Dr. Simon, I did go into this class thinking it would be like the rest, but I do believe your consistency is putting up lectures and keeping them interesting was why your course was different and little bit more to…   Read more»

I do believe that this is too restricted, to go as not paying for the physician’s wife to a dinner. I believe that these companies should have some type of budget that they know they are willing to spend regardless…   Read more»

Verbal agreements can be enforced, and are constantly used in the medical field. When a patient cannot make their own decision and their life is in an emergency life-threatening situation that requires certain medical procedures, the guardian of the patient…   Read more»

I also believe that I could do both. I believe that I have the leadership qualities to set a vision and to make sure that it gets done to completion. However, I would be more comfortable in middle management. Setting…   Read more»

I think a little bit of both would be the best in terms of creating a team. If you know who you want to work with, you already have an idea of that person’s skill set and their capabilities of…   Read more»

I believe when two companies team up, there needs to be some type of organization that occurs so that effective communication occurs and that the product is being developed well enough to be put on to the market. As said…   Read more»

As the professor says, plainly putting something on the label does not help manage risk for the user. He describes that the instructions on the packages of equipment never get read, which is true for the most part. A lot…   Read more»

I believe that the Task Analysis and the Use Error analysis is a good way to asses product design risks. Older models tend to neglect the psychological aspects of the individual user. Also, traditional human factors methods only detect errors…   Read more»

Other factors should also contribute to the risk value. The EDP audit staffs usually look for both threat and vulnerability in the corporate information systems. Usually, this can take some time to evaluate. Other factors to consider would be the…   Read more»

Each manufacturer is responsible for establishing and maintained a procedure to ensure that design requirements relating to device are appropriate and address the intended use of the device. The design input requirements should be documented and approved by a designated…   Read more»

Although I have no been involved in any industry jobs, I had the pleasure of having design meetings with my capstone group in order to create a product for an outside company. I plan to continue to work with this…   Read more»

The FDA has very strict guidelines that have to be followed in order to have a device reach the market. These protocols are just standard for FDA. The device may also need to be classified in terms of a Class…   Read more»

I have yet to work in industry, but I do have experience in creating gantt charts in my capstone class in high school and during my undergraduate years in BME. I feel that sometimes the timelines are always off or…   Read more»

I also am taking capstone, where the requirements are the same. I am working with another orthopedics company in hopes of finding a way to create a product that fits their requirements and works well with the body. Along with…   Read more»

I am currently also in the BME Capstone class, as I am in my senior year. I also had to make an extensive list for the design requirements and customer needs. We met with our customer and they told us…   Read more»

I have also yet to work in industry, but I do have experience in creating a gantt chart in high school, for my capstone class, and again at NJIT in my current capstone class. Both times, I believe the easiest…   Read more»

There have been countless amount of times where minutes served its actual purpose of re-capping what was said at the meeting and what new deadlines were established that needed to get done. Even for people that were not at the…   Read more»

In terms of the Henrietta Lacks case, I do believe that it was immoral for what they did, and even gave their family no compensation when they asked. However, since the rise of informed consent, I do believe that people…   Read more»

I believe that clinical studies are necessary in order to determine the best possible treatment for a disease or other pathology. There are some advantages to the participant as well, being monetary compensation and follow up check-ups for a potential…   Read more»

Placebo-controlled trials have been around in clinical testing for a long time. Placebos mainly act as a control procedure that needs to be done in order to keep all the variables the same, except for the actual drug. It can…   Read more»