The Advanced Track of the Pharmaceutical Medicine Certificate Program is designed for physicians with more than two years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. The intent of the Advanced Track is to provide experienced pharmaceutical physicians with knowledge of the evolving drug development and regulatory process. The Advanced Track requires each physician to select learning activities from a designated curriculum that are most appropriate to his/her career track and goals.

The Advanced Track requires physicians to participate in five elective courses chosen from the designated curriculum. These courses could be taken to provide knowledge in unfamiliar subject areas needed for answering case study questions or as refresher courses in areas where regulations and practices often are updated. The culminating activity of the Program is the completion of the Graded Case Study Module, which requires a response to nine case questions pertaining to major areas of knowledge.

This Track assumes that each physician has a solid understanding of the general drug development process and is able to identify the specific areas of knowledge that can help him/her continue on a chosen career path or expand into new areas.

Enroll in Program

Register for 1 core course and 5 electives from the list below.

Questions?
For questions or comments, contact us at Program Director or (703) 276-0178.

Course of Study for Advanced Track
		Fall 2008	Spring 2009
Core Courses	Pharmaceutical Medicine Graded Case Studies (Distance Education Course)
Electives	Global Drug Development: Developing Plans, Protocols and Launches
	Cancer: Pathophysiology, Current Therapies, Clinical Trials and Drug Development
	NDA Game: FDA/Industry Interaction in Drug Development
	Essential Practices for Effective Clinical Trial Management
	Drug Development for Pharmaceutical Physicians and Scientists - Part I
	Adverse Events: A Review of Regulations and Challenging Exercises in Pharmacovigilance
	Good Clinical Practices
	Biologics Drug Development: An Integrated Overview of Manufacturing, Nonclin, Clin & Reg Requirement
	Statistical Concepts Used in Clinical Trials (Distance Education Course)
	Project Management in the Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry	Available
	Applied Good Clinical Practices (Distance Education Course)
	Drug Development for Pharmaceutical Physicians and Scientists - Part II	Available
	Regulation of Marketing and Promotion of Prescription Drugs	Available
	Advanced Good Clinical Practices	Available