple Myeloma
- Patient Advocate, Multiple Myeloma; GSK Oncology Patient Council
- Myeloma Mentor, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
- Myeloma Coach, Myeloma Crowd
- Co-founder/lead of the Eastern South Dakota Multiple Myeloma Support Group
- Member, International Myeloma Foundation's 2021 ASH social media team
Melissa Crouse, Lung Cancer Warrior, Mentor and Advocate, LUNGevity Foundation; Founder, RET Renegades; Member, GSK Oncology Patient Council; Founder of Southwest Florida Lung Cancer Support Group
- Clinical trial participant
- Passionate about advocacy, mentoring and keeping abreast of developments in scientific research
- Founder, RET Renegades
- Founder of Southwest Florida Lung Cancer Support Group
- Emmy Winner for ‘Melissa’s Story’ about her and her family’s journey living with lung cancer
Laura Dormer, Editorial Director, Future Science Group
- Editorial Director at the Future Science Group, first publisher of standalone Plain Language Summary of Publication articles
- Interest in patient engagement in publications and publication ethics
- GPP4 steering committee member and member of the PFMD ‘How to’ Guide for PLS working group

Slide Deck
ISMPPU_PLS_webinar_2022_FINAL (1).pptx

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Contributors

Caroline Halford, Digital Publishing Manager, ADIS│Springer Healthcare

Dawn Lobban, PhD, Co-lead, ISMPP PLS Perspectives Working Group; Global Lead, Patient partnerships, Envision the Patient, Envision Pharma Group

Angela Sykes, MPhil, MA, Director, Publications Standards and Best Practices Lead, Pfizer

Jason Gardner, PhD, Co-lead, ISMPP PLS Perspectives Working Group; Head of Medical Services, CMC Connect, McCann Health Medical Communications

Will Gattrell, PhD, Senior Manager, Global Medical Publications and Communications, Ipsen

Jessie Daw, Patient Advocate, Multiple Myeloma

Melissa Crouse, Lung Cancer Warrior, Mentor and Advocate, LUNGevity Foundation; Founder, RET Renegades; Member, GSK Oncology Patient Council; Founder of Southwest Florida Lung Cancer Support Group

Laura Dormer, Editorial Director, Future Science Group