RMSR Medical Sales Designation from a Graduates Perspective

I know a lot of successful sales representatives are interested in attaining a job in medical sales. As a result, I wanted to create this posting to give people a barometer to help them determine if the RMSR designation would help them get hired by a medical sales company.

1. I have completed and passed the RMSR Medical Sales program and examination.
2. I also have a bachelor’s degree which is required by many companies.
3. In addition, B2B sales experience is often a requirement which I have as well.
4. Networking: Many members in my family are in the health care community or in medical sales. In addition, I have lived in my community for 30 years so I am well networked.

Now that a basis is determined I will keep you updated as to my success in establishing employment with a quality medical sales company. In addition, I will continue to study the information within the NAMSR program and post my comments as to the programs overall quality.

Please, feel free to ask me any questions. Please, post to the forum or e-mail me at JNovak4@tampabay.rr.com. I will try my best to answer them to the best of my knowledge.

My review of the program:

The RMSR program presented by NAMSR is a self study program that can be completed quickly if one has the time or spaced out over an extended time period. I believe that even if you complete the program promptly it is important to continue to review the industry terminology. With that being said I think most people would want a general idea as to the quality of the program.

The program is broad based covering everything from medical devices, exciting new technologies, genetics/Human Genome Project, anatomy, regulations (FDA, OIG, AMA, Adva Med, Stark Laws and HIPPA), managed care (MCO’s), Medicare, Medicaid, over 1,000 medical/disease terms and how to read clinical studies and papers. In addition, a lot of focused medical sales based education is covered, such as, how to sell to hospitals, physicians, managed care organizations, hospitalists, the pharmacy department, formulary committees, utilizing hospital displays, clinical papers and the medical education department. In addition, more broad based sales training is discussed: relationship building, prospecting, presenting, asking for the order, territory management, route planning, attitude, time management and organization.

As you can probably already see it covers a lot (from A-Z). However, the author(s) do go into detail but in regards to product knowledge it leaves a lot to be desired. However, I believe this will best be done by the company that hires you since it is their device/product.

Overall, I give the education an A. The presentation is well organized, the information is easily comprehended, and most important I believe the program will be useful if the job seeker is hired.

I have been advised to get my RMSR Certification. Is the only way to get it at www.medicalsalescareer.com ?

MedSales in Tampa, Florida said: I know a lot of successful sales representatives are interested in attaining a job in medical sales. As a result, I wanted to create this posting to give people a barometer to help them determine if the RMSR designation would help them get hired by a medical sales company.

1. I have completed and passed the RMSR Medical Sales program and examination.
2. I also have a bachelor’s degree which is required by many companies.
3. In addition, B2B sales experience is often a requirement which I have as well.
4. Networking: Many members in my family are in the health care community or in medical sales. In addition, I have lived in my community for 30 years so I am well networked.

Now that a basis is determined I will keep you updated as to my success in establishing employment with a quality medical sales company. In addition, I will continue to study the information within the NAMSR program and post my comments as to the programs overall quality.

Please, feel free to ask me any questions. Please, post to the forum or e-mail me at JNovak4@tampabay.rr.com. I will try my best to answer them to the best of my knowledge.

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I would definitely recommend the RMSR Training to anyone looking to get into medical device sales. The program is required by numerous medical companies and is the only vocational training for a medical sales career. From my research I have found that over 1000 RMSR graduates enter the industry as sales reps every 6 months. The training is very comprehensive and is now accredited. Go to www.medicalsalescareer.com for for more information.

Three cheers for the NAMSR (National Association of Medical Sales Reps)which has further raised the bar by requiring that all new medical sales applicants who want to work in the industry meet industry and certification standards. These standards are required by hundreds of medical device companies. Medical sales rep and especially anyone looking to break into a medical sales career would do well to get their RMSR Certification.

I think it's an extremely comprehensive program-the RMSR Certification is designed to help people enter a medical sales career and allow medical device employers to hire trained applicants. The four important components of the system involve medical industry knowledge, healthcare industry selling techniques, medical industry selling regulations, and medical terminlogy. Many companies are requiring NAMSR members and new hire to participate in the RMSR certification program. This is the only program I've seen designed to help both medical sales applicants and the medical equipment companies.

I just found a job as a medical sales rep with Owens & Minor. I love the job so far but I have only been there just over a month. I found the job through the NAMSR Employment Center and I would recommend the NAMSR to anyone. You should look into their medical sales training program--it helped me.

Erica in Pompano Beach, Florida said: I just found a job as a medical sales rep with Owens & Minor. I love the job so far but I have only been there just over a month. I found the job through the NAMSR Employment Center and I would recommend the NAMSR to anyone. You should look into their medical sales training program--it helped me.

Erica, did you have previous B2B experience and a bachelors degree and if so in what?

MedSales in Tampa, Florida said: I know a lot of successful sales representatives are interested in attaining a job in medical sales. As a result, I wanted to create this posting to give people a barometer to help them determine if the RMSR designation would help them get hired by a medical sales company.

1. I have completed and passed the RMSR Medical Sales program and examination.
2. I also have a bachelor’s degree which is required by many companies.
3. In addition, B2B sales experience is often a requirement which I have as well.
4. Networking: Many members in my family are in the health care community or in medical sales. In addition, I have lived in my community for 30 years so I am well networked.

Now that a basis is determined I will keep you updated as to my success in establishing employment with a quality medical sales company. In addition, I will continue to study the information within the NAMSR program and post my comments as to the programs overall quality.

Please, feel free to ask me any questions. Please, post to the forum or e-mail me at JNovak4@tampabay.rr.com. I will try my best to answer them to the best of my knowledge.

Great, I will keep watch to see what you say about your success with that.

From the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank you Diane and the rest of the staff of NAMSR. I just recently passed the RMSR exam. I would not have done it without your assistance and all the learning I received from the NAMSR Training Manual. The added RMSR Certification credential has been big factor in my resume as I am now getting called for numerous medical sales interviews.