Objective:

ISPE Industry Focus Groups are organized to compile and prioritize lists of skills, knowledge and attributes that they believe are critical to working within the pharmaceutical industry. The data collected have been provided to help educators identify potential areas of focus in subject matter and curricula for courses and degrees pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry.

Design:

• Pharmaceutical Engineering Article detailing the first run focus group 
  • Implementing Industry Focus Groups to Identify Skills and Knowledge Expectations for Recent College Graduates
• Interested in running your own focus group?
  • Procedure Manual 
  • Excel Reporting Forms

Previous Location & Results: 

• Delaware Valley and San Francisco Focus Group Session
  Groups 1-3 were in Delaware Valley and Groups 4-6 were in San Francisco
  
  Results:
  • Exercise One: Gap Analysis
  • Exercise Two: Knowledge Domains
  • Exercise Three: Attributes

ISPE hopes you find this information valuable and we welcome any specific questions or comments that you may want to offer. Please contact focusgroups@ispe.org for further information.