A moderator’s script is central to human factors validation. It operationalizes the protocol, ensures consistent execution, data collection, and FDA compliance. This webcast shares a proven approach refined through FDA reviews.
Creating the moderator’s script, or guide, for a human factor’s validation study is perhaps the most critical aspect of the study’s development. The validation protocol defines the study objectives, scope, and measures, while the validation script ensures the study is conducted consistently, data is collected properly, and FDA requirements are met. Your study and its outcome are directly tied to the validation script. There are certain elements that are required/desired by the FDA as well as elements we have perfected that help optimize the script and aid the moderator.
A well-designed moderator’s script will provide a usable structure for the session, support a good session flow, and allow the moderator to know when to debrief a use error, close call or difficulty, among other benefits. In this webcast, we apply more than 30 years of experience in developing moderator’s scripts for validation studies, with the feedback of hundreds of FDA reviews, to provide attendees with a tried-and-true method and format for your moderator’s guide.
The ideal audience are those who create human factors validation protocols, review them or approve them prior to execution or submission to the FDA, and those that want to learn more about these protocols.
Intermediate: Content is designed based upon the assumption that individuals have basic knowledge of the topic(s) and/or demonstrated competence related to the topic(s). Higher-level concepts are introduced during lectures; exercises requiring synthesis and/or application of concepts are incorporated into the activity.
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Director, Interface Analysis Associates, LLC
Anthony Andre, PhD, CPE, is a world-recognized thought leader in healthcare human factors. He is director of Interface Analysis Associates LLC, a leading healthcare human factors consultancy in business since 1993. He is a recently retired professor of human factors/ergonomics at San Jose State University, the founding chair of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and the founding editor-in-chief of the journal “Human Factors in Healthcare.” Andre and his staff have been at the forefront of the combination drug product and medical device Human Factors movement, having managed and executed hundreds of HF validation programs for pharma, biotech, and medical device sponsors all over the world. Andre has provided human factors training to the FDA reviewers, and for 10 years moderated an annual FDA-Industry human factors workshop.
Senior Human Factors Engineer, Interface Analysis Associates, LLC
Margarita (Maggie) Cajina earned her Master of Science degree in engineering with a focus on human factors and ergonomics from San Jose State University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology (with a Certificate in Human Factors) and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Utah, graduating in 2008. Before joining IAA, Maggie interned at NASA Ames Research Center, where she completed her thesis on the effects of automation levels and failure frequency on simulated lunar lander performance. This work was featured in the 2014 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings. In addition to her technical expertise, Maggie has experience in sales and marketing and is fluent in Spanish