Medical Affairs Value Blog
Welcome! You will find tools, resources, tips, and tricks to help demonstrate the value of Medical Affairs.
How to Plan Your Month For Maximum Impact As An MSL
5 Min ReadHow To Plan Your Month For Maximum Impact As An MSLHow to plan your month for maximum impact as an MSL is not something that you learned in school. Most folks pick up on what they should be doing through trial and error but are not nearly as structured as...
If You Are An MSL You Are A Leader
5 Min ReadIf You Are An MSL You Are A LeaderThe MSL role is an individual contributor role. They don't manage a team or have direct reports. Because of this and because they do not have a fancy title, many MSLs think that they are not leaders or grasp the leadership...
Avoid Resting Murder Face To Build Better Relationships
5 Min ReadAvoid Resting Murder Face To Build Better RelationshipsWhen you are just listening or thinking what is your natural facial expression? Do you look like you want to murder someone? In the world of Medical Affairs, body language matters a lot. MSLs have the...
How To Gather Valuable Insights Without a Medical Strategy
5 Min ReadHow To Gather Valuable Insights Without a Medical StrategyEveryone in Medical Affairs always says to gather relevant insights you need to be guided by strategy. But what if you don't have a Medical Strategy? How can you gather valuable insights without a...
How To Ask Why Without Actually Asking Why
5 Min ReadHow To Ask Why Without Actually Asking WhyFolks in Medical Affairs are always talking about how good insights include the why. But how can MSLs actually uncover the why behind HCPs' beliefs/thoughts/motivations without being annoying? One trick is to learn...
Schedule And Prioritize Fun
5 Min ReadSchedule And Prioritize FunYou may be thinking what in the world does schedule and prioritize fun have to do with strategic thinking in Medical Affairs? Being strategic requires having energy, making good choices on how you spend your time and having the...
What HCPs Want From MSLs
5 Min ReadWhat HCPs Want From MSLs What do HCPs want from MSLs? They want their specific situation to be understood. They want to have deep conversations with MSLs who deeply understand not only the TA and disease state but also the broader context. This means having...
Examples of What MSL Insights Are NOT
5 Min ReadExamples of What MSL Insights are NOT One of the biggest challenges that medical science liaisons (MSLs) have is recognizing what insights are. There is a lot of pressure to get out there and gather insights. But because of the confusing nature of insights,...
Set Boundaries To Improve Your Strategic Thinking
5 Min ReadSet Boundaries To Improve Your Strategic Thinking (+ a Book Recommendation!) I'm a huge reader. It's my main hobby and I crush books. Of the 129 books I read last year, this one had the biggest lasting impact on me. It completely changed how I think about...
Track Your Progress To Demonstrate Value
Track Your Progress To Demonstrate ValueMedical Affairs teams do a lot but often have a hard time demonstrating their value. Here is a simple way to help: Track Your Progress to Demonstrate Value. This is a super effective hack to show your and/or your team's impact....
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