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Pharmacovigilance and adverse event reporting

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for all staff. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Course outline at a glance

  • Recognise an adverse event, a serious adverse event and the other safety observations that must be passed on
  • Accordion
  • Quiz
  • Sorting activity
  • Process
  • Flashcards

  • Pass safety information on with the minimum information, within your company's deadline, knowing that the regulatory clock has started
  • Step-by-step
  • Multi-select quiz
  • Timeline
  • Quiz
  • Tabs

  • Explain why agreements with partners and vendors must cover safety reporting
  • Accordion
  • Quiz
  • Scenario

  • Describe what causality assessment is, and why reporting doesn't wait for it
  • Flashcards
  • Quiz
  • Scenario

  • Handle safety information from social media, conversations and events correctly
  • Sorting activity
  • Scenario
  • Quiz
  • Process

  • Final assessment (part 1)
  • Final assessment (part 2)
  • Completion
  • Quiz
  • Multi-select quiz
  • Matching quiz

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Question 1 of 3

A customer-service colleague takes a call about a side effect from a contractor's phone line on a Saturday. When does the regulatory clock start?

 

Day zero is when any personnel of the company, including contractors, has the minimum information. Weekends and public holidays count.

Lesson 1, What counts as an adverse event, teaches this. See the outline

Question 2 of 3

You heard about an adverse event but only know the product and the event. What should you do?

 

Incomplete cases are still recorded, and the company must follow up to collect the missing details.

Lesson 2, Reporting routes and timelines, teaches this. See the outline

Question 3 of 3

Your distributor receives a serious adverse event report. Who is ultimately responsible for meeting the regulatory deadline?

 

Whatever the agreement, the licence holder is ultimately responsible, so partners should pass reports on quickly.

Lesson 3, Safety data agreements, teaches this. See the outline

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Pharmacovigilance and adverse event reporting

Completed on12 October 2026
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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 17 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: What counts as an adverse event · 9 min

    Recognise an adverse event, a serious adverse event and the other safety observations that must be passed on.

  • Lesson 2: Reporting routes and timelines · 7 min

    Pass safety information on with the minimum information, within your company's deadline, knowing that the regulatory clock has started.

  • Lesson 3: Safety data agreements · 5 min

    Explain why agreements with partners and vendors must cover safety reporting.

  • Lesson 4: Causality basics · 5 min

    Describe what causality assessment is, and why reporting doesn't wait for it.

  • Lesson 5: Reporting from social media and the field · 7 min

    Handle safety information from social media, conversations and events correctly.

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 7 min

    Final assessment (part 1) · Final assessment (part 2) · Completion

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At induction + annual refresher (organisation policy); regulators expect staff who may receive safety information to be trained to pass it to the safety department, but set no fixed interval.

All staff of pharmaceutical, biotech and distributor companies (sales, medical, marketing, customer service, patient-support, market-research and office staff), plus pharmacists and clinicians who pass safety information to a company.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Your safety reporting procedure or SOP
  • Safety team contact
  • Safety mailbox
  • Safety phone
  • E.g. within one business day
  • Ae reporting form or system
  • Product complaint route
  • National reporting scheme
  • Local clinician reporting policy
  • Who in safety reviews contracts with partners and vendors
  • Social media ae procedure
  • Personal social media policy
  • LMS or record system
  • Live session URL
  • Course URL
  • Educator contact
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