https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/eh76/activity/ Activity feed for eh76. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:59:24 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d5f1580d09a87f10eb8cd4aba17b2500 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/20031/ Mon, 04 May 2020 03:13:49 -0400 I think people in America are perfectly worked, not specifically overworked. If I did have to lean one way I would say overworked is more true that more motivated. People don’t work more hours per week because they are motivated…   Read more»

]]> 7268ef13cccfe8fc1353ca73abc901dc https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/20030/ Mon, 04 May 2020 02:42:15 -0400 In general, I think the main negative reason that someone would leave their job is having their boss not show appreciation for their efforts. It can be the most challenging and engaging job, but in the end a person does…   Read more»

]]> cd211baa99349e2fbee0b7b98bd38766 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/20029/ Mon, 04 May 2020 02:33:17 -0400 It is definitely true that showing motivation as a project manager is an important when it comes to motivating your team. As a team member you wont want to work as hard on something your boss hates and doesnt care…   Read more»

]]> 7204f1a33c6f3fb36948154400cb74a6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19950/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:52:27 -0400 I’m really excited to do something that will actually be noticed by the world. I have so far done a couple things on my own or with a team that has been cool, but nothing that has really affected anyone’s…   Read more»

]]> 6c7a38436361e47462eb9993a659cefb https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19949/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:17:11 -0400 I’m about to graduate so nowadays I find myself thinking about jobs a lot as before I was a graduate researcher at school but now I have to go get a job. The main thing I am excited for is…   Read more»

]]> 03cb7240cbb2d8f1aa9f1faa60fb8d13 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19948/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:01:57 -0400 I would definitely go to the managerial role, only because when I look at where I want to be years down the line,  it would be in a more managerial than hands-on, engineering role. I would think that to get…   Read more»

]]> 93d1a768d83032c0e121f6855242d5d4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19921/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:55:49 -0400 The only experience I have with reactive management is at my last internship where my boss was put under a lot stress from it. Me and him were very casual with each other so I would see him and he’d…   Read more»

]]> 90b2bccb3fde8c3e29967a2908107bbd https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19917/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:42:53 -0400 1) In my opinion, the project leader or person accountable for the thing being emailed about should be the person to communicate. They would probably want to be the ones communicating anyways because they want to make sure everyone hears…   Read more»

]]> e46289fd10cfea741372845aaff40b16 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19916/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:38:14 -0400 I think because the nature of maternity leave gives some notice ahead of time, the company can hire a temp as some other classmates replied above. I can think of some scenarios where finding a temp could prove difficult as…   Read more»

]]> 6f6141b40a9f9d763429fcc20c88d7e8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19831/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:45:47 -0400 I think you are moving backwards but that doesn’t mean you are doing the wrong thing. If you moved forward with the project it would probably have gone under budget or too slow for the original schedule. It is best…   Read more»

]]> e027d4e2dd34cbc803eed123554d493e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19830/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:31:50 -0400 The actual cost is what the planned value is trying to predict. It is important to catch these early in the project development phase as it tells the company how much they can afford to spend on a project. Further,…   Read more»

]]> 88628b8abbf9bc410473689eb1d0564d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19829/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:26:35 -0400 I think the easiest way to deal with this as a project manager is to give a certain amount of sick days and PTO days that an employee can use. It’s important for everyone on the team to feel equal…   Read more»

]]> 0101ce45c81fc754bfbdf208251296ac https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19774/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:41:10 -0400 I feel like I used to always hear from project managers at my old job how hard it is to get people with the right education to stay at the job because for some jobs that are really high in…   Read more»

]]> 23a851c0bf999b498c29011b5e237060 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19773/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:17:00 -0400 Even if the product checks off all the boxes, if it does not meet well with customers it wont have sales. This will reflect really poorly on the project manager. The project manager is supposed to be looking out for…   Read more»

]]> d19d373547a1cf621539db2d4bbd97b7 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19771/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:54:55 -0400 I think part of the project manager’s job is to look over what the employees are doing and their submissions of work. So if the someone says a certain task will take them a week and you have no idea…   Read more»

]]> 70ff7568861acd41c4cbc637e0e4483f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19719/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 21:15:58 -0400 When making a team it is obviously important to make sure that a person can complete the job they will be tasked with, so it is important to know what they will be doing. If a person can not be…   Read more»

]]> b71fa1b98d66e6a9c9c41954b03a2cd3 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19718/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 21:10:21 -0400 WBS is a good practice for managing a company’s workforce. It is basically taking a task, breaking it down into smaller tasks and then assigning these tasks to workers. My capstone was building a lower arm prosthetic. I was in…   Read more»

]]> f99ec752f032ee9ccd87726bda715a64 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19717/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 20:50:08 -0400 Metrics is one the most important things to keep a company afloat as it they are measurements of anything a company does. Nowadays companies can access a ton more metrics than say 10 years ago because everything online can be…   Read more»

]]> fad6b825bcb96c5c8667725279ce3ed8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19669/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 18:25:34 -0400 Well after the obvious of calling them, emailing, texting, google hangouts-ing, and pretty much trying the appropriate ways to reach the person, I would say to just keep records of every time you try to reach out to the person….   Read more»

]]> af3520b00ec88782a0c3cc1499bebb3b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19668/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 18:07:07 -0400 When a project assumes some risk, it is normal and there are ways to litigate the risk to make it okay. Disclaimers and other legal methods can be put in place. However if the risks exceed the scope of risk…   Read more»

]]> bc0517db213a4dac212efdba8106308d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19667/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 18:00:28 -0400 Scope management is put in place so that the project doesn’t ever begin to be one of those that never gets completed. When a project is first started the time spent on every necessary task is calculated and written. However,…   Read more»

]]> 097084df490992827c0038d27b157489 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19610/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 02:03:16 -0500 Setting a timeline must be very tough when you don’t know how long it will take you to do something that has never been done before. In this case it is best to tell your project manager the worst case…   Read more»

]]> 713d1884e63ae33ebeb9fe049c4b3ead https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19609/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 01:50:32 -0500 The closing phase is an important part of the project, so you definitely can’t celebrate project completion too early! The main idea of a closing phase is to make sure the customer is satisfied and then make sure all transactions…   Read more»

]]> 66ab97b742d962eb0f46768f2e5bd944 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19606/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:09:53 -0500 The most important parts of project execution are communication and accountability. This means planning who will be in charge of every different part of the project so that everyone can focus of getting their part done. If planned correctly and…   Read more»

]]> 93ac69870940532e6897e93a43d66727 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19544/ Sat, 22 Feb 2020 22:35:07 -0500 When conceiving the idea of a product, it usually is made to fix one kind of need in the market. During the planning phase of a project, there should be a discussion of what other consumers can this product attract…   Read more»

]]> eda8125f0b18a4a4bf613527b964af70 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19543/ Sat, 22 Feb 2020 22:29:13 -0500 I think the best way to start this task would be to try and relate the product in the project to another product already on the market and then see what are the risks within that product. You can do…   Read more»

]]> 46f545d4e168428c0b4b626f39e557e9 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19542/ Sat, 22 Feb 2020 22:23:29 -0500 Setting project goals is important because it lays a foundation for a set of minimal accomplishments to be met at the end of a project. Effective communication is needed in every team to ensure it doesn’t implode and not be…   Read more»

]]> 8e830073f9571347346f83ef5b4b45ad https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19519/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:52:45 -0500 I think testing feasibility is making sure that the product can be made, which is researching different solutions to the problem in order to find one or the best one. The other aspect of feasibility is money. How much do…   Read more»

]]> ec1ccc263d97f746840d74525329ed63 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19517/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:43:08 -0500 It is very clear that both of these processes are done after the product design is nearly complete. These processes are there to make sure the needs for a customer are filled and that the product works as intended to….   Read more»

]]> 5da12b6e77a4f5993f7d4507723cc1c4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19516/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:39:23 -0500 When there is a global emergency companies need to adapt, otherwise they won’t be known as a reliable source of goods which will seriously hurt their value and business. The first thing a company needs to do is take responsibility…   Read more»

]]> ed4b3bbc2c13c8689ea27da8c5b077a1 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19423/ Sat, 08 Feb 2020 21:44:13 -0500 I think that not every business can work like this, but ones that actually can function would only have one main issue: communication. That project manager must have a terrible sleep schedule because he or she would have to talk…   Read more»

]]> 5ade1c15f50240559406209037f9c548 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19422/ Sat, 08 Feb 2020 21:06:15 -0500 I think the project managers should use their skills to help their project team however they can. So if they’re an extroverted manager, they should go be outgoing with their employees and help them how they can, and then do…   Read more»

]]> a2599c371807f1f6d92b8a47ba56ea32 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19421/ Sat, 08 Feb 2020 19:36:34 -0500 Initiating a product idea into developement is sometimes the hardest part of a project because with every project comes risks, and the time where it is easiest to nip these risks in the butt is during the initiation phase. The…   Read more»

]]> 29c35c3b2474d4cfc7a8c569c914880f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19379/ Sun, 02 Feb 2020 23:21:11 -0500 If a product overlaps between two or more kinds of controlled or regulated products, they will need regulatory clearances from both or all of the agencies in charge of that. To get clear directions of which agencies to go to,…   Read more»

]]> 8b490d17fd1554ed997011d91a73feb5 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19374/ Sun, 02 Feb 2020 22:58:17 -0500 There are far too many medical solutions which are developed in other countries which are taking years to reach the US because of the difference in regulations between all the different regulation requirements in the world. Having a global solution…   Read more»

]]> d4d20cd2b9e36969247edb06ce8837c8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19372/ Sun, 02 Feb 2020 22:46:56 -0500 The relationship between the amount of people in a department and the productivity of that department is nonlinear. Sometimes a department can be overfilled with people, making the amoeunt of time for clear communication onger than it needs to be,…   Read more»

]]> 8c240750d01e94e5d14db29cc9aca189 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19265/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:29:49 -0500 Well obviously I would require people to have the skills needed to complete the job I’m recruiting them for. Outside of that, I would want someone who communicates well (answering their emails, participating in phone calls, expressing ideas). Further I…   Read more»

]]> a5c2263ebf2631f726b633bc361b7b9d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19264/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:21:21 -0500 For sure, technical skills matter less than interpersonal skills. I’ll give you an example from my life. I wanted to start a company that sells VR programs to k-12 public and private schools. These programs would teach kids like physics…   Read more»

]]> 98b97380848b348ff80373d12e787bf9 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19263/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:10:27 -0500 In the academic setting, which is all I am familiar with, the lead investigator will tell the IRB at the institute about the project and then once they approve it and the investigator gets funding for the project by applying…   Read more»

]]> afb8f30939758c15594c290c7247329a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19153/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 21:18:46 -0500 If I had my own medical device company I would probably chose a project-based organization. I have worked for a healthcare company that used a matrix organization and I noticed a lot of disorganization. Some departments were overworked and some…   Read more»

]]> 323add68af4d249f3c5a41434e0201ef https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19152/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 20:34:50 -0500 It’s definitely important to put aside emotions and relationships for the most part when deciding on a project team composition. It’s always better to pick someone who is good at their role in a project team rather than your relationship…   Read more»

]]> 3a3e0efbaa2d5045f5cddb24409ab086 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19151/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 20:28:53 -0500 My team is flying through the project. We started the first week by working on the DID and DDP so that the Gantt chart could be worked on in the second week, as well as the pre-clinical protocols, clinical protocol,…   Read more»

]]> 078d6241a5074887b3fddd01b1ed89a6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19090/ Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:27:56 -0500 I believe on the bottle that the drugs come with there are instructions on how to take the drugs. If someone has an adverse effect with the drug, they would go to the hospital and get examined and through a…   Read more»

]]> b80dcc2c195cfe2481bf91687f7e367f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19089/ Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:18:18 -0500 One instance I can see accepting risk being okay is with vaccines. Now I don’t align with anti-vax principles at all, but I am pretty sure there is a 1 in a million chance that there’s an adverse effect in…   Read more»

]]> c83b00038c23e9054773bb277cb1dee2 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19088/ Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:05:59 -0500 Risk management is a vital part of any company as it is the practice of protecting the company from anything that can damage its image or get it in legal trouble. In my life I have witnessed these practices in…   Read more»

]]> 28bcf97d196ca67d515ba3b6425e6ce9 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19038/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 03:06:08 -0500 As a MS student working in research right now, from my short experience, the IRB is in charge of reviewing all research protocols. Whatever test is being run in the lab, the IRB is the ruling factor in deciding if…   Read more»

]]> ef2c428e7b626f3bad28bc7bf17acbb3 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19037/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 02:49:52 -0500 The FDA does give some guides to how the test should be run but the general rule of thumb is to have a test for every claim that your product proposes will happen to the human using the medical device….   Read more»

]]> f318efb883823ec1d8a502f07339989a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19036/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 02:23:22 -0500 Design controls were made so that companies have documentation for every step of their design process, and so that these documents can be reviewed to consistently find any design and technical errors. This saves companies from any flaws in their…   Read more»

]]> b2e76c10fc2862610bc732bf7d8b342b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18957/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:08:58 -0400 Verification tells a company that the developed device meets the requirements for the product. This is done through tests and a lot of analysis, which are operations that cost companies money to perform. What makes it worth that money (besides…   Read more»

]]> a04806abffc33c3d3e0b7fe48fb40660 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18956/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:55:31 -0400 Design controls are required by the FDA pretty much to ensure the developed device is safe for public use. While the company has to spend resources to create design controls, it also structures the development process and gives the company…   Read more»

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