Clarifying and Spreading Clinical Best Practices
Medical communities regularly face the task of building expert consensus – whether to:
- clarify scientifically contested issues with leading national, European or international experts,
- disseminate best clinical practices more widely across the medical field,
- compensate for missing data or complement existing evidence,
- or generate publishable outcomes.
Yet forging consensus is rarely a straightforward affair. Medical and pharmaceutical teams often encounter familiar hurdles:
- How do you prevent dominant voices from hijacking the scientific dialogue?
- How do you define the right questions – and steer differing perspectives toward alignment within a tight timeframe?
- How do you consolidate recommendations that are not only coherent, but broadly supported?
Our webinar “Building Expert Consensus” will explore how to structure each step of this complex process – and how to foster a genuine, constructive dialogue among experts:
- From designing the overall framework and approach,
- to developing precise research questions,
- and conducting exploratory interviews or surveys to surface early expert positions.
In interactive consensus workshops, differing viewpoints are brought together, leading to the formulation of expert opinions or consensus statements. The process culminates in a first draft – ready for publication.
Our experienced Metaplan consultants will also share real-world examples of expert consensus initiatives they have facilitated – projects that ultimately led to peer-reviewed publications.
This interactive webinar also offers a valuable opportunity for exchange and networking among professionals in the pharmaceutical industry – sharing challenges, insights, and best practices for the art of building expert consensus.
When? October 7th, 2025, 5-6 pm CET
Where? Online webinar
