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Effective Training Skills in the Pharma Industry Training Course

With a dedicated AI module demonstrating how artificial intelligence can streamline content creation, personalise learning, and strengthen compliance.

This interactive training skills and processes in pharma course is ideal for anyone with responsibility for planning or delivering training in the pharma, device or animal health industries (includes face-to-face and virtual training).

★★★★★ "Good relaxed, flexible and knowledgeable"

16-17 April 2026
+ 1-2 October 2026 »
from £999

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Course overview

This interactive two-day course is designed to equip professionals in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, and animal health industries with the skills and confidence to deliver high-quality, compliant training.

Through a blend of interactive discussions, exercises and practical examples, you will learn proven frameworks for planning, designing, and delivering effective training - including face-to-face, and virtual. The course also addresses the increasing focus of regulatory inspectors on training systems and documentation, ensuring you are prepared to meet compliance standards.

A dedicated session introduces the emerging role of AI in training - showing how AI can support content creation, assessment, and analytics, while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Browse our extensive selection of Life Sciences training courses for industry-leading insights into a range of topics. These include Medical Devices, IVDs, Biotech and Biopharma, Animal Health and Pharmaceutical training courses.

Benefits of attending

Understand how adults learn and apply this to training delivery (virtual and in-person)
Gain practical tools for training needs analysis, design, and evaluation
Develop and implement a compliant training strategy to satisfy inspectors
Explore digital and AI-driven technologies that support engaging, adaptive training
Learn how to demonstrate training effectiveness to management

Who should attend

This training course is designed for all those who have responsibilities for planning, organising or delivering training within the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device or animal health industries. It will be ideal for those who need to carry out some training as part of their role, those new to a training role, and those who may wish to refresh and develop their existing skills including virtual training and AI-enabled delivery.

It will be especially valuable for staff working in:

Training & Development
Quality Assurance/Quality Systems
Regulatory Compliance
Operations/Manufacturing/Clinical/Regulatory/Pharmacovigilance

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This course will cover:

Day 1
Day 2

Maximise the effectiveness of your training

Understanding learning styles and their implications for training design and delivery

Ensuring regulatory compliance

Elements of a compliant training system and required documentation
Training requirements for employees, vendors, and contractors
Preparing training records and plans for regulatory inspections

Training needs analysis and strategy

Applying the training cycle: from needs assessment to evaluation
Methods for diagnosing training needs within pharma organisations
Developing a compliant and practical training strategy

Group activity and practical application

Planning and designing training programmes

Creating a structured framework for training courses
Systematic planning and preparation
Setting objectives aligned with company and compliance goals

Delivering training effectively

Presentation skills: structured approaches for impact
Incorporating digital learning technologies
Delivering GxP, SOP, and technical training effectively

Leveraging AI in Pharma Training

AI applications and tools
Pharma Case studies:
- Interactive onboarding simulations for new employees
- Multilingual AI video-based training programs tailored for global teams

Evaluating training success

Methods for assessing training effectiveness
Demonstrating ROI and using metrics to show business value

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Laura Brown
Independent Pharmaceutical Consultant

Dr Laura Brown is a management consultant and psychologist in the highly regulated pharmaceutical and legal industries, where she has worked with numerous leading organisations including Cranfield School of Management and most of the top 20 pharma/biotechnology companies.

She is also the Course Director of a pharmaceutical MSc at the University of Cardiff. Besides a PhD and an MBA, Laura also has a degree in psychology and is co-author of several management books including ‘Developing the Individual’.

More details

NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

30% off the 2nd delegate*
40% off the 3rd delegate*
50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

16-17 April 2026

Live online

09:30-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+01)
10:30-18:00 Paris (UTC+02)
04:30-12:00 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 16870

GBP 999 1,199
EUR 1,399 1,679
USD 1,607 1,919

Until 12 Mar

2 days live online training
Browser-based, no download usually required
See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
Fair transfer and cancellation policy

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for 7 days, no obligation

1-2 October 2026

Live online

09:30-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+01)
10:30-18:00 Paris (UTC+02)
04:30-12:00 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 16871

GBP 999 1,199
EUR 1,399 1,679
USD 1,607 1,919

Until 27 Aug

2 days live online training
Browser-based, no download usually required
See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
Fair transfer and cancellation policy

View basket

Not ready to book yet?

for 7 days, no obligation

* Early booking discounts may not be combined with other discounts or offers. As such, the discounts for 2nd/3rd/4th delegates are based on the full price; and apply only when booking multiple delegates on the same date.

Reviews of IPI's Effective Training Skills in the Pharma Industry training course

Laura is very experienced and managed to tailor well the sessions to our needs

Feb 29 2024

Patrice Cullen United Kingdom
Director, BioMarin

Feb 29 2024

I was hoping to get some new updates / ideas on how to develop the current training programmes I am conducting and thus help me develop as a trainer and yes, that was accomplished.

Patrice Cullen United Kingdom
Director, BioMarin

Feb 29 2024

A great refresher on the majority of topics and I came away with new ideas to implement immediately, which exceeded my expectation! Excellent speaker, interaction and attention to my needs.

Diana Tadross United Kingdom
Associate Director, Training and Development, BioMarin

Nov 30 2017

Good relaxed, flexible and knowledgeable

Nick Batty United Kingdom
Quality and Compliance Training Manager, Porton Biopharma Ltd

Nov 30 2017

Very completed course, catering all the topics to be a better trainer

Gema Lorenzo Spain
Medical Information & Training Technician, PharmaMar

Nov 21 2016

Very good

Maria Constantinou United Kingdom
Operational Quality Compliance Scientist, GE Healthcare

Apr 18 2016

I found this course very ideal for me, it came to a size of a smaller group. The content was clear and helpful for reference, and the hotel venue was convenient and accessible.

Candy Oga Switzerland
Senior Drug Safety Case Manager, Actelion Pharmaceutical Ltd

Nov 21 2016

The speaker was really good, I liked the interactivity that Laura created between her and us. The presentation was focused on the topics that we were talking about.

Mattia Scarafoni Italy
GMP Compliance Unit, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A

Nov 21 2016

The course and content was really good, and gave the delegates a lot of useful techniques & tips to help trainers to make Improvements back in their workplace. This was a full course and paced well to enable delegates to grasp the concept and apply learned techniques.

Donna Denny United Kingdom
Sanofi

Nov 21 2016

Sometimes speaker spoke too fast for foreign people

Laurence Dolbois Spain
Pierre Fabre Iberica SA

United Kingdom