Components of a Successful Training Model for Statistical Reporting in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Helen M Chmiel · Journal of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences · 2017
In the current highly competitive and global market, organizations in the pharmaceutical and biotech business sectors are forced to either adapt to the current conditions or perish [1].The pharmaceutical and biotech industries have an added stressor of necessary and ever changing regulatory oversight of their product line.Ateam of contract staffing organizations, Experis, Inc. and Intego Group (Clinical and IT staffing, respectively) responded to the current conditions with a well thought-out learning and placement model consisting of cooperation between industry and academia.The goal of this specialized training program was to have a viable client placement of the trainee at the end of program.This program is now completing its second year of implementation, with interns being placed in the summer of 2015.The training model implemented specific curriculum coupled with industry mentoring to prepare students for entering the research and development effort of clinical trial reporting using SAS programming for statistical analysis and reporting.The model will be explored with the purpose of reflectively understanding components which lead to success, one of which included a high retention rate and placement of each graduate in an entry level position in one of the partnering organizations.Theoretical models of leadership, team building, and organizational learning will be explored using the context of the practicing model.This understanding will offer insight into the root components leading to the successful implementation of this model, such as, commitment from the client for placement, relationship with the university, strategic and technical leadership, and built in incentives for the students.Future research directions will also be explored as a result of this working model.