Board Certification for MSLs

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Study the question bank and you should be OK.

 

Just recently took the BCMAS exam. I wish I saw this link, would have been useful!! Great program. Highly recommend! Learned a lot.

 

BCMAS was an absolutely awesome experience. Comprehensive and very useful and informative material. Really wish I started this earlier.

 

Love it or hate it ACMA is growing and now they're doing live events etc. Kudos to them! What they're doing I think is amazing. I support it wholeheartedly.

 

Every med affairs organization should be accredited by ACMA. Those of you who are against it clearly have something to hide.

 

BCMAS program was excellent. Extremely comprehensive and I've been in industry for 7 years as an MSL. I think this is where things are going.

 

I have been in industry for 23 year (and a hiring manager for 10 years), and I never hear about any of these programs except on this thread. So, I’m not really sure if this is the way of the future. However, I do enjoy reading the banter between those for and against this and MAPS. You all sound like complete jackasses, and I’m fairly sure I wouldn’t hire any of you. You’re entertaining though.

 

Wait a second... I just saw the BCMAS program featured on Fox news. Some guy, I think the head of the company was discussing it on television. I found it online and wanted to scope it out. And found this incredibly entertaining forum. Obviously if acma is on television it is catching the attention of the mainstream media. It's a matter of time before its made as a standard for our industry. As much as I hate that, you also gotta give it to this guy. I mean he has some balls.

 

I'm an MSL at Organogeneis, it's public knowledge that our entire organization is board certified in medical affairs from the ACMA. We absolutely love it! Excellent content, great support from ACMA!!

 

It's a solid program

 

Here's what everyone has to understand. Medical Affairs is different. The old geezers in the industry who are on their way out don't get it. They hate ACMA because it disrupted the status quo.

 

Explain to me what you actually learn from this? No one provides specifics. I would like to know because the general statements of what you learn sound like the first 2 weeks of training most companies provide to new employees.

 

I enrolled about one year ago and I had been in industry for about 12 years and I still learned a lot I never knew.
They update the content every few months so it's pretty up to date. The curriculum is on the ACMA site. But it is very in depth. Covered everything from pharmacoeconomics to clinical design and research to effective medical affairs strategy. It also addressed interesting issue like rare diseases, rx to otc, biosimilars and a lot more. Worth the cost.

 

I'd agree. I did BCMAS back in 2016 and at that time it wasn't well known. But now almost 4 years later I'm beginning to see the benefits. I have been an MSL for a little over 6 years and I got a few interviews for jobs partly because of BCMAS. The hiring managers were impressed by it. Now that there is more recognition, I think for $2000 it's worth the money. Some of the negativity against it is really all politics. I heard there was some bad blood between the ACMA CEO and one of the other MSL organizations for some reason, who knows.. And I think that's what you're seeing on these forums in my personal opinion. I just saw that ACMA will be featured on CNN too which I think speaks volumes. People are recognizing the value of certification. I also saw that next week they're doing a women's leadership event in pharma. There are companies that are certifying their whole teams I saw online.
-Matt

 

Fox News denies climate change, not exactly a reliable source for scientific community.
Although, must admit it was refreshing to see them take a break from their routine and excessive use of shameless low brow podcasts. Desperate and ridiculous marketing schemes.

 

Hi all,

which is the difference between the Medical Affairs eLearning Program by DIA and the Board Certified Medical Affairs Specialist (BCMAS) by ACMA. Which one would you recommend? thanks

 

ACMA program. More well recognized and more comprehensive

 

Agreed. ACMA is the future of medical affairs. DIA is outdated.

 

clear! thanks. set aside the "certification" (or "linkedin tag") for a while. I want to have a training on medical affairs. Which is the best course to be attended? (of course, " hands-on" or "on the field" training a Pharma would be better) thanks.