Board Certification for MSLs

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Got a stupid-assed email from BCMAS about their damned certification being considered by "state authorities" for recognition.

OH YEAH?! State licensing authorities don't even recognize the BPS, so where in the hell do those frauds think they are getting regulatory requirements?

WELL? WAITING>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 






Let's separate fact from fiction:

1. BCMAS offers CME and CE for physicians and pharmacists. This means that the program is absolutely legitimate and high quality

2. ACMA is internationally recognized by the Institute for Credentialing Excellence which is considered one of the top credentialing organizations worldwide.

3. The ACMA board is made up of industry professionals, an assistant dean of a pharmacy school and they have an international board that has top level key opinion leaders in the United States.

4. Both FL and NJ have legislation presented in the house that specifically names ACMA and the BCMAS program.

5. ACMA leadership is invited at the DIA global meeting next month in Boston. DIA is highly regarded and I highly doubt that they would be invited had they been a 'scam'

6. ACMA has research accepted at ACCP, AACP Google it

7. BPS is a board for Pharmacy specialties. BCMAS is interdisciplinary because it spans MD, PharmD and PhD professionals So you're comparing apples to oranges.

8. ACMA is a partner to INTERFARMA which is the compliance head and arm for South America.

You should be saying thank you to the ACMA because they are the first and only organization offering medical affairs something that is enduring.

As for making a profit Let me ask you something you said you work for pharma Last I checked there wasn't any non profit pharma company but we all would agree they still contribute positively to society and help people.

I was an intern for ACMA and I personally know the leadership and they truly believe in their mission. Maybe you're angry because you don't want to have to prove your knowledge or maybe you're just a washed up old pharma guy who can't accept change. I can tell you firsthand I saw and heard policymakers myself tall about this as a credentialing requirement. Please get the facts straight and stop misleading people. You're the scam
 






All great points. I'm an MSL and my manager gave us all the opportunity to get Board Certified in Medical Affairs via BCMAS. It is recognized by many in the industry. At least that's been my experience. The program covers a lot of things. Really comprehensive to be honest. I think you need to actually enroll in the BCMAS program and then you can make an objective assessment. I think for industry professionals it's great.
 






My company is requiring us to do this. Ive been in Medical Affairs in many roles, managing different products at varied points in their LifeCycle. I kinda see the idea of BCMAS - out say one platform in place as a starting point. Most of us in Medical Affairs role at some point probably had an overarching knowledge gap that perhaps some form of base training could help. I was a MSL at an awesome best practice company with amazing traning - still when I climbed the ranks that training wasn’t sufficient (ie I had be the Medical lead on clinical studies and or review/approve benefit risk assessments, label variations, review and approve ad promo, support market access) and sure I learned but maybe this program could help early folks get a baseline. But I don’t think it would have helped me when I had zero experience - there is no context. Now with years of experience and with another degree that my last company paid for targeted at all R&D staff and given by a University with alignment with international training guidelines for the discipline (pharmaceutical med.) I don’t see the value at least for me. I guess what bothers me is that this is given from a for profit organisation and at least with my experience this won’t do anything for me. So il do it because I have to at no expense to me but time will tell if I ever put this on my CV. For the record that other course I took, physicians from certain countries git board certification from their national medical licensing board (ie UK) oh Nd that was not online - it was course over 2 years with guest speakers and case studies run by FDA, EMA, heads of industry functions and academic leaders in drug dev. The exam was multiple choice and oral and written ..live not online - so he se why I don’t need to put bcmas on my CV. So I guess good but I’m not going to hire someone because they have this.. I will hire for experience first and foremost.
 






Our company just adopted BCMAS too. We had a bunch of MSLs and all. Medical directors go through it. I am learning a lot and I actually like that it's online to be honest because I learn better online at my own pace. What bothers me most about it is that I can't download materials offline but I saw that they're developing it. I believe it will be the standard actually for the industry We need it in medical affairs because as a PharmD I can tell you I never was trained properly for an industry role. Quite frankly I barely understood my options so I think ACMA will be very helpful in that regard. They do have great customer support and I like their interface online. I think it will be a standard for sure.
 






Hello I am in Brasil and ACMA in Brasil have a big presence. They work in interfarma and many pharmaceutical companies doing business with them. The program is a very good and i like it. It is difficult program but we need here because very littl training in here.
 


















So I want to make sure I saw this right, you people are suggesting violating federal laws on hacking to find out who said mean things about you? Who has thin skin?

As a person who hired people in both small and big pharma, I would say this, if you had this board certification I would care less. I would care about experience in therapeutics and/or industry. If you want to spend several thousand on MSLing 101 feel free.
 










































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