https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/riddhiramesh/activity/ Activity feed for riddhiramesh. Sat, 16 May 2026 13:44:26 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6045c75291bf403108376d64c1a90a34 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33733/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:08:59 -0500 In my opinion, it would be more difficult to be a project manager in a Matrix-Based Organization. In a matrix-based organization, project managers and functional heads must negotiate to have people work on their projects. If your project is really…   Read more»

]]> d28ea5e207becadb750b01a3d22d4d2e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33732/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:02:28 -0500 I would prefer to work in a matrix-based team because of the knowledge transfer from project to project and between departments. I like to understand everything that is going on in the entire project and help out where I can….   Read more»

]]> 862c0ebebb5e64679d6d654b52d7a165 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33731/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:53:21 -0500 For my project, I believe a project-based team is in place. I had to leave my original project team because there weren’t enough people in the class to fill the remaining roles. Now, in my project team, there are 2…   Read more»

]]> 7e12c5dc76218ee2e817e8306a5f4c90 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33603/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:22:39 -0500 Risk acceptance does not lead to a higher probability of risk. When you are accepting a risk, it means that the team has done all they can to mitigate the risk. There comes a point where the team can’t mitigate…   Read more»

]]> 91876a6fefc4c4e82c028cf3a69425b0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33602/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:14:00 -0500 I have used FMEA before in my role as Mission Assurance Specialist for a NASA Workforce Development Program. I find it very helpful when doing risk assessments because it has all the necessary information you need to effectively evaluate the…   Read more»

]]> e78a192cc10021a9d4e4c8cd7692e1c0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33601/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:03:57 -0500 As part of my job, I am required to attend various safety training sessions to use different equipment. As part of Radiation Safety Training, I heard the importance of covering any radioactive material that you are working with, once you…   Read more»

]]> af4dd6dc95bc4a80351c3729bec41c3f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33499/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:59:03 -0500 DIDs and DSDs are living documents, which means that if an error is found, it can be corrected easily. Since DIDs and DSDs are always being changed and reviewed, an error that is found early on may be corrected. In…   Read more»

]]> 241fce33dff2bd5b7d0605a5793ee059 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33498/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:43:40 -0500 Minutes in a meeting are extremely important because they can give deadlines for projects and assignments for certain tasks. Everyone must read the meeting minutes so they are up to date on the status updates on the different project tasks,…   Read more»

]]> 0e6a6f12f8b738ac36d6cd763eaf9961 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33497/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:33:23 -0500 This is a really good point about the updating process of living documents within the medical device process. I think organizations can balance maintaining up-to-date documentation while preventing inefficiency or information overload by having the project team note down any…   Read more»

]]> 8607cf1c7084f8d0816bd62be362e063 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33359/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:06:22 -0400 For my capstone project, my group and I created a wound healing hydrogel for cutaneous wounds. The main issues in design and development were the design of the mold used to shape the hydrogel (this was my job) and finding…   Read more»

]]> cadb7cb99da236000867beee1426f700 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33358/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:51:16 -0400 I don’t think that there is ever a time when a team decides to log more inputs for predictive measures. If they did that, they would have to log more outputs. If the team has more ideas of possible risks,…   Read more»

]]> ccc0a52471c689c6442bcbda81380bc9 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33357/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:37:07 -0400 I am not aware of any companies that encourage their employees not to record unsuccessful instances associated with the medical device in the verification report. If a company does do this, when they submit the Design Verification File, which is…   Read more»

]]> 2f37714c9bb55262d137a0f81c91b703 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33249/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:20:30 -0400 If patients are being rewarded for being tested on, the researcher may take advantage of them and perform unethical experiments. Patients have the right to leave the clinical trial whenever for whatever reason. If they receive an incentive to keep…   Read more»

]]> 75bab6a015ef3c761c16c63503f5ea93 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33248/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:12:19 -0400 In my opinion, the placebo effect does not have negative effects on a clinical trial. The placebo is the control, which is compared against the actual drug/medication that is given. If a patient in a clinical trial is given the…   Read more»

]]> a8541d4edb4f39a66364fed6c5a586c9 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33247/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:01:13 -0400 AI use in clinical trials can introduce bias into how patients are selected and who is chosen, and this is because humans make AI using their own biases. This affects the reliability of the trial results because the patients in…   Read more»

]]> 90dffcb85562093a72542b717b77dd42 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33139/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:30:37 -0400 One way of clever marketing that I have noticed is Spotify Ads in the free version of Spotify. Spotify has now made it so that if you want to listen to ad-free music, you have to pay for Spotify Premium….   Read more»

]]> afabf514215db5cd9e68661dd065541e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33138/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:15:14 -0400 If I were to create my own company, I would create a company that designs and manufactures accessible technology for people with any sort of impairment that makes it hard for them to use their hands or general hand weakness….   Read more»

]]> 2db1bb1b852e84f39d0f53d83993046a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/33137/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:00:52 -0400 Involving patients in marketing strategies can be beneficial, but there are also downsides. Having someone who might potentially use your product be able to give input on what other products they use and what made them buy those products would…   Read more»

]]> 21de3eb0b274ddd576bdd5ee85172b61 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32879/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:30:42 -0400 I recently accepted a job working as a Polymer Processing Intern at New Jersey Innovation Institute. This is my first industry job, and the reason why I decided to accept this job is that I get to learn things I…   Read more»

]]> 15bfc496df1522c767544883111f16e5 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32878/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:12:13 -0400 There are plenty of engineers who have started a business without an MBA degree. I believe the best way to learn about how a business works is through working at one. Pursuing an MBA is a good way to learn…   Read more»

]]> fee5a6ba979f3eeacb74ef171cb93d0e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32877/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:56:58 -0400 A sole proprietorship can be turned into an LLC, so if the dad wants to pass on the family business to his 2 sons, he would have to go through the process of converting his sole proprietorship into an LLC….   Read more»

]]> afe7c6ee41dc21740baf300e1af9c5d0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32571/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:26:24 -0400 For my capstone project last year, my group made a wound-healing hydrogel. I was in charge of designing and 3D printing a mold for the formulation to freeze and thaw in. I had to make 4 iterations of a mold…   Read more»

]]> 190718402b4eef1764d5b76da89661ad https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32570/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:07:18 -0400 QA and QC are often interchanged but they are different things and companies should put equal time and effort into both. QA refers to the regulation of how a process is performed/how a product is made. It is important for…   Read more»

]]> 4af7baa272a40ddeabbb77104ca6f3af https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32568/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:53:20 -0400 The people who think that going through QA/QC is a burden don’t understand the consequences if it is not done. Yes, going through those processes will take additional time and perhaps additional resources. In the long run, it will pay…   Read more»

]]> cbd8925dc982f02d49c3f4797162238d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32310/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:31:48 -0400 Private practice physicians can face a multitude of obstacles while creating their own medical devices. The first one is not knowing the regulatory processes that come with making their own device. The physician has to do research to see if…   Read more»

]]> 1f46416b4bdbc4752c81551b0699b234 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32307/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:42:37 -0400 Technology can help improve the current processes and can help expedite the 510k process. Older practices with the help of technology, can improve the current systems in place. An example of this would be before the internet, people needed to…   Read more»

]]> f0680a789c2441c4a5ada3ade9ba12e6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32304/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:23:40 -0400 Drugs being banned in the US and not in other countries are due to regulations of the country. In India, there is the CDSCO whose job is to oversee drug quality and the State Governments also enforce regulations relating to…   Read more»

]]> deb55843288396290d1c92ba376442f4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32025/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:24:04 -0400 I think one of the pros of working in academic research is that you can work on research that interests you. If you have a research project idea, you can pitch it to your advisor and they will let you…   Read more»

]]> 266019d166173d5799b5fe5fa3460091 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32024/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:12:12 -0400 I would rather do research that contributes to helping the current generation. Doing research for future generations is also important. I would like to see the research I work on being used in the current generation. There is nothing more…   Read more»

]]> 5e7c3f18507799775993734ce279ce35 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/32023/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:00:51 -0400 The expertise needed to go into academic research vs. industry research is similar but there are niche skills for each. For academic research, having strong writing skills is very important because you will be writing proposals to get funding for…   Read more»

]]> 2c175def6a93cfea144b3dda68aa6b1d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31818/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:26:08 -0400 PMs in the biomedical engineering field should have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree. I also think they should have some experience working on projects whether it be in a lab or academic projects such as Capstone. In addition, getting…   Read more»

]]> 2749a05f5f484a6cab8f10dcaca583aa https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31816/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:44:28 -0400 Detail in project planning is very important. There should be a schedule with tasks that need to be completed. In my opinion, I think the people working on the different tasks should break those tasks down into smaller tasks. If…   Read more»

]]> e0845abe649e50011b88951222d54b6e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31815/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:28:56 -0400 Missing a milestone is typically seen as a failure within projects. However, it can be a good thing. It gives the team the chance to reevaluate the proposed timeline and figure out what else is needed to complete the milestone/task…   Read more»

]]> 768a13919885597c5e7383b69a03146c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31714/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:23:41 -0400 BME being a very diverse field definitely has some advantages and disadvantages. One of the main advantages is that you can narrow down what you’re interested in for your Masters as well as knowing what kinds of jobs you would…   Read more»

]]> 36af03ad5376da76021879d1309e087f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31708/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:37:13 -0400 d6cc0c96d2024d1ba964c0db987c5e44 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31706/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:37:11 -0400 Grades and GPA matter to an extent, but not as much as the skills you have, and if you can apply those skills to real-world applications. With that being said, in undergrad, when looking for an internship or job, most…   Read more»

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