The EMWA Professional Development Programme
The EMWA Professional Development Programme (EPDP) is the EMWA-approved accreditation for medical writers. The programme is designed to enable experienced medical writers to train other or less experienced writers by sharing their knowledge through the medium of workshops.
There are two levels of certificate: foundation and advanced.
An EPDP specialist or multidisciplinary certificate at foundation level may be awarded to candidates who obtain credit in eight approved foundation workshops as follows:
- At least five workshops in a single option to qualify for a specialised certificate in that option.
- Workshops in at least two options but no more than four workshops per option for a multidisciplinary certificate.
Candidates may obtain more than one foundation certificate after completing the appropriate requirements for each certificate.
An EPDP certificate at advanced level may be awarded to candidates who obtain credit in any eight approved advanced workshops. Advanced certificates are limited to one per candidate.
There are no formal prerequisites (e.g. completion of a foundation level certificate) to enrol at advanced level. However, in order to obtain maximum benefit from the workshop and minimize the risk of failing a workshop, participants are strongly advised to select each workshop according to their educational needs and experience in that particular area.
In order to receive credit, candidates must be enrolled in the EPDP, successfully complete a pre-workshop assignment and questionnaire, the workshop itself, and a post-workshop assignment. The time required to complete the pre- and post-workshop assignments vary but are not usually more than 5 hours in total. The post-workshop assignments must be submitted by the stated deadlines for credit to be awarded.
Workshops are available at the EMWA conferences and the workshops offered at any meeting will depend on the availability of the workshop leaders. Registration at the spring or autumn EMWA conferences is limited to four credit workshops (regardless of level) per conference. There is no limit on registration for non-credit workshops that may also be offered during the conference.
Candidates may enrol for the EPDP either at the foundation level, or at the advanced level, or at both simultaneously. However, to be eligible for credit, candidates must be enrolled on one or more programmes before attending the workshops. Credit for workshops will not be awarded retrospectively.
Separate enrolment fees are applicable to each level and for every certificate. There is no time limit for completion of a certificate, but the enrolment fees are good for five years only, after which re-enrolment is required.
To enrol for the EPDP, tick the appropriate box on the conference registration form.
To see the EPDP committee members for 2007-2008, please click here.
For further details, click to see/download the documents below.
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