Continuing Professional Development

The ECPM Continuing Professional Development (CPD) platform provides accredited high quality educational programs to support continuing medical education and professional development for physicians, and pharmaceutical industry, regulatory and university professionals. As such, its primary intention is to provide up-to-date knowledge on current trends in drug development and to train drug development professionals for their next career step. Additionally, it offers a platform to share knowledge with colleagues and discuss with experts face-to-face. Our services include a broad range of CPD short courses that cover all skills across the drug development process. These CPD short courses count towards the Master program, yet they are also a stand-alone offer and can be booked individually to shape your professional skills and are offered in the following formats:

Short Courses/Workshops - A range of interactive onsite short courses/workshops. These cover a broad curriculum within the drug development process - from educational seminars to soft skills.

Frontiers in Drug Development Seminar - One day onsite seminars on new trends in drug development science.

E-Learning -Selected e-learning courses that provide an interactive environment for self-paced learning and can be booked at any time.

Study Trips - Yearly international study trips. A total of six study half-days are planned, which allow participants to experience a mix of theory and visits to institutions.

Courses offered by other Course Providers - Co-organized courses with other institutions, such as the University Hospital of Basel or partner universities. In addition, students also have the opportunity to choose courses offered by PharmaTrain Recognized Course Providers.

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13.07.2024 08:10

Other Courses by Pharmatrain

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Join courses run by our partner universities in the European University Network, which offer training relevant to drug development sciences and the IMI PharmaTrain syllabus. For an overview of all PharmaTrain Recognized Course Providers please click here.

04.11.2024 08:30

Ethical and Legal Aspects of Clinical Trials

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Course Description

The implementation of clinical research projects requires conscientious review of research projects not only in terms of their scientific quality but also in regard to their ethical adequacy and appropriateness. How can we balance the risk-benefit of our projects? Given the importance of ethics for the conduct of drug development and research, it should come as no surprise that many different professional associations, government agencies, and universities have adopted specific codes, rules, and policies relating to research ethics.

Each of these aspects will be carefully considered and discussed in the context of international and national principles and guidelines. These issues need to be carefully adhered to strengthen the health of the clinical trial enterprise to the benefit of patients and the overall health of the public. During our course, representatives from different institutions will introduce and discuss the most important concepts, tools, principles, and methods that can be useful in approaching and resolving ethical dilemmas. Realworld examples and case studies will be introduced and discussed.

Course Program

Day 1
The Evolution of Biomedical Research Ethics / Risk-Benefit Considerations of Research Interventions / Role of Ethics Committees / Successful Submission to an Ethics Committee / Coordinating Human Research in Switzerland / How to Design an Informed Consent / Ethical Review Systems in Europe and European Legislation / Ethics Committees’ Role in Reviewing Safety Information

Day 2
Equipoise / Transparency in Clinical Trials / Common Technical Document / Confidentiality and Intellectual Property / Personal Data Protection / Inducement in Clinical Research – from Recruitment Advertisement to Subject Compensation / Role of Patient Organisations in Clinical Trials (EUPATI) / Public Health Ethics (incl. biobanks)

Day 3
Ethical Aspects of Clinical Research in Children / Informed Consent Process in Pediatric Patients / Clinical Research in Vulnerable Populations / Misconduct and Fraud, Research Integrity / ICH E6 Regulation / Legal and Ethical Framework for Genetic Testing

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Name key principles of ethical considerations during clinical research and development
  • Discuss ethical concerns for designing, conducting and reporting the results obtained through the conduct of clinical trials
  • Understand international and national principles and guidelines which have to be followed when performing clinical trials

Course Faculty

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Target Audience

All pharmaceutical and health care professionals who are interested in getting a deeper understanding of ethical and legal aspects in medicines development.

Course Language

English

Course Credits

The course including assessment provides 2 ECTS credits and a Certificate of Attendance by the University of Basel will be issued.

Course Date and Venue

Basel, 4–6 November, 2024
University of Basel

Course Fee

Course fee including certificate, electronic course material, lunch and coffee breaks is CHF 2000.
A reduced fee applies to participants from academia and nonprofit organizations.

Cancellation Policy

Refund of fee will be given if cancellation is received in written format () before the deadline for registration, after this date no refund can be given.

Deadline for Registration

October 11, 2024

Course Organizer

This course is organized by the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine.

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E-Learning: Basics in Health Economics

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Course Description

This e-learning course provides an understanding of the key principles and methodological concepts of health economic evaluations. It is based on the well-established face-to-face course on health economics offered by the ECPM. The scientific content was developed by Prof. Thomas Szucs and Prof. Matthias Schwenkglenks as well as other specialists from the field.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to describe:

  • Fundamental concepts of health economics
  • Key elements of health economic evaluation
  • Assessment and analysis of a published health economic study
  • The importance of health economic/pharmacoeconomic methods and concepts for the drug development process, clinical trials, and post-marketing surveillance
  • How policymakers set priorities in health care and how health economic evaluations support this process

Structure and Workload

Our e-learning courses provide an interactive environment for self-paced learning. As soon as you have booked the course, the program is accessible online for you during one year at anytime. The course allows you to start/stop at any time. There will be several intermediate tests which will prepare you for the final test. The curriculum consists of nine lessons with a duration of approximately 60 to 90 minutes each. In addition, individual study, such as critical appraisal of specific literature is required (in total: approximately 30 hours). Each lesson is aimed to achieve a set of learning outcomes, using interactive techniques to help reinforce the taught topics.

Course Language

English

Course Credits

After successful completion of the e-learning course, 1 ECTS will be awarded and a Certificate of Attendance by the University of Basel will be issued.

Course Fee

CHF 650
A reduced fee applies to participants from academia and nonprofit organizations.

Course Organizer

This course is organized by the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine.

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E-learning: Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance

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Course Description

This e-learning course provides an understanding of the safety-related aspects within the drug development process. These range from early preclinical testing, risk/benefit assessment up to clinical adverse event signal detection and monitoring.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to describe:

  • The role of drug safety in the successful development and usage of a medicine to the benefit of patients
  • Which safety-related questions need to be answered in early and late drug development
  • Tools, techniques, and methodologies used in drug safety evaluation
  • What frequent pitfalls related to drug safety considerations occur and why they can lead to discontinuation of drugs in development, label changes or even withdrawal of drugs from the market after launch
  • How changes in safety assessment could become part of a new drug development paradigm

Structure and Workload

Our e-learning courses provide an interactive environment for self-paced learning. As soon as you have booked the course, the program is accessible online for you during one year at anytime. The course allows you to start/stop at any time. There will be several intermediate tests which will prepare you for the final test. The curriculum consists of nine lessons with a duration of approximately 60 to 90 minutes each. In addition, individual study, such as critical appraisal of specific literature is required (in total: approximately 30 hours). Each lesson is aimed to achieve a set of learning outcomes, using interactive techniques to help reinforce the taught topics.

Course Language

English

Course Credits

After successful completion of the e-learning course, 1 ECTS will be awarded and a Certificate of Attendance by the University of Basel will be issued.

Course Fee

CHF 650
A reduced fee applies to participants from academia and nonprofit organizations.

Course Organizer

This course is organized by the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine.

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E-Learning: Personalized Health Care

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Course Description

This e-learning course provides an understanding of the key principles and methodological concepts of personalized drug development. The role of individualized treatment strategies is addressed, including all relevant clinical, ethical and governmental aspects.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to:

  • Understand the biological and clinical concepts of personalized medicine
  • Understand the benefits and pitfalls of individualized therapies for patients
  • Comprehend the basic elements of predictive and prognostic interventions
  • Understand the role of surrogate endpoints and clinically validated biomarkers in personalized medicine
  • Understand pharmacogenetic and pharmacogenomic implications
  • Be aware of the strategies of R&D processes with personalized drugs
  • Understand the economics challenges of personalized medicine and how policymakers set priorities in individualized health care
  • Determine legal, regulatory and ethical aspects of personalised medicine

Structure and Workload

Our e-learning courses provide an interactive environment for self-paced learning. As soon as you have booked the course, the program is accessible online for you during one year at anytime. The course allows you to start/stop at any time. There will be several intermediate tests which will prepare you for the final test. The curriculum consists of nine lessons with a duration of approximately 60 to 90 minutes each. In addition individual study, such as critical appraisal of specific literature is required (in total: approximately 30 hours). Each lesson is aimed to achieve a set of learning outcomes, using interactive techniques to help reinforce the taught topics.

Course Language

English

Course Credits

After successful completion of the e-learning course, 1 ECTS will be awarded and a Certificate of Attendance by the University of Basel will be issued.

Course Fee

CHF 650
A reduced fee applies to participants from academia and nonprofit organizations.

Course Organizer

This course is organized by the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine.

Registration