Insight Drop – AI Fluency: The 2025 Leadership Skill Medical Affairs Can’t Ignore
May 13, 2025
In Medical Communications, survival isn’t about using AI; it’s about mastering it. In this episode of Transforming Medical Communications, Wesley Portegies is joined by AI strategist Subir Roy to discuss why mastering AI is no longer optional for leaders in Medical Affairs; it’s a competitive necessity. Learn how to eliminate inefficient processes, spot AI "hallucinations," and leverage human expertise to make smarter, faster decisions. AI can save you hours every day, but only if you know how to use it. The future belongs to those who harness AI as a strategic asset; those who don’t risk being left behind. This is your wake-up call: Master AI or risk becoming irrelevant.
In Medical Communications, survival isn’t about using AI; it’s about mastering it. In this episode of Transforming Medical Communications, Wesley Portegies is joined by AI strategist Subir Roy to discuss why mastering AI is no longer optional for leaders in Medical Affairs; it’s a competitive necessity. Learn how to eliminate inefficient processes, spot AI "hallucinations," and leverage human expertise to make smarter, faster decisions. AI can save you hours every day, but only if you know how to use it. The future belongs to those who harness AI as a strategic asset; those who don’t risk being left behind. This is your wake-up call: Master AI or risk becoming irrelevant.
We’ll talk about how to:
- Eliminate low-value busywork and reclaim time for strategic impact.
- Detect AI hallucinations and why human critical thinking matters more than ever.
- Build personalized, adaptive content ecosystems that serve your learners.
- Develop the essential leadership skill for 2025: prompt engineering.
Guiding Medical Affairs strategy across Medical Communications, Field Medical, or Medical Affairs Training? Wesley Portegies, host of Transforming Medical Communications, is opening up a few exclusive 30-minute consultancy sessions.
This is a candid, insight-rich opportunity to step back from the day-to-day, pressure-test your approach, and explore fresh solutions to complex MedComms challenges—from scientific engagement to operational alignment.
If you’re shaping the future of Medical Affairs at your organization, this conversation is for you.
Reserve your session → Schedule now https://calendly.com/d/gc7q-khv/consultancy-meeting
Previous guests include: Sissy Easo-Joseph at GSK, Barbara Bish at Janssen, Drew Provan at Queen Mary University, Rebecca McCracken at Agios Pharmaceuticals
Check out our three most downloaded episodes:
- The Human Side of Medical Communications: Building Trust
- From Research to Reach: How Sermo, Kudos, and Figshare Expand Your Audience
- Modernizing Your MedComms Approach
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Disclaimer: The opinions and views expressed by the guest are their own and do not represent any past or current employers.