Accessible Conference Presentations: Results and Insights From a Study

Guest host Mary Gaskarth is joined by Emily Messina to discuss her research into the accessibility of conference presentations. Emily and her team recently won the ISMPP 2023 Annual Meeting Publication Star poster award for their poster entitled Are conference presentations accessible? Insights from an online survey to improve equity. Emily discusses the results of her research, as well as suggestions based on the survey results to help posters, oral presentations, and even the conference space itself to be more accessible to all audience members. She has put the suggestions together into a checklist available on the InformED page at ismpp.org.

Mary Gaskarth is Head of Medical Services at CMC Affinity, part of IPG Health Med Comms. Emily Messina is also at CMC Affinity and is a Medical Writer with a strong interest in making information available and accessible to all.