Ever since CNN Money ranked the medical science liaison profession as #1 in its 2007 list of “10 jobs: Big demand, good pay” that has the potential for a 6 figure salary in the first year, healthcare professionals are clamoring to enter this profession.
In the past, MSL jobs have been dominated by doctors of pharmacy (PharmDs). The number of research scientists (PhDs) have consistently increased over the past few years due to various factors, including research funding freezes, sluggish academic career prospects, and an increased interest in research scientists to enter alternative scientific careers. Recently, the pool of medical doctor (MD) applicants to the MSL profession has increased.
This has created a flood of prospective MSL candidates for any given medical liaison position. Recruiters and headhunters aim to recruit experienced MSL candidates, but are inundated with calls and emails from MSL hopefuls who do not have prior MSL experience. Most companies want to fill their MSL positions with job candidates who already have demonstrated a successful track record as a field medical liaison. This makes the competition even more intense for the few MSL positions that are open to “entry-level” MSL candidates without prior MSL experience.
To help prospective MSLs get an insider’s perspective on what pharmaceutical companies are looking for when hiring medical science liaisons, Medical Science Liaison Institute has created the “Become a Medical Science Liaison 2008 Career Webinar”. Hosted by Dr. Jane Chin, original creator of “Become a Medical Science Liaison Self-Study CD” Course (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), “Become a Medical Science Liaison 2008 Career Webinar” covers a comprehensive range of topics essential for new MSL job candidates to master.
Dr. Jane Chin speaks with a MSL trainer who interviews prospective MSLs and trains MSL teams at a global pharmaceutical company, and who has worked at the company that created the original medical science liaison concept. This 68-minute CD contains a rare insider’s perspective on the formation of the MSL role 40 years ago, how the MSL role evolves today, and what key competencies all medical science liaisons must have to be successful at what they do.
Key Program Topics include:
- 4 services that MSLs provide to the life science industry
- 2 industry forces that caused the creation of MSL jobs
- What exactly do medical science liaisons do?
- How do MSLs do what they do?
- 3 key partnerships of the MSL role
- 2 strategic roles of the MSL function
- 3 key competencies that all MSLs must have
- Which MSL competencies may be trained?
- Which MSL competencies must you already have as a MSL candidate?
- Where do your competencies stand as a MSL candidate?
- What will get you that interview?
- What should your resume contain?
- 6 crucial elements of verbal communication
- How do you network successfully?