Basic Immunology in Medicine to Go

Bring Immunology to Your Company

Want your team to have fewer knowledge gaps?

Bring immunology experts to your workplace to teach the principles of immunology.

Overview

This course provides an up-to-date and therapeutically relevant review of the functions and malfunctions of the immune system. The course helps attendees understand the clinical relevance, mechanisms of action, and potential complications of drugs your company is developing or marketing in the arena of immune and inflammatory diseases. This course content is flexible and can be tailored to specific needs and drug development areas.

Who should attend? Your team. Biologists and non-biologists, scientists and non-scientists, have all attended in the past. The course is taught in a style that is understandable and appeals to attendees with varying levels of scientific knowledge.

Organize the course on the days that are convenient for your team and in your offices. Past courses have been held across the U.S.

Why FOCIS

Organize the course at your office and invest in the skill development of employees.

Basic agenda

Led by world-renowned faculty, Basic To Go consists of a series of flexible lectures on the fundamentals of immunology and the rationale behind new immunotherapeutic therapies being developed and adopted

Customized content

We will work with you to understand what your team needs and where it wants to develop. Consider upgrading to a two-day option for custom/targeted education on your company’s interest area,

Engaging delivery

Attendees report that our speakers are engaging. Plus, online access to lecture slides and materials before the course begins

Time commitment

Schedule the course around your team’s availability and bandwidth, which is highly beneficial in terms of attendance and engagement

Benchmarking

It is important to measure success. Pre- and post-tests can be conducted, as well as an attendee evaluation

Testimonials (2023 attendees)

Evaluation Responses: What did you like about this course?

“Thoughtfully laid out introduction to immunology with good engagement with those taking the course.”

“It started at a low enough basic level and built upon the topics to frame a basic understanding of how the various immunology processes and key cells/molecules are interconnected. ”

“Excellent overview of the immune system: its composition and its functions. Highlighted basic principles and concepts in a clear and elegant way. Spoke of real world applications and human examples of immunological defects leading to disease. Also talked about challenges in drug development that are relevant to the space our company is working in. The speaker was engaging, approachable, interactive.”

The instructor spoke clearly, had great slides and made it more interesting by including stories and relevant examples.

Evaluation Responses: How will this course change your practice or profession?

“I’m a clinical development person and immunological researcher trying to advance translational approaches to drug development. This brings me more to date.”

“Become more aware of certain pathways or targets that could have a higher potential for therapeutic intervention”

“It gave me motivation to learn more to better communicate with and support the research team”

“It piqued my interest in immunology that I will read more about it on my own which will help me to understand clinical documents better later on”

“To understand the basic principles / mechanisms before you start the experiment or test hypothesis”

“Better understanding of the discussions that go on around project meetings and research meetings”

Recent Customers

Abbvie
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Genentech

Price

The price is based on the course agenda and faculty.

Pricing begins at $20,000 for the standard basic immunology agenda for one day with one local faculty member.

Optional upgrades include a custom agenda, more and/or traveling faculty, and a longer course duration.

Request more information

Submit your interest in hosting a Basic Immunology To-Go course.