Focus Area Working Groups

In collaboration with our leadership teams, the Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) has conceptualized the Medical Affairs function in 12 general focus areas, leading to the creation of the following 12 Focus Area Working Groups (FAWGs). Each FAWG is a committee of MAPS members with area expertise who collaborate to produce content and training resources, and provide guidance and guidelines to steer the future direction of their specialty within Medical Affairs. Meet our FAWG members and see FAWG activities below.

All FAWGs

COMPLIANCE

DIGITAL STRATEGY

EVIDENCE GENERATION

EXTERNAL EDUCATION

FIELD MEDICAL

INSIGHTS

MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS

MEDICAL INFORMATION

MEDICAL STRATEGY + LAUNCH EXCELLENCE

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

PATIENT CENTRICITY

RARE DISEASE/GENE THERAPY

Latest FAWG Updates

Field Medical Stakeholders Marketing Development

This MAPS podcast details strategic opportunities of compliant collaborations between Field Medical and Marketing Development.

In this MAPS podcast sponsored by IQVIA, we speak with John Eichert, Director of the Thought Leaders Center of Excellence at IQVIA about scientific communications platforms and the combination of peer survey techniques with machine learning to identify key opinion leaders.

Practical Approaches to External Education Impact Measurements

This MAPS webinar details strategies Medical Affairs professionals in External Education can use to assess HCP learning.

This MAPS podcast details strategic opportunities of compliant collaborations between Field Medical and Marketing.

This position paper is intended outline the roles and responsibilities expected of an MSL and provide clarity on the juxtaposition of MSLs and Sales representatives (SRs) when it comes to scientific exchange versus promotional messaging.

IQVIA podcast natural language processing

MAPS speaks with Hywel Evans Director of the IQVIA Natural Language Processing Insights Hub about NLP to generate medical insights.

This session will provide an overview of the foundation of Medical Information, Enhancement Opportunities for Medical Information, and Medical Information Value to the Organization.