What is a professional medical representative and how to become one

Key steps to become a professional medical representative

1. Explore professional medical representative education requirements

   Most common professional medical representative degrees

   Bachelor's

   78.1 %

   Associate

   8.5 %

   Master's

   5.6 %

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2. Start to develop specific professional medical representative skills

   Skills	Percentages
   Family Practice	11.04%
   Medical Devices	9.80%
   Territory Management	8.87%
   Medical Sales	7.96%
   Internal Medicine	6.51%

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3. Complete relevant professional medical representative training and internships

   Accountants spend an average of 1-3 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New professional medical representatives learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a professional medical representative based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real professional medical representative resumes.

4. Research professional medical representative duties and responsibilities

   • Achieve sales growth objectives by incorporating product/technical knowledge, teamwork, customer and multi-product focus, innovation and creativity.
   • Recognize as a subject matter expert with insight into optimal equipment for treating patients with respiratory conditions and sleeping disorders.
   • Challenge to grow market share in Rx products as well as an OTC offering.
   • Promote Merck's asthma/allergy medication to pulmonology, allergy, otolaryngology and pediatric offices.

5. Prepare your professional medical representative resume

   When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your professional medical representative resume.

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6. Apply for professional medical representative jobs

   Now it's time to start searching for a professional medical representative job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

   1. Browse job boards for relevant postings
   2. Consult your professional network
   3. Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
   4. Watch out for job scams