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Qualifications for Membership (MFPM)

Membership of FPM, and the right to use the postnominals MFPM, is open to any medical practitioner who:

  • Possess a medical qualification listed in the WHO Directory
  • Has current registration with the GMC or the relevant professional body in the country in which they are practising or where they were awarded their primary medical qualification
  • Has a minimum of two years’ experience in a pharmaceutical medical role
  • Holds one of the post graduate qualifications listed below*

*If you hold a post graduate Diploma or Masters qualification in pharmaceutical medicine not listed below, then you can submit if for review.

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Qualifications accepted for Membership

The following qualifications are accepted for Membership (MFPM)

  • Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine awarded by FPM
  • Diploma in Human Pharmacology awarded by FPM
  • Diploma in Experimental Therapeutics awarded by FPM
  • Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine awarded by Free University, Brussels
  • Diploma of Advanced Studies in Pharmaceutical Medicine awarded by University of Basel/ECPM
  • CEMDC Cooperative European Medicines Development Course awarded by Semmelweis University, Hungary
  • Masters in Preclinical and Clinical Research and Development of Drugs awarded by University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
  • Masters / Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine awarded by Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Masters / Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine awarded by Hibernia College, Ireland
  • Diploma in Medicines Development awarded by Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Masters / Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine awarded by University of Surrey, UK
  • Masters /Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine awarded by James Lind Institute, Switzerland

Criteria for acceptance of qualifications for MFPM

If you hold a post graduate qualification in pharmaceutical medicine not listed above, then you can submit if for review if you believe it meets the following criteria.

The qualification must:

  • Be a post graduate diploma or higher
  • Be awarded by an accredited university or an accredited professional body
  • Cover the entire PharmaTrain syllabus if being benchmarked against FPM’s Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine (DPM) or cover the entire FPM Diploma in Human Pharmacology (DHP) syllabus if being benchmarked against this qualification
  • Be awarded based on completion of a formal knowledge-based assessment which encompasses the full curriculum and assessment could be by exam, course work or a combination of both

Submitting a qualification for review

You are invited to submit a qualification for review if you hold a qualification (or know of one) that you believe meets the criteria above. The Qualifications for MFPM Review Group will assess the qualification not the individual.  You must provide comprehensive information on the qualification, including an overview of the syllabus, modules taught, assessement etc or we cannot review the qualification. But at this stage, confirmation that you hold this qualification  is not required.

The Qualifications for MFPM Review Group meets twice a year in April and October to review submitted qualifications. We are only reviewing the qualification submitted, this means we can’t take in to account any other qualifications you may hold.

The recommendations from this group are then submitted to the Membership Committee in May and November for approval.  We will let you know if your submission is successful or not after the Membership Committee have met.

If your submission is successful, the qualification will be added to the approved list of qualifications accepted for MFPM. You may then use this qualification to apply for Membership of FPM.

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