This professional master’s degree will give you during 12 months the keys, techniques and essential tools of the professional profile Medical Affairs” 

As well as high turnover figures and the generation of direct and indirect wealth, the pharmaceutical industry currently has a great impact on the welfare state. In this scenario, the Medical Affairs,  department has gained vital importance in recent years, where professionals must carry out an exquisite task of providing information on the latest developments in treatments with a medical approach, within a framework of generalized sustainability.

The numerous studies to which drugs are subjected, which must be interpreted and communicated to healthcare personnel for their correct use and sale, mean that the staff of the medical department or  Medical Affairs must also possess excellent technical and scientific skills and knowledge in order to achieve a relationship of trust and credibility with opinion leaders and other healthcare professionals. Therefore, given that these profiles are increasingly in demand by companies and at the same time that the configuration of these areas as strategic pillars of the pharmaceutical industry, together with R&D and sales, is becoming more relevant, TECH has designed this professional master’s degree in Medical Affairs.

A program taught exclusively online, which will take the medical specialist over 1,500 teaching hours to delve into the techniques most commonly used by professionals who make up the Medical Affairs, department, statistical tools, the most effective methods in literature searches, scientific evidence, necessary to conduct drug research studies.

All this will be possible thanks to innovative teaching resources (video summaries,  in focus) videos), essential readings, case simulations, to which you will have access 24 hours a day, from any electronic device with an Internet connection.

This academic institution thus provides a flexible university degree, which can be comfortably studied by the professional. With no classroom attendance or fixed class schedules, students also have the possibility of distributing the course load according to their needs, making this online program an excellent opportunity for those who wish to combine the most demanding responsibilities with a professional master’s degree.

Access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the multimedia resource library of this quality university program” 

This professional master’s degree in Medical Affairs contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in medicine and the pharmaceutical industry
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

A flexible academic option that adapts to you. No presence, no fixed classes, you only need a computer with internet connection to visualize the syllabus” 

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from sector who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to prepare in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

With this program you will be able to delve into pharmacoeconomics and the economic evaluation of a drug through multimedia resources"

With this university program, you will be aware of the future of clinical trial research and the new approach to clinical trials”

This professional master’s degree offers the professional a vision of the future of the Medical Affairs profession. For this purpose, the specialist will learn the latest news about this department in the new pharmaceutical industry, the requirements currently requested by the main companies, as well as the leadership skills, information search and relationship between teams, necessary to carry out the work successfully. All this also provides differentiating elements, which are currently widely demanded by the sector. 

This professional master’s degree will show you the latest techniques to use medical medical information as a strategy to update the medical team” 

General Objectives

• Assimilate the scientific-technical knowledge that allows to perform the functions in the department of Medical Affairs
• Know in depth the relationship between the MSL and the Medical Advisor with the rest of the departments
• Analyze and learn about different structures of Medical Affairs departments
• Train the professional, through the necessary skills, to improve problem solving and develop essential professional competencies
• Gain in-depth knowledge of new projects of value for the pharmaceutical industry, such as Lean methodology and digital transformation
• Show the vision of hospital pharmacy as a collaborative research agent
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the latest research support tools
• Develop actions and initiatives that improve health outcomes, in collaboration with physicians, industry personnel and health departments
• Develop skills in scientific communication to train and inform other departments and improve the relationship with the physician and patient
• Train the professional in the critical reading of articles and in evidence management
• Design effective leadership strategies in work teams and with other departments
• Train the professional in conflict resolution in the workplace
• Implementing emotional intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry sector
• Interpret the priorities of the pharmaceutical company and establish cooperation with health institutions, understanding the strategic competencies of the medical department, within the ethical framework
• Manage scientific databases for carrying out reviews and bibliographic searches of scientific studies
• Use medical information as a strategy for updating the medical team
• Train the practitioner to communicate medical information to the patient and the health professional

Specific Objectives

Module 1. The drug access environment in the 21st century

• Describe the most relevant characteristics of the current changing environment that condition the pharmaceutical industry and health care systems
• Understand the challenges of the industry in the innovation of new treatments and in the access to the drug market access to the drug market
• Investigate the benefits of public-private partnerships to address challenges
• Identify the different types of relationships between the industry and its Stakeholders with their different interests
• Recognize the different types of companies related to the pharmaceutical industry
• Simulate a drug regulation system
• Define the different types of pharmaceuticals and their approach strategy to different customers

Module 2. Medical affairs Department

• Describe the characteristics of the structure and functions of a Medical Affairs department
• Investigate models of the relationship between the medical affairs department and the rest of the departments of the pharmaceutical industry
• Recognize the different roles within the  Medical Affairs department
• Simulate a medical plan and a product plan
• Define the integral communication plan
• Design RWE studies
• Recognize the importance of  Compliance  in the medical affairs department

Module 3. What is the reason for a Medical Affairs department? Its reason for being

• Knowing the new role of the pharmaceutical industry since the emergence and development of Medical Affairs departments 
• Investigate the future expectations of the medical affairs department as a co-creator in research, relationships with institutions, physicians and patients
• Recognize the various commitments of the pharmaceutical industry to patients and to the sustainability of the system without undermining quality
• Simulate scientific communication and professional development, with the design of the career plan
• Describe clinical trials, their types, phases and the objective of each phase
• Define human drug research, its types, its ethical foundations
• Learn about the future of clinical trial research, the new approach to clinical trials

Module 4. Market Access, Health Economics & Outcomes Research

• Understand the basic concepts of pharmaeconomics and the economic evaluation of a drug
• Investigate why and what it is used for in health decision making
• Recognize the different methodologies of HTA assessment
• Simulate the measurement and estimation of health outcomes
• Describe the most relevant features of Market Access
• Recreate a market access strategy for a medicine
• Describe different drug financing models
• Recognize the importance of measuring health outcomes from an industry perspective
• Recognize a correct economic evaluation of a medicine

Module 5. Vision from hospital pharmacy, clinical research and new tools to investigate and new tools for research

• Describe the characteristics, structure and functions of a hospital pharmacy
• Investigate the role of the hospital pharmacist in terms of access and positioning and selection of medicines in the hospital
• Learn about the new models of patient follow-up by telepharmacy
• Define the Safety in the Use of Medicines
• Recognize the importance of medication safety and medication error reporting
• Recognize the organizational structure of a hospital center
• Simulate an incident reporting system
• Knowing the importance of vaccines and their necessity
• Define the benefits of general vaccination
• Recognize risk groups and risk situations for the use of vaccines
• Learn new ways of research with the use of latest generation software
• Describe the sound data as the basis for the truthful investigation
• Recognize new technologies applied to health data management

Module 6. New value projects of the pharmaceutical industry. Digital Transformation in  Medical Affairs

• Describe the most relevant characteristics of change management in the health care environment
• Learn about Lean methodology in health care
• Research organizational transformation models
• Recognize organizational culture
• Simulate an organizational change
• Define digital transformation in Medical Affairs
• Recognize the educational strategy and define its objective
• Investigate how to measure the implementation of the strategy
• Evaluate the strategy based on indicators
• Define Agile Mindset
• Use predictive analytics as a tool for decision making
• Design a training plan for opinion leaders

Module 7. Statistics and R

• Describe the main concepts of biostatistics
• Learn how to use the R program
• Define and understand the regression method and multivariate analysis with R
• Explore regression methods applied to research
• Recognize the concepts of statistics applied to research
• Describe the statistical techniques of Data Mining
• Provide knowledge of the most commonly used statistical techniques in biomedical research

Module 8. Professional competencies to work in  Medical Affairs

• Acquire the necessary knowledge to speak in public effectively
• Manage emotions in conflict situations
• Describe the most relevant characteristics of the negotiation process
• Know the importance of personal branding and what it brings to the table
• Research models of adaptation to change
• Recognize problems, understand them, know their causes in order to solve them
• Simulate the management of a team
• Know the importance of time management and use time management tools
• Describe and learn about the labor market insertion process Know the tools to define to define the professional goal

Module 9. Clinical Practice Guidelines. Real Word Evidence Critical Reading of Articles

• Learn about the evaluation of health technologies
• Define evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs)
• Describe the sources of quality of the CPGs
• Investigate models of patient inclusion in the development of CPGs
• Recognize the need for shared decision-making tools to assist in making decisions
• Simulating the evaluation of a CPG with an AGREE instrument
• Define Real Word Evidence
• Learn about Artificial Intelligence as an aid to generate evidence
• Recognize the importance of critical reading of scientific articles
• Identify the tools for critical reading
• Know the statistical parameters and the clinical trial
• Simulate systematic reviews
• Describe and learn about new forms of electronic medical education

Module 10. Medical Information

• Know the organization of the bibliographic search process
• Describe the most relevant sources or resources of information in biomedicine
• Define concepts to establish the search strategy
• Simulate bibliographic searches in Pubmed
• Define the search peer review process
• Knowledge of verbal and written communication of medical information to the practitioner
• Define and understand the concepts of Off-Label medical information
• Learn about medical information management for  Medical Affairs
• Define the concepts of Medical Insights
• Research Data Mining and Data Mining

This 100% online program will immerse you in the latest developments in digital transformation in Medical Affairs”