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Career Paths, Our New Training Concept

One of the most frequent questions tutors are asked after one of our training courses is “That was great, but what should I do next?”

It is clear that many of you are wisely considering where you want to be in five years.

As such, we are introducing some tools to help you see how a training or development course can fit in with your continuing professional development (CPD) requirements or career path. Our new career path icons will help you select courses which would logically fit together or which former delegates have linked and found useful. We will also have posters of “what next options” at most of our major events, along with tutors to answer questions. Give it a go, see what your career path could look like and talk to the course tutors on your next event.

Some of these paths are fairly clear, for example:

• A delegate from the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) course meets the prior knowledge requirements for the auditor course and may want to move into auditing
• Some delegates from the GMP course are hungry for more knowledge and the Pharmaceutical Quality and GMP Master of Science (MSc) program is of interest*
• An auditor will require CPD in some technical areas (such as QMS, analytical testing or dosage form specific training) and will probably choose technical modules from the Pharmaceutical Quality and GMP MSc program (selected modules from our QP program)
• An analyst is likely to want more detail in method validation, the latest updates on OOS, etc
• A senior manager may want to attend elements of the QP course to understand the role and duties of the QP or pharmaceutical law

Trainers are always happy to talk to individuals about their personal requirements and make suggestions about best ways forward. For the QPs, this ongoing support comes through our free gap analysis and tutor support meetings.

For more information about career paths with NSF Pharma Biotech, contact [email protected]