https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/nakimw/activity/ Activity feed for nakimw. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:23:05 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9a5da7902e1309cc6268503b280ac32f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18279/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:46:55 -0400 This course made me think more about how important the interactions between people are to ruining a project. A good PM is important but if you have people in the group that are lagging behind others than that makes a…   Read more»

]]> dd78a9c046fdb5459f956d1ebbed57e3 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18278/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:46:54 -0400 The two main motivators for me working at a specific company are competitive pay and challenging work. During my undergrad when I was working to pay bills rather than to advance my career I worked at one of the higher…   Read more»

]]> 5da3503592adefb883d65f1451002a7c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18276/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:46:53 -0400 What motivates me the most is doing well. Whether that be for a course or for a job it has been ingrained in me to do a good job. The amount I care about the subject has a little effect…   Read more»

]]> 427c7122227b97699096548257f4e7f1 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18198/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:46:12 -0400 WBS is important for identifying tasks and showing how they relate to one another and I believe one of the issues can be not getting enough in-depth on the tasks needed for the project. If something that task turns out…   Read more»

]]> 5bb3cb721791567276e201777a9a784d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18197/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:46:12 -0400 E-mails are the most efficient way to communicate with people if the culture of the company makes it so that is the main form of getting into contact with someone. If the person that you are trying to getting into…   Read more»

]]> c590ef0b484b56824e4782639b2fc0d3 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/17783/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:42:36 -0400 Time is an important factor in any project because extending a project not only makes it more expensive but could also lead to a competitor putting out a similar product before you could. To shorten it in order get it…   Read more»

]]> 9311cb50c365f8e86f847917577f854c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/17780/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:42:35 -0400 One thing that needs to be considered by the engineer more often then I realized is the cost of the product. You could have an amazing idea for a device that the user will love and but if it is…   Read more»

]]> 7b4a3093d3bfd69f62d64d8574b595f6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/17778/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:42:34 -0400 For the company that I work for they implement new devices in order to make the work of technicians easier and ensure quality. One such device is one meant to cut tissue into predetermined shapes with very little human input….   Read more»

]]> 0129ec1dc7fc1c2535aefb2448c9b2d0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/17539/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:40:23 -0400 I currently work as a technician at a tissue bank where I process the tissue and prepare it to go out to the doctor. Our organization as a whole is one of the bigger tissue banks and the department I…   Read more»

]]> dfc781f1bb4c2f94449f07ece4746ff8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/17538/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:40:23 -0400 As an undergrad, a group of my classmates and I had to come up a phantom for micro-CT scanning. Our client for the project wanted channels a micron small and in order to do that there would require a large…   Read more»

]]> c289e9c68c413a0685a6d2d0937ca899 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/17537/ Wed, 15 May 2019 21:40:22 -0400 I would say that Goleman’s perspective is not too far off. Because the type of work required by biomedical engineers is a collaborative effort you need a certain level of interpersonal skills in order to work with a group of…   Read more»

]]> 62571bd7e668e1752b6f9d127ae82691 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/10802/ Wed, 15 May 2019 16:36:37 -0400 Say that someone on your project team changes positions to a different job so that you no longer have said person to perform a critical task for the project. His or her assigned task not being done can greatly slow…   Read more»

]]> 5321edfb28aa1fd4043cf4296088cc27 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/10191/ Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:05:34 -0400 This course made me think more about how important the interactions between people are to ruining a project. A good PM is important but if you have people in the group that are lagging behind others than that makes a project that much more difficult and can lead to timeline changes, going over budget, etc. The possibility of others in your team…[Read more]

]]> 0 3e2a92d06e7ab1b39fb5f93d634b4b10 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/10190/ Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:51:18 -0400 The two main motivators for me working at a specific company are competitive pay and challenging work. During my undergrad when I was working to pay bills rather than to advance my career I worked at one of the higher paying work-study jobs that had the added benefit of being filled with people that I enjoyed working with. The work was not often…[Read more]

]]> 0 736aff11843418d5b1d2c55d73f7d1b2 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/10188/ Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:36:50 -0400 What motivates me the most is doing well. Whether that be for a course or for a job it has been ingrained in me to do a good job. The amount I care about the subject has a little effect on how hard I am willing to work but regardless of that I still try to do the job to the best of my ability

]]> 0 e54c0654c1be3d31e83d52bfc0b9b11d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/10109/ Sun, 21 Apr 2019 14:07:14 -0400 WBS is important for identifying tasks and showing how they relate to one another and I believe one of the issues can be not getting enough in-depth on the tasks needed for the project. If something that task turns out to be 2 or 3 than that not only changes your WBS but everything related to it. Having this happen for one of your tasks should not…[Read more]

]]> 0 429b33d0ac2d8dfc8f9ae882d1a1bed0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/10108/ Sun, 21 Apr 2019 13:46:00 -0400 E-mails are the most efficient way to communicate with people if the culture of the company makes it so that is the main form of getting into contact with someone. If the person that you are trying to getting into contact with does not regularly check their email than it becomes calling the person. This relates a little to emotional intelligence…[Read more]

]]> 0 b8cbcff88e97cf53c051223f5e2f5550 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/10107/ Sun, 21 Apr 2019 13:31:22 -0400 Say that someone on your project team changes positions to a different job so that you no longer have said person to perform a critical task for the project. His or her assigned task not being done can greatly slow down the pace of the project so what are ways to manage it so that as little time as possible is added to the project timeline

]]> 0 be74278065c125bec6dec6a9d46e6017 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/9678/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:31:17 -0500 Time is an important factor in any project because extending a project not only makes it more expensive but could also lead to a competitor putting out a similar product before you could. To shorten it in order get it done faster can lead to problems down the line. If all the risks of a product is not fully understood before it reaches the market…[Read more]

]]> 0 1d1c86ece13dc66ea0b7e6a14e9ae189 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/9675/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:16:15 -0500 One thing that needs to be considered by the engineer more often then I realized is the cost of the product. You could have an amazing idea for a device that the user will love and but if it is fiscally out of bounds to what you can produce then you need to adapt to that while also fulfilling the needs of the user. This may sometime mean removing…[Read more]

]]> 0 2b4b6d004781c367460058e41168ff2e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/9673/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:04:04 -0500 For the company that I work for they implement new devices in order to make the work of technicians easier and ensure quality. One such device is one meant to cut tissue into predetermined shapes with very little human input. The device is not used often however because those who created it did not take into account the size of the room that it is…[Read more]

]]> 0 341e0cf89f8b22ecfbd53afe19dd5c60 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/9417/ Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:30:13 -0500 I currently work as a technician at a tissue bank where I process the tissue and prepare it to go out to the doctor. Our organization as a whole is one of the bigger tissue banks and the department I work in has been steadily growing for some time now. Because of this growth, they are implanting new devices in order to make the technician job…[Read more]

]]> 0 6046fa1af4fe434f0139662dd8f51938 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/9416/ Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:12:49 -0500 As an undergrad, a group of my classmates and I had to come up a phantom for micro-CT scanning. Our client for the project wanted channels a micron small and in order to do that there would require a large sum of money that we did not have access to so we created one with larger channels that was not quite what he wanted but fulfilled the main…[Read more]

]]> 0 e69ed69600559b8b773d07424c1ab31d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/9415/ Sun, 03 Feb 2019 20:57:33 -0500 I would say that Goleman’s perspective is not too far off. Because the type of work required by biomedical engineers is a collaborative effort you need a certain level of interpersonal skills in order to work with a group of intelligent strong-willed people. IF you are insufferable to work with nobody is going to ask for your help when an issue c…[Read more]

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