Medical Device Risk Management

A course presented over 2 half-days by Bijan Elahi

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Medical Devices Risk Management (MDRM) is a progressively more prominent topic in the medical device industry. Expectations by Regulatory bodies of medical device companies in producing quality, logical and defensible risk management files is rising. Manufacturers must convincingly demonstrate that the benefits of their medical devices outweigh the risks.

This course provides the fundamental knowledge for a systematic approach to analyzing, estimating, evaluating, and controlling safety risks related to medical devices. The methodology is explainable, logical, and integrated, utilizing formal risk management techniques to predict and prevent serious harm to patients and financial losses to businesses.

The course is presented online in 2 half-days, covering the critical topics that are necessary for risk management per ISO 14971. There are lectures on theory, and quizzes to deepen the learning.

Key Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, participants are expected to have developed a sound, usable knowledge of medical devices risk management in compliance with ISO 14971.

Training Methods and Materials

Participants are provided with a copy of the presentation materials and resources.

The companion textbook, ā€œSafety Risk Management for Medical Devicesā€ authored by the course facilitator is recommended for course participants. The book provides a substantial amount of additional materials, details, and step-by-step instructions on how to perform many of the presented risk management techniques. The book may be purchased from all major booksellers, e.g., Amazon, or directly from the
publisher.

Please note: it is the course participant’s responsibility to purchase the book prior to course participation.

ā€œThe text, Safety Risk Management for Medical Devices, is an excellent companion for the medical device developers and entrepreneurs. As part of our lean start-up strategy we wanted to complete as much of the development in-house as possible. Elahiā€™s methods and resources enabled first-timers, such as ourselves, to implement a robust evidence-based risk management approach that supported the successful CE mark of our device.ā€
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– Devakar Epari, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering (QUT), Co-inventor and developer of the Biphasic Plate
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Who Should Attend this Course?

  • Practitioners of medical device risk management ā€“ risk managers, systems engineers, design engineers, manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, usability engineers
  • Evaluators of medical device risk management ā€“ quality assurance, management, regulatory staff
  • People with a need for general understanding of medical device risk management ā€“ clinical, marketing, packaging, toxicology, management

Participants will not need prior knowledge or experience with medical device risk management, but experience in medical device development would be advantageous.

Course Availability

The course delivery dates will be coordinated to best suit your needs.

The Value Proposition for World Class Medical Device Risk Management

Proper risk management is a value-adding activity to medical device product development. Efficient, intelligent, and effective risk management ensures smooth product approvals, reduces field corrective actions, and achieves significant cost savings to the business.

Course Syllabus

1. Introduction to Medical Device Risk Management

  • Why do we need to do medical device risk management?
  • The benefits of medical device risk management
  • History and origins of risk management
  • Safety constraints
  • Language of risk management
  • Hazard theory
  • Hazard Taxonomy

2. Medical Device Risk Management Standards

  • ISO 14971 ā€“ the central standard in medical device risk management
  • Risk management system
  • Risk management process
  • Requirements of ISO 14971

3. Medical Device Risk Management as a Value-Added Activity

  • How to use risk management to add value to product development

4. Medical Device Risk Management Activities and Artifacts

  • Risk management plan
  • Risk management report
  • Risk management file
  • Risk analysis, evaluation, control and monitoring

5. Foundations for Medical Device Risk Management

  • Clinical Hazards List (CHL)
  • Harms Assessment List (HAL)

6. Medical Device Risk Management Tools and Techniques

  • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA)
    • Introduction
    • Distinction between risk management and FMEA
    • Relationship between FMEA and FTA
  • Usability Engineering and risk management
  • Use/Misuse FMEA (UMFMEA)

7. Software Risk Management

  • Introduction
  • Contribution of software to system hazards
  • Software risks
  • Examples of SW faults

8. Cybersecurity and safety risk management

  • Introduction to cybersecurity management
  • Connection between cybersecurity and safety risk management

9. Medical Device Risk Assessment

  • Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA)
  • Risk Assessment and Control Table (RACT)
  • Risk integration (FMEA, FTA, CHL, HAL, Risk Controls, Risk estimation & evaluation)
  • Risk controls, distinction and proper crafting
    • Safe by design/manufacture
    • Protective Measures
    • Information for safety
  • Traceability analysis

10. Benefit-Risk Analysis (BRA)

11. Risk Management Review

  • Requirements for risk management review
  • Outcomes from risk management review

12. Post-market Medical Device Risk Management

  • Basis and intention for post-market risk management
  • Surveillance
  • Data monitoring
  • Complaint handling
  • Connection between post-market and premarket risk management

13. In Closing

  • Common mistakes in medical device risk management
  • Tips and wisdom for success

Best Practices in Risk Management

PPI Course Presenter and Principal Consultant Bijan Elahi, an expert on a world scale in medical device risk management, shares his wisdom in medical device risk management in this interview.

Bijan Elahi is also the author and presenter of PPIā€™s Medical Device Risk Management training course.Ā 

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Featured Course Reviews

Netherlands Flag

Risk Management for Safety-Critical Systems is an excellent practical course on risk management with a focus on medical technology. In addition to learning the fundamentals of risk management, in this course I learned a complete methodology for managing risk during the full product life cycle.

Participant, Netherlands

Philips

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I am a candidate for the professional doctorate degree in Health Systems Design (PDEng) and took Bijan Elahiā€™s course on Risk Management for Medical Devices. During this very comprehensive course, Bijan not only gave us extensive insights to the Risk Management process (ISO14971), but also shared a great deal of useful and practical experiences in the industry.

Participant, Netherlands

Philips

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This thorough and complete training unlocked many answers to questions I had when I was doing product development in the medical device industry. For example, why perform risk management? How exactly should we perform risk management? What happens in real-life situations? What does FDA do during audits, for example?, etc. I really enjoyed Bijanā€™s lectures and presentation, especially the interactive quizzes in class. They helped me reflect and absorb what I was learning.

Participant, Netherlands

Philips

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Bijanā€™s expertise in the subject matter is unsurpassed and he explained everything in an easy-to-understand manner. He was very patient, inspiring, organized, passionate and open to suggestions. I really enjoyed this course and gained much professional knowledge. This is the most useful course I have taken in the PDEng.

Participant, Netherlands

Philips

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Having vast industrial experience, Bijan also was able to use real life examples to easily relate the importance of risk management to product development and the doā€™s and donā€™ts. This course has given me the knowledge and expertise to practise risk management of medical devices in my own projects. This is one of the best and most relevant industrial courses that I have ever taken.

Participant, Netherlands

Philips

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Thank you for the two days of FMEA and Risk training! The course material was excellent, the class style was engaging, and you are an insightful and great teacher. Our team, business, and devices will all benefit from this valuable experience.

Participant, USA

Medtronic

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