Medical Affairs Associate Review

Item: Medical Affairs Associate at MSD
Rating: 4.1
Author: Anonymous

at MSD

Placement (10 Months+)

Pharmaceutical

London

Review Submitted: September 2021

Overall Rating

4.1 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.5/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Maintaining the workflow of documents through various systems of record for medical approval
Attending cross-functional meetings regarding product launches
Assisting in project managing pre-license patient access programmes and local data generation studies
Conducting literature reviews on clinical pathways
Shadowing MSLs during HCP meetings
Attending disease area training and clinical trial data training

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

By the end of my placement I was given quite a lot of responsibility but as a lot of medical affairs involves speaking to healthcare professionals and discussing complicated clinical data involving patients you are limited in how much responsibility you can have.
Most of the responsibility I was given was internal work

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Presentation and public speaking
Leadership
Project management
ABPI and SOP training

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

My manager and the immediate team I work with have been very supportive in getting me involved in projects, especially considering my whole placement was virtual due to covid.
My manager has also been really supportive in my career development, helping with practice interviews and reviewing my CV

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The atmosphere is very friendly and everyone is always willing to help you out.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

2/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

3/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I've really enjoyed my placement and have really developed and grown professionally and personally. I would definitely return to MSD after my placement!

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

4/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

4/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at MSD

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend MSD to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to MSD

I'd definitely recommend applying here. For the interview try to find specific things you are interested in about the company/role and try to tailor it to MSD. Also, during the assessment centre make sure you are a team player and get everyone involved when completing group tasks.

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