Pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology training course providers

Please note that external courses are listed on this site as a service to our visitors, but their appearance here does not imply any kind of UMC endorsement of them or
responsibility for their content or operation. UMC can take no responsibility for the ethical, professional, financial or any other aspect of such external courses, nor carry liability
for the consequences of contact, enrolment or any other involvement with them.
WHO Headquarters (Switzerland)
Technical Briefing Seminars, annual one week courses
www.who.int/medicines/technical_briefing/en
WHO-CC for International Drug Monitoring (UMC, Sweden)
UMC Pharmacovigilance Training Course, annual two week course
www.who-umc.org/DynPage.aspx?id=98079&mn1=7347&mn2=7252&mn3=7323
WHO-CC for Advocacy & Training in Pharmacovigilance / UMC-Africa (UMC-A, Ghana)
Pharmacovigilance and Communication courses mainly for sub Saharan African countries
www.pvafrica.org
WHO-CC for Pharmacovigilance / Centre Anti Poison et de Pharmacovigilance du Maroc (CAPV, Morocco)
Pharmacovigilance courses mainly for francophone African and Arabic countries
www.capm.ma
WHO Global Training Network on Vaccine Quality (GTN)
Vaccine safety basics e-Learning course
http://www.vaccine-safety-training.org/
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO, US) / Agencia Espaola de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS, Spain)
Pharmacovigilance course mainly for Latin American countries, including e-Learning modules
http://devserver.paho.org/virtualcampus/moodle

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International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP)

Pharmacovigilance courses (globally)
www.isoponline.org/index.php?page=training
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
Pre-annual meeting courses in Pharmacovigilance (globally)
www.fip.org/congresses
International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)
Courses in ICH guidelines, MedDRA etc. (globally)
www.ich.org/trainings/ich-trainings.html
Drug Information Association (DIA)
Wide range of Pharmacovigilance courses including e-Learning modules (globally)
www.diahome.org/en/eduofferings/AboutEduOfferings/AboutEducationalOfferings
www.diahome.org/en/HomePage/Online%20Learning
Management Forum
Wide range of Pharmacovigilance conferences and seminars including webinars (globally)
www.management-forum.co.uk/pharmaceutical
Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU, UK) / University of Portsmouth (UK)
Wide range of Pharmacovigilance courses including e-Learning modules
www.dsru.org/trainingcourses
www.dsru.org/distancelearning
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM, UK)
Certificate in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance, 20 week course where formal teaching, self study and project work is combined
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/scpp.html
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA, UK)
Pharmacovigilance e-Learning module for clinical practitioners
www.mhra.gov.uk/ConferencesLearningCentre/LearningCentre/pharmacovigilancelearningmodule/index.htm

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SafeSciMET (IMI, Europe)

SafeSciMET has established a new and unique pan-European education and training network, providing masters level courses in safety sciences for
medicines. SafeSciMET and Eu2P (see next page) are two of the training programmes supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI).
www.safescimet.eu
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) / University of Basel (Switzerland)
Epidemiology courses
www.swisstph.ch/teaching.html
MedEffect (Health Canada, Canada)
Learning centre with educational tools for health professionals, consumers and patients
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/medeff/centre-learn-appren/index-eng.php
The Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA, Philippines)
Drug safety awareness e-Learning courses for different target groups
www.metaphilippines.org.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=174&Itemid=65 (go to section D. at the bottom of the website)
Empower School of Health (India)
Educational programs in clinical research and pharmacovigilance
www.empower.net.in/index.php
China SFDA Institute of Training and Education (China)
Pharmacovigilance courses for Chinese pharmacovigilance professionals
http://www.sfdaied.org/

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Universities offering pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology courses

Eu2P (European Consortium)
The Eu2P training partnership is composed of seven Universities (listed below), the European Medicines Agency, the French Medicines Agency and
fifteen Pharmaceutical Companies from the European Federation Pharmaceutical Industries Association (EFPIA). The Universit Bordeaux Segalen
is the coordinating institution for the whole Eu2P programme that includes a Master, Certificates and a PhD in Pharmacovigilance and
Pharmacoepidemiology. Distance learning is combined with face-to-face training sessions.
www.eu2p.org
The Universit Bordeaux Segalen (France) - Coordinating Institution
www.univ-bordeauxsegalen.fr/en/studies/international-programmes-of-courses/eu2p.html
Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum (Netherlands)
www.erasmusmc.nl/?lang=en
Fundaci Institut Catal de Farmacologia - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Postgraduate training includes a biennial Master Course in Pharmacoepidemiology
www.icf.uab.es/en/teaching/index.html
University of Hertfordshire (UK)
MSc/PgD/PgC in Pharmacovigilance programmes. Distance learning is combined with 3 day workshops (and a research project).
www.herts.ac.uk/courses/PharmacovigilancePG.cfm
Universita di Verona (Italy)
www.sfm.univr.it/eng/Attivita.htm
Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands)
Masters Programme in Epidemiology
www.uu.nl/university/international-students/en/epidemiology/studyprogramme/Pages/default.aspx
Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) - Collaborative Member
http://ki.se

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Uppsala Universitet / UMC (Sweden)

Adverse Drug Reactions and Pharmacovigilance is a five week university course jointly organized by Uppsala University and UMC. From 2013, it
will be converted to a distance learning course and registration will be open for students all over the world.
www.uu.se/en/education/courses_and_programmes/selma/kursplan/?kpid=19782&lasar=11/12&typ=1
University of Bath (UK)
Drug Safety and Surveillance is a twelve week distance learning course including two 2 day workshops.
https://wiki.bath.ac.uk/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=59933394
University of Liverpool (UK)
The Centre for Drug Safety Science (CDSS) welcomes applications for both basic and clinical studentships from individuals with a strong academic
background in a related area and a commitment to progress their training in the field of drug safety.
www.liv.ac.uk/drug-safety/study-training/
University of Groningen / Lareb (Netherlands)
International Meyler course in Pharmacovigilance, annual five days master course. Ten students outside The Netherlands are invited to join.
Contact person: prof.dr. A.C. van Grootheest (ac.grootheest@lareb.nl)
McGill (Canada)
Graduate programs (MSc/PhD) and summer sessions in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Occupational Health and Public Health.
www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/grad
Boston University - School of Public Health (US)
Graduate programs (MPH/MSc/PhD) in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health etc.
http://sph.bu.edu/Academic-InformationsDegrees-a-Programs/degrees-a-programs/menu-id-617074.html
Temple University - School of Pharmacy (US)
Certificate in Global Pharmacovigilance - Benefit Risk Assessment
www.temple.edu/pharmacy_qara/certificates.htm
National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Science course
www.pharmacy.nus.edu.sg/students/course_pr4208.html

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