https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/darshp/activity/ Activity feed for DarshP. Sat, 16 May 2026 10:55:04 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 899f366a659247531f19721bdc6c85e0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33718/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:49:03 -0500 Accepting risk, to a certain extent, should be the case especially when the need is urgent and there are too many factors to consider as individual risks but there can be an overall calculated risk. In all cases, risk should…   Read more»

]]> af9c972ca5a32178a332404a98c0f97a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33717/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:43:14 -0500 In reality, there are no 0-risk devices or products on the market in terms of the medical industry. Even devices that may have 100% success rates technically still have some type of risk. For example, 1,000,000 people may have used…   Read more»

]]> 7724c95cb54583bd43e4bb705296adcb https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33715/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:18:13 -0500 At some point, there is a tradeoff between mitigating risk and actually increasing the risk through “mitigation techniques or processes.” Of course, basic levels of mitigating risk are important to a device, since in doing so you prevent any mishaps…   Read more»

]]> 381ece5f735428269a82154cf4f8111d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33451/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 23:06:43 -0500 In general, there is a clear line between neglect and making mistakes. At times, people might change or alter a process and forget to note it down. Although this is also not the correct way of doing things, especially when…   Read more»

]]> 8a7eab11f7f5f0c3151f4addabbdd35e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33450/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:54:11 -0500 At times, things like regulations may seem like barriers. But in reality, they aid in making a more robust device and reduce the chances of adverse effects (lower risk). At times, some regulations may seem too much and may cause…   Read more»

]]> 3ee2625f2155e89f72b4ec6bf968ca9d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33449/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:45:35 -0500 Since they are two distinct aspects of the product development process, it is important that both are still completed. Although they do overlap, sometimes more significantly than in other cases, it is important to perform both because they both still…   Read more»

]]> e71c05ca6f8492b92541d62a8384440d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33446/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:36:14 -0500 One issue that would arise is the failure of meeting its intended purpose. Without proper design controls, a product would most likely never make it to its end stages with proper functionality. Product recalls, risks, and general non-compliance would occur…   Read more»

]]> 6458e38418d73bbfffcd0925cfbb42b8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33445/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:24:15 -0500 From what I have seen, most feedback can be influential and positive in terms of making a device or product better. Feedback can be in any form, and for the most part it is not a bad thing (if you…   Read more»

]]> 81a335e6a4a867cb5e89be2a9c392bdb https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33443/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:14:58 -0500 I think this is a great question to consider since it is something that most of us, as engineers will eventually face. What is more important, user needs or the business limitations/needs. I think, in a consumer-seller relationship, the seller…   Read more»

]]> 27ae449c333e8ea709a2fd1229cc50db https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33332/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:25:57 -0400 In my opinion, a single-blind study could work in a majority of the cases since the researchers/investigators do not really have significant effect on the results of the study most of the time. However, this may not be true sometimes…   Read more»

]]> 82b0d9df8586c8d227b19f4e38cbcc46 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33330/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:13:09 -0400 I completely agree that GCP guidelines are done correctly in terms of safety and efficiency. GCP is extremely important in ensuring the validity of a medical device, drugs, etc. Protecting patients is the number 1 responsibility of a clinical trial,…   Read more»

]]> fdddfa491999dcb320f1ae26f5a28429 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33327/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:06:45 -0400 I would prefer to be a monitor (clinical research associate) of clinical research because it seems very interesting to do their job. A monitor basically monitors the procedures, data sets, and accuracy of the experiments that occur. This is similar…   Read more»

]]> abee10dec77db4ac01f877b86cb27c64 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33081/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:22:34 -0400 I absolutely believe that the marketing/advertising is targeted towards specific demographics, especially on platforms or TV programs. TV is one of the main ways that advertising is done, basically the most common one at least up until the 2010s. The…   Read more»

]]> 357b0fa1373b25f1d9cb260b3b73ae5e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33079/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:04:41 -0400 Personally, I do not see a huge correlation between the colors of devices in terms of medical devices and their branding. Although, you can say that color does have an impact slightly on the marketing. For example, more neutral colors…   Read more»

]]> 1ce6f31d60f4c58ad68f2bcefaab2305 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33078/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:52:52 -0400 If I were to change career paths but stay in the same industry, I would definitely go into medical sales. Although marketing is appealing, it is not as interactive in terms of company-consumer interactions and I believe, from what I…   Read more»

]]> 022e33f121df8e84e80a837626b7ae12 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33035/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:20:35 -0400 In my opinion, your career in a sense starts in college. Although it is not the end all be all, internships/research positions are where your individual experiences start and they are a great place to figure out where your interests…   Read more»

]]> f3b442aef541c357a854e00c94520369 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33033/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:09:30 -0400 I believe it depends on the person’s background, their interests, and also the depth the course takes. For example, I completed my undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering with a minor in business. I took classes in management, marketing, corporate finance,…   Read more»

]]> ff73724a8d8cddd4be18000e41ad68d6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33031/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:03:20 -0400 I would say that you do not necessarily need an MBA or a business-related degree to start a business, it could be something just learned purely from experience or just speaking with lots of different entrepreneurs who have their own…   Read more»

]]> 013938de322fcb6842034327b692e553 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32750/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 02:51:16 -0400 Specifically focusing on AI, it could greatly impact the jobs of QA individuals and aid them in making more effective SOPs, validation documents, etc. Utilizing AI to help improve certain processes and making better validation methods could help not only…   Read more»

]]> 51e7db4a8a80dfa4996c81540e421374 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32749/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 02:43:30 -0400 At the end of the day, both QC and QA are crucial to the success of a product line and a company in general. If a device is not properly prepared, manufactured, and then tested, it will be a failure…   Read more»

]]> ed8165b6beeaaa69c8a4172e62857640 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32747/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 02:34:08 -0400 From my own understanding and experience, too many regulations or rules in quality control testing can definitely slow down progress. In my previous experience, I worked in industrial chemical engineering, where it is not as rigorous for testing the products,…   Read more»

]]> 78944be0106937308ae823c6ad404874 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32493/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:52:09 -0400 I think that regulations are extremely important for public transparency and risk reduction. They set a baseline of what needs to be done at minimum to allow for a product to go out onto the market, which is important for…   Read more»

]]> 1d3e28c28c6df23fb6f41378c3512016 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32489/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:42:53 -0400 I think the biggest aspect of the safe vs unsafe aspects of any medical device or product depends on the testing done, the science behind it, the public knowledge of it (papers or studies done on it), and then your…   Read more»

]]> 72fe1f808b6667b06df78d44fbc0e116 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32487/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:32:21 -0400 I think this is a great question, especially since there are new technologies being made that might not be able to be classified as easily. I do believe that the class I, II, and III system is outdated but also…   Read more»

]]> 4b1476d4f56c9d87e5b9f0a69dcffdde https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32237/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 02:17:21 -0400 I would definitely say from a researcher’s perspective, navigating the organizational and approval process is the more challenging part of pre-clinical development. If you think about a researcher prior to joining a lab or committing to doing research, they will…   Read more»

]]> a457e1f9590abf4347cda5e5ab10f78d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32234/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 01:57:28 -0400 From what I have learned and from the experiences I have heard from other people, animal variety can have significant effects on reproducibility, on both sides of the spectrum. For example, having different types of animals in a study for…   Read more»

]]> 4d2301efe8a6a91846baa050a2bfb1fb https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32233/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 01:48:09 -0400 I would definitely prefer industry when it comes to research for medical device development. The first reason is because of the availability of direct impact and visibility of the direct impact on patients. For example, companies that make MRI machines…   Read more»

]]> adc2b032cbb1b2f71afe18eb80d666e2 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31942/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:37:13 -0400 In my opinion, missing a milestone is not directly a failure, although it does sound like one. For example, companies miss milestones all the time, but the impact the milestone has on the overall project makes it a failure or…   Read more»

]]> a1a8205d64ab5b4c7eea518118b08665 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31941/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:28:55 -0400 In my opinion, a project manager needs to have 1 main quality: openness. The manager needs to be open to ideas, open to the team, open to change, etc. When taking on a project, there are hundreds of factors that…   Read more»

]]> 9902d4920460e370fe43bfd2b9bc4203 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31938/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:13:41 -0400 I can agree with a lot of the points that have been made before my post, specifically on the communication aspect and the openness with the team. In my opinion, it is important that if an individual or multiple individuals…   Read more»

]]> f2707933c43be165cc53b79434eae129 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31810/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:04:59 -0400 I do agree that a BME degree has disadvantages and advantages, but more on the advantages side. I have heard from multiple people that BME is too specific, in the case where you cannot do other jobs that a mechanical…   Read more»

]]> 609ff9d14f5bf41f8e7f2ec6b43081af https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31809/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:04:58 -0400 @pz98 @vanshamin I think you guys brought up some great points about the use of AI in the medical device industry. I have read many articles and learned about how AI could effectively change factors like reducing the time for…   Read more»

]]> b4ce017876920099d4e8ac66ce6574e5 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31808/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:04:56 -0400 I think this is a great question that applies to basically everyone. I have though about this question often, since I have done both research and have industry experience doing internships. Personally, I think the industry route is much better….   Read more»

]]> 1080161356d0b915da305a23a2835911 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31798/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:18:43 -0400 I do agree that a BME degree has disadvantages and advantages, but more on the advantages side. I have heard from multiple people that BME is too specific, in the case where you cannot do other jobs that a mechanical…   Read more»

]]> 89f3049c7073a15aee34c4b7c82f0893 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31796/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:21:29 -0400 0