Face-to-Face Training - MedDRA: Safety Data Analysis and SMQs

Special Instructions:  You are required to bring your own laptop.  Course materials will be emailed approximately one week prior to the session.

Facility Entry Requirements:
Please plan to arrive by 8:30AM.  Check in at the Front Desk.  Guests will sign-in and be given badges.  Training attendees must wear a badge at all times you are in the building.

NOTES:

 -- This training will be conducted in English.

 -- This class is limited to two persons per organisation.  However, if space is available, please contact the MSSO training desk, mssotraining@meddra.org, for consideration to add registrants from your company.

Continuing Education Credits:  California Board of Registered Nursing approved credit hours:  8.4 hours.

Objective:

For participants to review and understand the principles described in the MedDRA Data Retrieval and Presentation: Points to Consider document and to gain an understanding of how and why SMQs have been developed and to appreciate their utility when using databases of MedDRA-coded information.

Description:

This highly interactive 1-day course is designed to provide an overview of the features of MedDRA that relate to the analysis and retrieval of MedDRA-encoded data. The course focuses on the use of MedDRA to retrieve and present aggregated data, based on the principles outlined in the MedDRA Data Retrieval and Presentation: Points to Consider document. Participants will benefit from interactive individual and group exercises in which they will learn how to develop medically meaningful queries for use in their daily work. The course also includes a thorough overview of Standardised MedDRA Queries (SMQs) and their application in the investigation of drug safety issues. Participants learn about the development, testing and maintenance of SMQs and see detailed examples of individual SMQs. Examples of practical applications of SMQs for case identification, safety signal detection, product labeling review, and safety data reporting are presented.