Canada BCMAS, Board Certified Medical Affairs Specialist Program

Official Board Certification for
Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) and Medical Affairs Professionals

Achieve the Highest Standard of Excellence
Expand Your Career Options
Increase Effectiveness
Distinguish Yourself

Become a Board Certified Medical Affairs Specialist™

Latest whitepaper

Raya Abou Jaoude, PharmD, BCMAS

Medical Science Liaison, Pfizer

“Getting the BCMAS Certification was definitely a major step in my career... I strongly advise any medical affairs professional to consider the BCMAS program.”
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I wanted to develop and credential my knowledge in medical affairs with a comprehensive curriculum which covers all of the crucial topics in a cross-functional pharmaceutical / medtech organization with medical affairs emphasis. BCMAS certification validates my knowledge, my competency, and credibility as a medical affairs professional.

Gozde Yesilyaparak Ozakin

MS. Pharm, BCMAS, Medical Technologies & Pharmaceuticals

Loved it! Such a great foundation for someone new to pharma. I have a clinical background, so I found the program very helpful. I had the opportunity to meet great people and appreciate the continued online education available. Nothing but good things to say!

Laura Jurasek

BScN, NP, MN, BCMAS, MSL, Neurology Western Canada

I am an MD, PhD with long time experience in research/academia and want to make a career transition to the pharmaceutical industry. The BCMAS is a comprehensive program that has provided me with an understanding of the medical affairs role in the industry and the opportunity to break into a new career.

Lisbeth Berrueta, MD, PhD, BCMAS

Researcher, National Institute of Health (NIH)

Thank you for the opportunity to be certified. I was looking for avenues where I can learn more and grow in Medical Affairs. I got the weekly newsletters from ACMA and got curious. I saw some colleagues from Asia who were board certified, so I decided to complete the program. The preparatory modules allowed me to learn new things and improve on what I already know regarding Medical Affairs.

Raymond Oliva, MD, FPCP, BCMAS

Director, Head of Medical Affairs, Astellas

Depending on your year of experience in the pharmaceutical, device, and/or diagnostics industry and the functions which you have worked before, you may find some modules more familiar and some would be new. If you are planning to join Medical Affairs, this course will give you a very good perspective about what you are getting into.

Navid Nedjatian, MD, MBA, BCMAS

Associate Global Medical Director, Novo Nordisk

BCMAS ™ 1 Minute Explainer Video

“The ACMA has an important mission — BCMAS can help improve the quality of pharmaceutical industry professionals worldwide and therefore improve patient care.”

Sotirios G. Stergiopoulos
MD, MBEE, BCMAS
CEO, A2A Pharmaceuticals

"BCMAS Review was excellent. They provided quizzes and a practice exam which really helped me prepare for the exam. BCMAS was worth it!"

Brian Duncan
MD, BCMAS
Vice President, Medical Affairs

"I have more than 5 years of experience in the medical affairs... I strongly encourage all medical affairs and MSL colleagues to enroll in BCMAS."

Lubna El-Najjar
BPharm, MPH, MBA, BCMAS
Medical Affairs Manager, Upjohn-Pfizer

CE CREDITS

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BCMAS ™ BENEFITS

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The Future of Medical Affairs and the Medical Science Liaison Role

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Medical affairs excellence & standards
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Customized MSL Training Programs and Topics

The ACMA offers customized training and professional development for MSL teams. Our training programs can be customized to meet your company’s specific needs (disease state, clinical, and soft skills training). Our MSL professional development and training solutions are based on real-world experience from professionals with world class MSL experience.

Successfully building an MSL team in preparation for launch
Effectively working with cross-functional teams (i.e. sales, marketing etc)
Building effective long term value-added ethical KOL relationships
Emotional Intelligence for MSLs

Pre and post KOL visit strategy and creating objectives for each visit
Developing a Specific Strategy and plan for each KOL
Insight gathering and Competitive Intelligence
Maximizing MSL performance

Investigator led research (IITs ISTs etc.) communication strategy
Developing and utilizing MSL KPI’s and Metrics
Conference planning and strategy
Effectively managing Advisory Boards
Advanced presentation and communication skills

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Presentation & Communication Skills (Live Training)

Both your newly hired and experienced MSLs will benefit from this training with topics that include:

Personalized one-on-one in-depth MSL presentation skills training
Professionally presenting scientific and clinical data
Verbal and non-verbal communication skills training

MSL Diversity & Inclusion Within the Life Sciences

Help your MSL team understand the changing landscape when working with different internal and external stakeholders. Topics include:

Cultural competencies and inclusion
Understanding team strengths and weaknesses
Understanding team strengths & weaknesses
Sensitivity training

Emotional Intelligence 101 for MSLs

Maximize your MSL team’s emotional intelligence and how to use it to build relationships. Topics include:

EQ vs IQ and predicting success
Building effective KOL relationships
How to use emotional intelligence to improve your effectiveness

Official Board Certification for Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) and Medical Affairs Professionals

BCMAS ™ Canada

Become a Board Certified Medical Affairs Specialist™

Latest whitepaper

Raya Abou Jaoude, PharmD, BCMAS

Download a free slide deck on The Future of Medical Affairs and the MSL Role

POLICIES

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PROGRAM

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FEES

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EXAM INFORMATION

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BCMAS ™ AT A GLANCE

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