About
The State of the Art section is not a new requirement under the EU MDR 2017/745. However, the provisions for this section have been enforced, and it has become the fundament of the Clinical Evaluation Report. The State of the Art section needs to identify benchmark devices besides information about the medical background, clinical conditions, and alternative therapies related to a medical device. Data about these benchmark devices are relevant to define safety and performance parameters and acceptance criteria. These criteria compare the subject medical device to the current State of the Art.
This requires a thoroughly structured systematic literature search and a deep understanding of the medical conditions related to the subject device.
Understanding the relevant parts of a State of the Art section and knowing where to start can be challenging.
Also, as a medical device professional, you may face devices with little background information for which the literature search can become challenging.
This workshop will give you profound insights into the State of the art's regulatory requirements, best practice recommendations on how to structure your search, and how to identify your benchmark devices and parameters.
- Brief introduction: Regulatory framework; content and structure
- Benchmark devices and benchmark parameters for safety and performance
- Tricky case studies and how to deal with them: novel devices; devices with no published data; artificial-intelligence-based devices; software medical devices; and so on…
- Systematic literature searches for the State of the Art
- How to compare the State of the Art information to the subject device
- Review cycles and updates
- Can Language Automation Models (artificial intelligence [AI]) help us draft the State of the Art?
This course is intended for medical device professionals who already have some experience of the MDR requirements for writing Clinical Evaluation Reports, including State of the Art Sections, and are looking for advanced training to better understand their strategic relevance.
Participant experience
We will assume that participants have a good knowledge of the directives and regulations governing medical devices, such as the MDR.
The lecturer will deliver short presentations on the program topics. Questions and subsequent discussions are welcome at any time during the workshop.
A series of polling questions will illustrate participants’ ideas and perceptions on the topics presented.
In breakout rooms, small groups of participants will have the chance to work on exercises related to the State of the Art section.
Lecturers
Diana Ribeiro
Diana started her career as a pharmacy technician, then completed her training as a pharmacist in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon. She also obtained a post-graduate degree in Phytotherapy and a professional certification as a Clinical Research Associate.
After working in healthcare for more than 15 years, Diana became a freelance medical writer in 2019, working on both medical communications and regulatory documents.
Online Training – 2 modules:
MODULE 1 | 29 October 2024 from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm CET
MODULE 2 | 30 October 2024 from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm CET
Some days before the online training you will receive all details about the connection.
The course will proceed with a minimum number of participants. Should this number not be reached the registered participants will be notified one week prior to the commencement of the course.
Early Bird: € 510,00* until 10/09/2024
Ordinary: € 645,00*
Freelance – Individual – Academy – Public Administration**: € 380,00*
*for Italian companies: +22% VAT
**Early Bird discount not applicable to Freelance – Individual – Academy – Public Administration fee
The fee includes: tuition, organizational office assistance, teaching materials and attendance certificate that will be sent after the training via e-mail.
Register
Barbara Rossi
Training & Quality Manager
At the end of the training, you will be able to
Online interactive training on Zoom platform.
LS Academy will provide the access link to the virtual platform a few days before the training.