Training

[Anonymous]

I was told training is 8 weeks...can anyone shed some light on this process? Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Over 200 views and no feedback?

 

[Anonymous]

Which division?

 

[Anonymous]

Surgery

 

[Anonymous]

All in all, it's over the course of 3 months. Some time will be in house in classroom setting, some will be in field doing ride along's, observing surgeries, and working your territory. Pretty effective training overall. It's come a long way since I started many years ago. Are you interviewing?

 

[Anonymous]

Oh, and at the end of the training, you go through what is called Panels, which means you have an oral presentation, and exam with a panel of managers, and there are three possible outcomes. You pass go, collect $200, you do not pass go, go directly to jail, or don't pass go, but just need a little addition training. (E.g. Pass and are done, fail and get terminated, or just need a few refreshers on a couple training topics.)

 

[Anonymous]

why on earth would you need that much training for Cooks pathetic commodity product line? 8 weeks of training so when you get out you can drive around wishing someone would talk to you?

 

[Anonymous]

Ummm...clearly you are referring to another division of Cook, and not Surgery. Many other divisions of Cook, PI, IR, Urology, are almost exclusively driven by contracts, but not Surgery. Surgery is the exact opposite of a commodity product. 100% physician preference. If the rep doesn't show up for almost every case in the first few months, physician does not use the product. Not on a single GPO contract, and nearly every new customer is soley gained because a rep spent a couple months working with the surgeon to try Biodesign.

 

[Anonymous]

Ummm...clearly you are referring to another division of Cook, and not Surgery. Many other divisions of Cook, PI, IR, Urology, are almost exclusively driven by contracts, but not Surgery. Surgery is the exact opposite of a commodity product. 100% physician preference. If the rep doesn't show up for almost every case in the first few months, physician does not use the product. Not on a single GPO contract, and nearly every new customer is soley gained because a rep spent a couple months working with the surgeon to try Biodesign.

Just too bad that Biodesign sucks.