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Reinhold SchillingSchilling Vigilance

Academic teaching

Connecting pharmacovigilance theory with professional responsibility

Reinhold combines current senior pharmacovigilance experience with academic teaching to help future scientists and pharmaceutical leaders understand not only what regulatory requirements say, but how responsibility, judgement and patient safety are connected in professional practice.

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Pharmacovigilance becomes meaningful when regulatory knowledge is connected with scientific judgement, professional accountability and patient safety.

Academic appointments

Teaching across academic and professional stages

Reinhold’s teaching addresses different stages of professional development, from introducing future scientists to pharmacovigilance to discussing governance and strategic accountability with experienced pharmaceutical professionals.

Postgraduate and executive education

Goethe Business School / Goethe University Frankfurt

Master of Pharma Business Administration

Since 2025, Reinhold has taught in the Master of Pharma Business Administration. Within the elective module ‘Regulatory Affairs & Pharmacovigilance’, he contributes a senior management and executive perspective on pharmacovigilance.

His teaching connects corporate governance, regulatory accountability, benefit-risk decision-making and strategic pharmaceutical leadership with the operational realities of global safety organisations.

Teaching focus

  • Pharmacovigilance governance
  • Regulatory accountability
  • Benefit-risk decision-making
  • Strategic leadership
  • Interfaces across pharmaceutical functions

Undergraduate science education

Reutlingen University

Bachelor’s Programme in Biomedical Sciences

Reinhold teaches pharmacovigilance in the Bachelor’s Programme in Biomedical Sciences. The teaching introduces future scientists to the principles and responsibilities of modern pharmacovigilance and shows how scientific expertise contributes to patient safety.

A central objective is to make the field understandable and professionally relevant while opening a perspective on pharmacovigilance as a possible career.

Teaching focus

  • Foundations of pharmacovigilance
  • Patient safety responsibilities
  • Scientific assessment
  • The pharmaceutical operating environment
  • Careers in pharmacovigilance

Teaching philosophy

Understanding first. Responsibility next. Application throughout.

Pharmacovigilance teaching should make complex requirements understandable without making them simplistic. Students and participants should be able to recognise why a responsibility exists, how scientific evidence informs a decision and what accountability means in practice.

Reinhold’s teaching combines regulatory foundations with realistic situations, structured discussion and practical decision-making. The objective is not only to transfer knowledge, but to help learners develop professional judgement.

  • Clarity

    Explain complex requirements in language that remains scientifically and professionally accurate.

  • Context

    Connect individual requirements with the wider pharmacovigilance system and organisational environment.

  • Judgement

    Use realistic questions and situations to explore evidence, uncertainty and responsibility.

  • Application

    Help learners translate understanding into decisions, communication and professional practice.

Learning levels

One discipline, different learning objectives

Undergraduate learning

  • understanding the purpose of pharmacovigilance
  • recognising the connection between science and patient safety
  • learning fundamental concepts and responsibilities
  • discovering professional opportunities in the field

Postgraduate and executive learning

  • analysing governance and accountability
  • discussing benefit-risk and regulatory decision-making
  • understanding organisational interfaces
  • evaluating leadership responsibilities in regulated environments

The level of detail, examples and discussion is adapted to the experience and responsibilities of the audience.

From practice to teaching

Current responsibility informs the classroom

Academic teaching benefits from a close connection to current professional practice. Reinhold draws on operational pharmacovigilance experience to explain how regulatory principles interact with governance, organisational interfaces, documentation and real decision-making.

Examples are generalised and designed for teaching. Confidential company information, identifiable cases and current internal matters are not used.

  • 01Regulatory foundations
  • 02Operational context
  • 03Defensible decisions

Teaching approach

Structured learning with practical relevance

  • Regulatory foundations

    Clear explanation of the applicable concepts, responsibilities and terminology.

  • Case-based discussion

    Realistic situations that allow learners to examine options, risks and consequences.

  • Decision exercises

    Structured questions that connect evidence with accountability and action.

  • Cross-functional perspectives

    Consideration of interfaces with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs and business functions.

  • Reflective discussion

    Space to question assumptions and distinguish formal requirements from professional judgement.

  • Practical orientation

    Examples and frameworks learners can connect with their future or current responsibilities.

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