Introduction to Regulations
Welcome to the Introduction to Regulations curriculum page. You will find each class listed below with the Learning Objectives, Instructor and link to the Course Content: video, slides, note-taking worksheets. You will find that we teach the “how” and “why” of what we do in our industry. As you listen to the classes, we invite you to always take a step back and reflect on how the information connects to the total product lifecycle. We often do that with and for you during the class, but your active reflection will enable you to implement your learnings. We hope you enjoy this program!
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Program: 16 Classes. ~ 7.4 Hours. [.74 CEU]
Instructor: Shannon Hoste
Learning Objectives:
1. Demonstrate why we have regulations
2. Understand the challenges in developing regulations that will effectively protect lives
Instructor: Shannon Hoste
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the challenges in developing regulations that will effectively protect lives
2. Consider how a Regulatory Authority can structure to define, monitor and enforce regulations.
Instructor: Shannon Hoste
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the mission of a Regulatory Authority
2. Recognize the potential complexities of
regulatory pathways
3. Gain familiarity with the U.S. FDA authority
Instructor: Shannon Hoste
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the global landscape of regulations, through a few examples
2. Understand the importance of good quality practices
Instructor: Shannon Hoste
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand how global agencies are working together
2. Understand how harmonization is beneficial to industry
3. Understand where our industry and patients are still vulnerable
Instructor: Marla Phillips, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives:
1. Provide a viewpoint of how a systems approach drives successful outcomes
2. Understand how systems enable consistency
3. Recognize the criticality of Management Total Ownership
Instructor: Marla Phillips, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand how systems support successful product development
2. Recognize the distinction between product development and realization
3. Understand how to group processes into systems to increase success
Instructor: Marla Phillips, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives:
1. Scenario 1: Follow the development of a product through the Total Product Life Cycle of Systems
2. Scenario 2: Understand how systems work when a Contamination Control Failure occurs
Instructor: Marla Phillips, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives:
1. Striving for "compliance" is not sufficient to ensure good product quality.
2. Striving for good quality requires strong leadership and culture.
Instructor: Marla Phillips, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize that change can have an impact on the safety and effectiveness of the product.
2. Understand that the risk the change might have on patients dictates the requirements needed for change approval
3. Explore the differences between pharma and device changes
Instructor: Marla Phillips, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand how FDA determines who to inspect
2. Exposure to how FDA organizes their inspections through a systems approach
Instructor: Shannon Hoste
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn to think like an FDA investigator and see a facility the way an investigator does.
2. Learn to write investigational findings
Instructor: Marla Phillips, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the enforcement tools regulators have at their disposal to protect population health.
2. Understand how global regulatory agencies work together to impose enforcement actions that impact worldwide market access.
Instructor: Shannon Hoste
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the similarities and differences of legal authority for mandating recalls across the FDA and global agencies.
2. Exposure to the recall process and risk factors
Instructor: Marla Phillips
Learning Objectives:
1. Standard Operating Procedures provide clear, consistent instructions for how all employees must perform specific functions so there is a consistent outcome.
2. Standard Operating Procedures are difficult to write such that they are interpreted consistently by every employee.
3. The failure to write clear and concise procedures leads to an increased opportunity for failure and risk.
Instructor: Marla Phillips
Learning Objectives:
1. Writing great procedures is important, but effective training will increase the likelihood of success for your employees, your company and the patients you serve.
2. The level of training should be commensurate with the need.