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amin-sadig replied to the topic "Thoughts and Questions Related to Untested Medicine" – 5 years, 11 months ago
For clarification purposes. The scamming that I was referring to is with regards to the fact that many of the treatment options available with acupuncture and electroacupuncture are not proven to be statistically significantly different than placebo acupuncture or sham… Read more»
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amin-sadig replied to the topic "FDA Approves First Digital Pill in USA" – 5 years, 11 months ago
While I am not well versed in understanding the rationale of the FDA for determining the PMOA of a device, in this particular case i believe that it is a device. The rationale being that the drug component of the… Read more»
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amin-sadig replied to the topic "Fitbit: A Medical-Grade Device?" – 5 years, 11 months ago
Due to an error and not being able to make a new forum I am posting here. While the topic is related to Fitbit, the question is not the same. Should how we use a device define it? When determining… Read more»
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amin-sadig replied to the topic "Interpersonal skills vs technical knowledge" – 5 years, 11 months ago
I think the biggest issue here is what we determine as “Success”. If by success we mean climbing the ladder to eventually becoming a high-ranking official in a company versus landing a good paying job and being able to convince… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Qualities of a Manager" – 5 years, 11 months ago
Throughout the semester we have been exposed to different qualities a manager needs to have. Among which are interpersonal skills, organization, and crisis management. I was wondering how the qualities you currently have correlate to the qualities you need as… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Avoiding Tunnel Vision" – 5 years, 11 months ago
One of the major problems that I found with my approach to simulations throughout the semester is the fact that I tunnel vision and close of other options once I go down a route until my current thought process critically… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Are you an X or Y?" – 5 years, 11 months ago
Understanding ourselves and our natural inclinations is an important to improving ourselves. Do I naturally find faults in others or see what good they do? Understanding this will make you aware of what you don’t do, so you can try… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Deadlines and SOP's" – 5 years, 11 months ago
As many of us know, there is a lot of paperwork involved in most processes within projects whether it is for monitoring or documentation purposes and individual companies have different Quality Management Systems. While it is easy to say make… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Specifications: A double edged sword?" – 5 years, 11 months ago
As we all know specifications are essential for any product and not only affect the validation and verification of a product but everything that is the product. We saw in the minisim this week one of the set backs of… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Unexpected changes to the Project" – 5 years, 11 months ago
In the most recent simulation, we saw a situation where marketing went off on their own and their actions directly affected the timeline/schedule of the hydrosurf project. When making a schedule and timeline as PM, such curve balls can occur… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Be wary of EV and statistics calculated with it" – 5 years, 11 months ago
As you may have seen this week, you can see how your cost is aligning with budget and estimated cost using the techniques learned this week. However, though this may seem obvious, the tasks distributed throughout the project do not… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Communication and Responsiveness" – 5 years, 11 months ago
From as early as the mini sim we were told to consider outside factors such as vacation times for inspectors when planning a schedule so we don’t get delayed unnecessarily. Because the job of a PA is group centric and… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Change in PM" – 5 years, 11 months ago
We learned a lot about scheduling and task delegation this week and one major question arose. If the PM changes at different phases of a project (beginning, mid, near conclusion), and the an error in the scope is identified in… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Project Scope: When the timeline you have doesn't work" – 5 years, 11 months ago
As many of you know, government regulations release update periodically. Sometimes its simple grammar and spelling fixed as well as quality of life wording fixes but other times, it is the inclusion of new regulations and requirements. What do you… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Thoughts and Questions Related to Untested Medicine" – 5 years, 11 months ago
There are conflicting studies on the effects of acupuncture especially proving efficacy against a placebo. While it is currently approved for pain treatments the current services provided go much farther. I have had a growing interest in the field, and… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "A advertising a sum of its parts?" – 5 years, 11 months ago
An interesting issue arose at the last BME seminar regarding TJA total joint arthroplasty, where joint replacement surgeries advertised individuals doing high intensity or extreme sports 129 days after surgery. The sports include skiing, water boarding, dirt biking etc. While… Read more»
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amin-sadig posted a new topic "Decision Making: To do or Not to Do?" – 5 years, 11 months ago
I was thinking about the mock simulation that was done in the in person class on Friday and wanted to hear the thoughts of others on the decision making mechanism those of you with years of industry experience have with… Read more»
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amin-sadig started the topic Qualities of a Manager in the forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial 6 years, 11 months ago
Throughout the semester we have been exposed to different qualities a manager needs to have. Among which are interpersonal skills, organization, and crisis management. I was wondering how the qualities you currently have correlate to the qualities you need as a manager and how you plan on cultivating your deficiencies?
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amin-sadig started the topic Avoiding Tunnel Vision in the forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial 6 years, 11 months ago
One of the major problems that I found with my approach to simulations throughout the semester is the fact that I tunnel vision and close of other options once I go down a route until my current thought process critically fails.
I was wondering how the rest of you have managed to balance focusing in on the issue and maintaining an eagles eye view…[Read more] -
amin-sadig replied to the topic What is retention ? in the forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial 6 years, 11 months ago
I believe that it depends on the job and the nature of the work since you may not need highly skilled labor for the task and employees may be expendable. sounds harsh but we see this in jobs like technicians and people on the manufacturing floor. training may be a pain but a few days will get you someone as good as the last. Retaining talent for…[Read more]
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