Course Information

Professional Development Essentials

  • Target Audience & Study Time

    For pharma CI, market insights, HEOR, and medical affairs professionals working with RWD/RWE. 2-3 hours per week over 2-4 weeks. Self-paced learning with practical exercises and examples to download and use in real work scenarios.

  • Downloads & Deliverables

    Types and sources of RWD; Example of mapping RWD sources; Example RWD collection plan; How to develop a vendor evaluation matrix; Example launch performance tracking; Example RWE dashboard

  • Intermediate to Advanced Level

    Good understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and familiarity with competitive intelligence principles. Basic Excel skills. Experience with statistical software is helpful but not required.

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome to your course

    2. What will you learn?

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    1. Learning objectives

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    2. Role of RWD and RWE in drug lifecycle

    3. Types and sources of RWD

    4. Regulatory and legal frameworks

    5. RWD and RWE – their central role in CI

    6. Exercise: Mapping RWD sources

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    2. Design a RWD collection plan

    3. Example RWD collection plan

    4. Evaluate public and commercial RWD sources

    5. RWD acquisition basics

    6. Exercise: Develop a vendor evaluation matrix

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    2. Data quality assessment frameworks

    3. Common data challenges

    4. Manage privacy, compliance, and bias

    5. Test your knowledge

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    2. Interpret study designs for actionable evidence

    3. Statistical techniques for RWD analysis

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    2. Launch performance tracking

    3. Download KPI performance checklist

    4. RWE in pharma CI

    5. Communicate RWE to stakeholders

    6. Exercise: Create RWE dashboards

About this course

  • £345.00
  • 32 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

Pricing Options

The course can be paid as a one-time fee or in three monthly installments. The price includes access to the course and all future updates for as long as the course remains available.

Course Facilitator

She/Her Denise Carter MSc FCLIP

Hello! I’m Denise, and I’ve spent over three decades immersed in the fascinating world of information management. My passion lies in unlocking the transformative power of reliable, quality information to help teams and organizations thrive. Through these courses, I’m thrilled to share my journey, insights, and enthusiasm with you.

Today, I lead DCision Consult, a company I founded in 2013. We specialize in answering key intelligence questions for competitive intelligence teams in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Before embarking on this entrepreneurial adventure, I spent 17 rewarding years as an Information Manager at a multinational pharmaceutical company in Switzerland.

My career began in the UK as a Librarian for a chemical company—a role that sparked my lifelong love for working with information. What drives me is the opportunity to help people and organizations uncover the best possible answers to their questions. Every challenge brings a chance to learn something new, and I firmly believe that continuous learning is the key to personal and professional growth.

If you’d like to know more about my experience, qualifications, publications, or contributions to the information community, feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile. https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-compintell/

And if you have any questions or suggestions for new content, don’t hesitate to email me—I’ll do my best to respond promptly. I hope you enjoy this course and find it valuable. Let’s continue this journey of discovery together!

Warm regards––Denise.