Method
Live-Online
Term
SPRING
Units
2.0 QUARTER UNITS
Cost
$795

Skills you will gain

  • Understand Design Control Essentials: Master the nine elements of design control to ensure product safety and compliance.
  • Navigate Regulatory Requirements: Learn the significance of ISO 13485 and design control in medical device development.
  • Implement Design History Files: Create and manage design records to track product lifecycle and quality.
  • Master Verification & Validation: Apply design verification and validation processes for product testing and compliance.
  • Streamline Product Development: Use design control to enhance product testability, customer satisfaction, and time to market.

Course Description


The successful development of medical devices requires that the design be controlled to ensure product safety and that the device can fulfill its intended use. This course provides a practical understanding of the engineering value of design control throughout the product lifecycle as it pertains to product quality. You'll learn to use the nine elements of design control to make design objectives clearer, products more testable, and to better satisfy customer requirements, thereby shortening the path to product and business success. The course highlights the practical implementation of the design history file, reviews and records, transfer planning, requirements engineering and project planning. You will also learn topics related to design verification and validation testing, such as process validation, biocompatibility, shelf-life, sterilization and packaging validation.

Topics

  • Design control, the quality system and ISO 13485: A brief introduction
  • Design and development planning
  • Design input, design output
  • Design review and peer review
  • Design change control
  • Design transfer to manufacturing
  • Design verification
  • Design validation and use of statistics
  • Design history file (DHF)

Additional Information

Students are expected to read the FDA Guidance on Design Control prior to the first class session.

Professional Credit

Approved for 15 RAC recertification credits

  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Sat, 05-02-2026 10:00am 2:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 05-09-2026 10:00am 2:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 05-16-2026 10:00am 2:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 05-30-2026 10:00am 2:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 06-06-2026 10:00am 2:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 06-13-2026 10:00am 2:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 06-20-2026 10:00am 2:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 06-27-2026 10:00am 2:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
 

This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

No meeting on May 23, 2026. Two additional “no meetings” TBA. To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Students are expected to read the FDA Guidance on Design Control prior to the first class session.

This course applies to these programs:

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