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Innovative Medical Education to Drive Reach, Awareness, Appropriate Diagnosis, and Better Outcomes​

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Pages: 67


Published: 2026


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  • STUDY OVERVIEW
  • BENCHMARK CLASS
  • STUDY SNAPSHOT
  • KEY FINDINGS
  • VIEW TOC AND LIST OF EXHIBITS
Medical education teams face mounting pressure to deliver programs that go beyond disseminating scientific knowledge to demonstrably improving diagnosis and treatment outcomes across increasingly complex healthcare ecosystems. Traditional CME and IME models—historically centered on specialists—are evolving to engage primary care providers, allied health professionals, payers, and patient advocacy groups. This expansion reflects the realities of modern care pathways and demands more innovative approaches to content design, delivery, and measurement.

Best Practices, LLC undertook this benchmarking research to examine how leading organizations are reimagining medical education to expand reach and engagement. It explores the use of digital micro-learning, immersive technologies such as VR, hybrid post-congress peer programs, and the growing role of MSLs in needs identification and personalized follow-up education.

The report also highlights how companies are applying Moore’s framework and advanced analytics to assess knowledge gain, behavior change, and real-world impact—while revealing persistent challenges in linking education to measurable outcomes. Through industry benchmarks and real-world examples, the study provides actionable guidance for building scalable, data-driven medical education ecosystems.

Industries Profiled:
Biopharmaceutical; Pharmaceutical; Manufacturing; Biotech; Consumer Products; Diagnostic; Medical Device; Health Care; Clinical Research; Laboratories


Companies Profiled:
Alkermes; Alnylam Pharmaceuticals; AstraZeneca; Bayer; bioMérieux; Boehringer Ingelheim; Daiichi Sankyo; Eurofarma; Exact Sciences; GlaxoSmith Kline; ImmunityBio; Incyte; Ipsen; Merck; Novo Nordisk; Orion Pharma; Rigel Pharmaceuticals; Sanofi; Santen; Santhera; Seres Therapeutics; Servier; Sobi; Summit Therapeutics; Takeda Pharmaceutials; Terns Pharmaceuticals; Travere Therapuetics; Vantive; Zimmer Biomet

Study Snapshot

Best Practices, LLC engaged 36 Medical Affairs leaders from 29 biopharma companies via a quantitative survey and conducted deep‑dive interviews with eight participants to capture real‑world examples, success factors, and operational enablers. The analysis spans stakeholder priorities, channel effectiveness, content performance, budget allocation, MSL support, social media insights, payer education, KPIs, and use of analytics & AI.

Key topics covered in this report include:

  • Innovation Approaches in Medical Education
  • High-Impact Stakeholder Engagement Models
  • Channels, Content, and Formats That Perform
  • KPIs, ROI, and Measurement Maturity
  • Investment Trends and Resource Allocation
  • MSLs’ Expanding Strategic Role in Education
  • Analytics- and AI-Enabled Personalization
  • Future Outlook and Leadership Insights

Key Findings

Select key insights uncovered from this report are noted below. Detailed findings are available in the full report.

  • Key stakeholders supported: Specialty care physicians are “highly important” targets for 97% of benchmark companies, followed by other specialty providers (44% of organizations), PCPs (33%) and sub-specialists (20%)
  • Top-rated tactics to increase HCP education reach: Use of 3rd-party accredited platform (which 100% deem at least somewhat effective), followed by leveraging scalable digital assets (91%), repurposing content across channels (83%), enhanced content relevance to drive peer sharing (76%), abbreviated version of live events (69%) and investment in enhanced online user.

Table of Contents

Sr. No.
Topic
Slide No.
I.
Executive SummaryPg. 4
II.
Summary of Quantitative FindingsPg. 7
III.
Summary of Interview InsightsPg. 13
IV.
Education Stakeholders, Budget, Channels, Formats, Content and Strategies for Expanding ReachPg. 19
V.
Leveraging MSLs and Payer/Non-Provider SupportPg. 38
VI.
Measuring Impact, Analytics & AI, Lessons Learned, and Future PredictionsPg. 53
VII.
About Best Practices, LLCPg. 67

    List of Charts & Exhibits

    I. Executive Summary

    • One-page executive summary synthesizing study background, methodology, and key topics
    • Participating benchmark companies
    • Key quantitative benchmark findings
    • Highlights from deep-dive interviews

    II. Innovative Education: Stakeholders, Budget, Channels, Formats, Content, and Strategies for Expanding Reach

    • Key external stakeholders prioritized for medical education
    • Program strengths and weaknesses across content, reach, innovation, and measurement
    • Effective medical education channels for specialists
    • Executive narratives around medical education activities
    • Effective medical education channels for primary care providers (PCPs)
    • Executive narratives around PCP engagement
    • Comparison of effective medical education channels for specialists vs. PCPs
    • Executive narratives around specialist education
    • Budget allocation benchmarks across CME, non-accredited IME, and other medical education modalities
    • CME funding concentration at congresses
    • Effective CME formats for expanding reach among specialists
    • Effective CME formats for expanding reach among primary care providers
    • Comparison of effective CME formats - specialists vs. PCPs
    • Effective medical education content types for specialists
    • Effective medical education content types for PCPs
    • Executive narratives around identifying and meeting the needs of specialists and primary care providers
    • Comparison of effective medical education content types - specialists vs. PCPs
    • Innovative forms of medical education

    III. Innovative Education & Engagement Approaches: Use of MSLs, Payers/Non-provider Support

    • Proven tactics to increase the reach of education programs
    • Executive narratives around each of these high-impact tactics for improving the reach of education programs
    • Successful strategies used by medical education leaders to engage a wider number of providers
    • Use of MSLs to expand reach and improve the impact of medical education programs
    • Field team sizing benchmarks and average MSLs per indication
    • Detailed executive narrative around building integrated educational campaigns co-created with MSLs and other critical functions
    • Social media platforms used for peer exchange and organizational engagement cadence
    • Engagement frequency by social media platform
    • Frequency of education-related support provided to payers
    • Adoption of creative pilots for non-providers (payers, IDNs, patients/advocacy)

    IV. Measuring Impact, Analytics & AI, Lessons Learned and Future Predictions

    • Critical KPIs for measuring the value and impact of medical education tactics
    • Current performance levels across these KPIs among specialists
    • Executive narratives round pre- and post-event outcomes tracking
    • Industry perspectives on medical education performance assessment
    • Current performance levels across these KPIs among PCPs
    • Comparison of current performance levels of KPIs - specialists vs. PCPs
    • Use of analytics & AI to drive smarter education approaches
    • Lessons learned around effective formats for expanding reach and driving care improvements
    • Lessons learned around strategic alignment for expanding reach and driving care improvements
    • Lessons learned around measurement practices and vendor selection for expanding reach
    • Predicted evolution of medical education over the next 2–3 years