Pharmacovigilance Physician Academy
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Pharmacovigilance Physicians
Certificate in Essentials of Pharmacovigilance Medical Review: open to individual physicians including those not currently working in Medical Review
Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Pharmacovigilance Medical Review: limited to company sponsorship; intended to impact company practices
Fellows of ASPVP Program: in development; currently closed to applicants
Certificate in Essentials of Pharmacovigilance Medical Review
open to individual physicians including those not currently working in Medical Review as well as to "new hires"
This training program starts with video lectures and continues with working on cases in a live Safety database. Upon completion, a career counseling session is offered. The fee for the training is transitioning to a single payment of $698 for all components. However, for a limited time the three separate fees below will continue. All required training should be completed within six months to earn the Certificate.
Part One: Essential Principles
Pre-recorded video lectures:
1 Causality
2 PV Concepts: seriousness, severity, expected reaction, anticipated event
3 Immunological reactions to drugs
4 Drug induced liver injury (DILI)
5 Company Comment writing style
6 Drug safety and pharmacovigilance regulations
7 Introduction to MedDRA coding
8 Overview of Argus for Medical Review
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Written quiz: MedDRA coding using MedDRA Web-based Browser
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Cost is $698 and includes three Parts
Click below to Register, then click "Sign Up" in upper right corner of the new window.
Then, click on "Course Catalog" in upper right to register for "Part One"
Part Two: Oracle Argus Safety Database
Complete Medical Review of 24 mock cases using a popular software system. Mock case types include spontaneous, Clinical Trial, and literature. There are four training modules which all must be completed within one month to avoid an additional fee. After completion of Part One, please pay the fee for Oracle Argus database access directly to our partner, ClinSkill. Also, login to your previously used TalentLMS Learning Management System account for additional training material: https://americanpv.talentlms.com/index
Estimated time for completion: 14 hours
Legacy Candidates: Separate Registration
On July 10, 2025, we changed to a single fee that includes all three Parts. However, if you separately paid for Part One before that time, you will need to separately pay $399 for Part Two by clicking the blue button immediately below. Please be sure to enter in the Order notes “American Society of Pharmacovigilance Physicians” so you will be assigned the 24 cases.
Part Three: Certification and Career Counseling
Please also email info@AmericanPV.org with name as it should appear on the certificate and your mailing address. If you enrolled after July 10, 2025, you already paid for all three Parts, so so not click the blue button immediately below. If enrolled prior to that date, the final payment is $99 (click below).
The Certificate in Essentials of Pharmacovigilance Medical Review does not grant CPD credits.
All three Parts are required to earn the Certificate.
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Certificate of Added Qualifications in
Pharmacovigilance
Medical Review
Requirements:
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Open to physicians working in the Pharmaceutical Industry with a job that includes performing Medical Review of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs). Currently your company must sponsor the program, which is intended to impact all Medical Review at the company.
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The CAQ is intended to demonstrate that a candidate has completed a formal education program covering advanced topics in pharmacovigilance medical review, as well as having submitted cases for formal review.
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Training supervised by a physician either at your company or by a consultant familiar with program standards.
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The CAQ not valid for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ or AOA Category 1 credit. The CAQ carries CPD accreditation only. Only the Certificate in Essentials of Pharmacovigilance Medical Review carries AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ (see above).
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Information from the American Medical Association regarding Category 2 credit
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Certificate valid for 10 years. To renew for another 10 years, complete Maintenance of Certification (MOC) activities.
Head of Medical Review: Ask us how to become trained to offer this Certification to your team without cost. Small team? Ask us how to hire a consultant to assist you with content delivery.
Support provided by:
Fellows of ASPVP Program
Pharmacovigilance Physicians provide medical guidance for signal detection and aggregate reports, develop Reference Safety Information, and have knowledge of medical review. Pharmacovigilance is based on epidemiology, the basic science of public health. Fellows have contributed to pharmacovigilance and to ASPVP.
Not currently accepting applicants
See above: Certificate in Essentials of Pharmacovigilance Medical Review
MedDRA Coding
Recommended face to face training offered by MedDRA* is listed at https://www.meddra.org/training/schedule
Coding with MedDRA (1 day, face-to-face)
MedDRA: Safety Data Analysis and SMQs (1 day, face-to-face)
*not affiliated with American Society of Pharmacovigilance Physicians