https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/sm2744/activity/ Activity feed for sm2744. Sat, 16 May 2026 07:55:35 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7d59d30ede18561d853766adb39beb71 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27739/ Sat, 29 Apr 2023 01:41:34 -0400 If I was planning a clinical trial, I would ideally be able to choose good and cheap. I think that in general, good should be always chosen. Any medical device that is manufactures has the potential to impact hundreds if…   Read more»

]]> 6554bc3fc7f8185e40ec1fb30c438103 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27729/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:24:55 -0400 I think that Americans on average are putting in more work hours per week than other countries, mainly the EU that I can think of, due to the differences in work culture and cost of living in the states. While…   Read more»

]]> 9457c294f7d21a684111246d066bd220 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27728/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:13:58 -0400 Honestly, I’m not too surprised by the results of the study. For me personally, my top 3 motivators to work for a specific company would be, in no particular order, working with great people, having exciting and challenging work, and…   Read more»

]]> 08b07b8b8ebba6a5bedf33ecb2806cd9 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27568/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:18:55 -0400 This class was very helpful, it helped me land a job for after graduation!! The role that I’ve accepted is a investigation specialist. During my interviews, when asked about experience that would help me be a better employee, I was…   Read more»

]]> 5a4a7fb69f4fa83f06c706635c3b30e2 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27567/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:08:20 -0400 Similar to my peers, I think that at first I would like to work as an engineer and work my way up to management. I think that starting off as an engineer would provide me with skills that would allow…   Read more»

]]> 45a5a0e328c082d44ffe4ba8dd5f7754 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27566/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:48:00 -0400 Similar to what my peers have been saying, the project manager’s level of motivation definitely impacts the team’s productivity and motivation for the project. If you have a PM that doesn’t care much for their project and they make it…   Read more»

]]> 2b9b411912929e89f4a0ce5c170624b3 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27448/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:04:48 -0400 My team definitely experienced scope creep during our Capstone project. We were originally interested in working on a certain project, but after meeting with our potential advisor and going over all of our BME backgrounds, a new and exciting project…   Read more»

]]> 2e55c855d6d69a837d73261e573c9463 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27446/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:41:48 -0400 I thin that in a case like this, the first step would be to see if anyone else from the team can step up to her position and take on her roles and responsibilities. In this new absence, someone else…   Read more»

]]> 05915aee0c4c68f0200a5e7f5c6c5f21 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27410/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:09:51 -0400 An example that I can think of that happened on a project I was assigned on was reclassifying the importance of what I was working on. Before being passed on to me as an intern to obsolete or change the…   Read more»

]]> f7f577966dadc95df9d71e4f48617663 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27389/ Sun, 09 Apr 2023 20:46:03 -0400 I think that positive and negative aspects of the personnel evaluation depends on a case by case basis. There are many reasons that a project could be delayed or experience an increase in costs that are at not fault at…   Read more»

]]> addf3517bba566ed46eaa8f909b41b00 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27388/ Sun, 09 Apr 2023 20:32:00 -0400 For a successful project, I think stakeholders play a very significant role. Not only do they fund the project, but they also play a big role in motivating project team members. Overall, while they primarily impact the project positively, there…   Read more»

]]> 1aa8fcec9a35f412e79ed755256d3734 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27386/ Sun, 09 Apr 2023 20:14:00 -0400 I think that in a way, project managers should be involved in almost every aspect of the project as well as obviously the major decision-making processes. Good PMs should create their teams knowing the expertise of each team member. If a…   Read more»

]]> a5f51df5c7e68aaaa44e0c5137aca235 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27144/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:24:38 -0400 During my co-op, I created and executed change notices for standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions (WIs). Usually, an engineer would give me the changes that they would like to see updated on the documents and the reasoning behind…   Read more»

]]> 5e323c082e06b5d9e616815665cd0cfa https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27143/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:52:48 -0400 I think that the best method is to have a plan that is more flexible and that can adapt to any changes that may come up. However, I do understand that for some projects, there is a hard deadline of…   Read more»

]]> d034d8f6b040f712e829c131db0e9ba4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/27141/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:21:27 -0400 I haven’t been a project manager yet so I will discuss the thought process I would probably have if I was one. Generally speaking, I think that the best team would be made of up individuals of both categories. For…   Read more»

]]> 332b834346714ead194dbc289042a2fd https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26962/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:34:18 -0500 While I understand that in the end it would save the company money to have the risk management team be the same as the project management team, I do not think that this would always be the best course of…   Read more»

]]> 08378c84810553fe006bce6f9a2fbc10 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26960/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:22:37 -0500 My Capstone project also had my team reconsidering if our device would even need an FDA classification. Our product was a microfluidic device that was to be used in laboratory applications to help stem cells differentiate into chondrocytes. At first,…   Read more»

]]> 680d064dcdc329f4bfd0cc6a5e821168 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26959/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:53:36 -0500 I’ve only worked with Gantt charts in my management classes and Capstone. After working with them for these classes, I really see how useful they are and how much they help tracking a project. The first time I used one…   Read more»

]]> dcf92a97458d4b2f01438a5b087c5a24 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26857/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 19:40:02 -0500 I think that overall, the person with the most input of the timeline of a project would be the department head. This is not to say, however, that they come up with a timeline themselves and expect the PM to…   Read more»

]]> e71a8fab7d4c29fefa9dc52099b8a872 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26856/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 19:03:16 -0500 This kind of situation is definitely not ideal. Problems with a vendor could result in serious delays if they are consistently supplying sub-par parts. Similar to what my peers have mentioned, the first step that I would take is to…   Read more»

]]> ad385224d5d28c518ec2ae1f0c3da31a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26855/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:28:47 -0500 I think it depends on what the reason for going over budget and time is for whether or not employees or PMs should be “punished”. If the reason is due to a personally uncontrollable scenario, like suppliers behind behind on…   Read more»

]]> 8a960ede94a755ccd3e6a5c5e930b1bb https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26711/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:13:34 -0500 I think that the first step I would take would be to hold both a team meeting and then individual meetings (if the team is small enough). The team meeting would be to see how the team communicates as a…   Read more»

]]> fa9108946120e5bac211fe8e9d942a4b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26710/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:56:01 -0500 Similar to what some of my peers have mentioned, I think that the best way to break up a project and figure out what tasks will be required is to first break up the project into sections. That would be…   Read more»

]]> 63a288f719a1ab3e3e556ac433ad25b9 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26709/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:30:33 -0500 Hello all!
My name is Sofia Migalko and I am currently completing my MS in BME at NJIT. Here is my LinkedIn!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-migalko/
Looking forward to connecting!

]]> adf8cf83537d16b7f666a5698d4ab585 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26677/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 02:30:21 -0500 Although my example is not exactly what you are asking about, it is similar. During my internship, there was a change in a lead senior engineer and intern taking on a project while the project manager stayed the same. Smaller…   Read more»

]]> dd747515d8326c941b3ec2b67e802438 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26676/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 02:20:41 -0500 I think that the best working model would be a hybrid for those careers that just do not require you to be in office every day. During my internship, I had the option to work from home 2 days and…   Read more»

]]> fec4e4109993591fc074bb98b5a662b6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26675/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 02:13:34 -0500 Poor planning of a project can significantly impact how the project life will play out. Improperly planning the due dates would result in either missing deadlined or cutting them really close. It adds a lot of stress to the individuals…   Read more»

]]> 3c9891ad90074211cd25933edfb729b5 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26587/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:17:30 -0500 From my experience, limited mostly to class assignments, I’ve noticed that projects that I’ve worked on in teams that mesh well together in terms of personalities produce more successful, higher quality work. I think that this is due to all…   Read more»

]]> f12c2a16b146ffc1ef1c5c448cce878d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26586/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:49:14 -0500 I think that in any situation where there is defect with a product that was produced, from labeling to the product/device itself, there will be a recall. Similar to an example provided by my peer, if a label was smudged…   Read more»

]]> 801f0366cd08576ef83897b046dc1acf https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26585/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:37:55 -0500 It could be that I do not quite understand much about how companies operate, but I think that large corporations like Stryker should invest in hiring enough employees to cover their projects. I think that employees will be more productive…   Read more»

]]> cf9489d74c8002ff87632e7c4e2dddd0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26514/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 02:36:48 -0500 As mentioned by my peers above, while the validation and verification protocols shouldn’t directly be approved by the FDA (as in, not really required), the results of these tests conducted should result in the product/device being developed meet the regulations…   Read more»

]]> cee6b37c94d50f2a8cac7449e513dde8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26513/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 02:24:02 -0500 I believe that the most important responsibility of the FDA is to stay true to serving the people and not lobbyists or politicians. Without FDA regulations, US markets would be a free for all and that would be a scary…   Read more»

]]> 11b60718ac3a96f84bbe29da8cad8032 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26512/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 02:09:32 -0500 I think to obtain a faster approval of documents, as others have mentioned, the document should be sent out ahead of time for approvers to review. As mentioned by peers, the downside to this would be that there is a…   Read more»

]]> 366484757f1e5ae4ef14e9ea27a1334d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26440/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 22:20:54 -0500 I think that both product development and post-market management are equally important. Personally, I think I would enjoy a role in post-market management more than product development. I like making sure that products behave the way they are intended to…   Read more»

]]> e13fee60962852402d4e469d5038a573 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26439/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:58:47 -0500 If I was a PM and had underperforming team members, I would first try to figure out why they were missing deadlines or turning in low quality work. If there was a significant personal issue in their lives such as…   Read more»

]]> 9be16a95b58533231c92686e293ae202 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26438/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:38:58 -0500 Setting deadlines and sticking to deadlines are very important in project management. A PM should be able to accurately assess how long different phases of the project would take and plan accordingly. They should also plan their deadlines with room…   Read more»

]]> 80eca20050a514a76a0dac2295c8e78f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26367/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 02:12:52 -0500 It is very important to meet project deadlines, even those that are more lenient. I would say that the best way to go about sticking to deadlines is to treat all as hard deadlines. That way, you focus on submitting…   Read more»

]]> 55edd65db5a87a3f0c1ad89e5806f1c0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26366/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 02:07:37 -0500 While I understand that the question asks to choose between a large or small team, my answer would be to work in a medium sized team. However, if I had to choose, I would prefer a smaller team to work…   Read more»

]]> 04becb461158e390e778c8681c986a3e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/26365/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 01:59:36 -0500 If my team was falling behind due to a team conflict, I would try to resolve it as soon as possible with the individuals without having it affect the rest of the team. If it is a conflict between two…   Read more»

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