We invite you to share your thoughts on AI in Medical Writing by participating in this survey which will take 5 minutes to complete and is open until Monday 16th September. This survey has been launched by at team from IPG Health Medical Communications.

Introduction to the survey
Artificial intelligence (AI)* has potential capabilities for automating routine tasks, analysing vast datasets, and even drafting preliminary reports/content, which offers potential for improving efficiency, creativity and accuracy. We are keen to hear your current thoughts and perspectives on the potential impact of AI on the role of a Medical Writer and the skills a Medical Writer will need to apply AI effectively in medical communications.

We will be re-running the survey every 4 months to track any changes in perspectives in this rapidly evolving area (the survey will be released through the same channels). Your responses will be anonymous and will provide the basis for an abstract submission for presentation at a professional society conference.

*Including generative AI, which specifically refers to AI systems that create new content and that can understand, learn and apply knowledge across a wide range of tasks.

Many thanks for your participation.

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* 1. How long have you worked in medical communications?

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* 2. What year were you born in?

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* 3. Will you be answering this survey from the perspective of the following – check all that apply:

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* 4. Are you a Medical Writer?

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* 5. In your current role, do you mainly:

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* 6. What do you consider to be your level of experience with AI tools either in or outside your medical communications work?

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* 7. Are you currently using any AI tools for content development?

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* 8. If yes to question 7, what types of projects are you currently using AI for? Check all that apply.

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* 9. If yes to question 7, what tasks are you currently using AI for in content development? – check all that apply:

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* 10. How comfortable are you with using AI tools in your daily work?

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* 11. How would you rate your current understanding of AI capabilities and limitations and how they could apply to content development?

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* 12. Where do you think that AI could benefit content development and how?

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* 13. Thinking about tasks for content development, select your top 3 from the list below that you think could benefit most from AI and why?

Choose from this list of tasks:

Research and analysis, content creation (written), content creation (visual) and quality assurance
  • Literature searching
  • Understanding of the context and environment of the topic
  • Developing the hypothesis, objective, concept and structure of a piece
  • Contextualising a given topic and/or data set
  • Synthesising a large volume of information on a given topic
  • Improving flow and storytelling
  • Providing opinion and interpretation of assimilated information to put into clinical context
  • Modifying a piece for a different audience
  • Outline generation
  • First draft generation
  • Second draft generation
  • Incorporating comments
  • Developing tables
  • Creating figures and data visualisations
  • Creating appropriate imagery to engage and accurately convey the sense of the information
  • Accuracy checking
  • Editing for language, grammar, tone and style

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* 14. In what ways will the role of a Medical Writer change as a result of AI?

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* 15. What new or different skills and competencies do you think will be necessary for Medical Writers to effectively adopt and utilise AI tools in their work?

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