I feel that this isn’t too strict. Even though it might start as someone just paying for dinner, it could lead to other gifts or people even expecting gifts simply because they did business with someone. I have had doctors…   Read more»

I enjoyed taking this class. I feel like you are one of the only professors that prepares students for the real world. Even though NIH strongly encourages institutions to provide career services and help students plan for the future (usually…   Read more»

Eli Lilly Co was involved in giving kickbacks to doctors for many years involving diabetes and osteoporosis drugs. They gave free nursing services to those doctors. The nurses were supposed to health the patients manage their disease but instead strong…   Read more»

I would ideally want to work with people who I like as well as people who are experts. When I worked at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I collaborated with people who worked at the Naval Research Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, small…   Read more»

I think the best way to get rid of the negative competition is to develop a rapport within the company between employees. This is done through company events. At a nuclear plant I use to work at, every year they…   Read more»

When I worked at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I feel it was more of a functional organization. The functional heads have a lot of power. I had a great rapport with my functional manager so I didn’t mind it but…   Read more»

To run a risk management meeting, first I would identify the technical experts that are related to that topic. Then I would get everyone in a room and I would have a brain storming session. I would first start by…   Read more»

As a nuclear engineer, risk assessment and management is very important. I wanted to highlight on one of the risk analysis tools used for risk management for nuclear power plants. When I worked at a nuclear power plant, I used…   Read more»

For high severity risk, I would use avoidance. I want to get rid of the high severity risk. The best way to do this is by avoidance because mitigation just lowers the risk of it happening, acceptance is just accepting…   Read more»

To make a successful validation process you need to clearly state your inputs and make sure they match your user’s needs. You must think critically about what each input means so that you can design a test that covers that….   Read more»

I choose a Band-Aid. The verification protocol makes sure the inputs matches the outputs. I believe the inputs would be that it sticks to the skin but can be removed without much force and that it doesn’t irritate the skin….   Read more»

Design review meetings are critical for the success of the product. At my old company whenever I held a design review meeting, I would send out all the materials a few weeks before the actual meeting. I would ask the…   Read more»

Above, a lot of people listed all the requirements but I wanted to elaborate on one. I think the FDA looks to see that the design changes were implemented. This might seem trivial but its something to look for because…   Read more»

Without sufficient design controls, a number of things can happen. Entire systems can fail due to the inputs not reflecting the standards of the industry. People can get fired after those entire systems fail. Without complete and accurate design controls…   Read more»

As Adrian stated above, past projects are a source of design inputs. To expand on this, the Design History File (DHF) of other similar projects would be a source of design inputs. The key to choosing design inputs is to…   Read more»

I think the advantage of a clinical trial is being about to actually see the product of years and years worth of research. To get to a clinical trial means that there was a lot of data that got it…   Read more»

I would be a clinical project manager. I am good at looking at the big picture and the main goal of the project but also break that down into small pieces and organize and motivate people. I learned this while…   Read more»

I think they should put more emphasize on just making sure the person can think critically and actually has a background in research. If you read publications such as “Embracing failure: What the Phase III progesterone studies can teach about…   Read more»

I think “participation marketing” can happen without the company even really trying. A lot of times companies go to college campuses for career fairs and “participation” market without them knowing it. They speak to students about their company and medical…   Read more»

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