Practical Medical Affairs

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Pharmaceutical Medicine Non-Award (Part-time)

Module code 7MCS0004

This module provides real life experience of the medical affairs function in a bio-pharmaceutical company. Following a 1-week placement in a company in which the student will experience a range of medical affairs sub-functions and interact with a range of medical affairs employees, the student will write a critical and reflexive report of an aspect of their experience of medical affairs in action.

This module aims to give students:

• Experience of critical appraisal of medical affairs processes and procedures in a real-life setting
• Skills for strategic communication of real-world observations of medical affairs
• First-hand experience to guide their career decisions

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

1. Write critically of an aspect of medical affairs in action and communicate real-world observations
2. Critically appraise medical affairs processes and procedures
3. Apply their learning to future career decisions

Minimum entry requirements are either a medical degree (such as an MBBS) or a 2:1 first degree in pharmacy, pharmacology, biology, biochemistry, chemistry or related subject.