Overview:
This webinar will begin by discussing and emphasizing the importance of truthfulness to the process - truthfulness in performing the job on a daily basis, truthfulness in completing the regulatory documentation that is so much a part of our regulatory lives, and finally in the context of this webinar, truthfulness when interacting with FDA inspectors.
A key component of this webinar is the discussion of the tricks and
techniques that inspectors use to elicit information. How you react and
respond when they occur could impact your results.
Other key communications skills will be presented in the context of the
inspection and interpersonal exchanges between inspectors and company
associates being questioned.
We will complete the webinar by discussing how to handle, in the moment,
adverse findings as they are identified by the inspector so as to not
compound the issues and severity of the findings.
Why you should Attend:
If you are in any regulated business - pharmaceuticals, medical devices,
you will experience an inspection by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). According to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act,
"Registered domestic drug establishments shall be inspected by the FDA
at least once every two years." Depending upon the inspection type and
the circumstance, inspections may occur more frequently.
The outcome of those inspections can have a grave significant impact
upon your business even if you and your colleagues have done everything
"right." How you and others behave and interact with FDA inspectors can
have an impact on the results reported. Interacting with inspectors is
not an natural behavior, effective techniques must be learned and
mastered if those inspections are to have positive outcomes.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Importance of truthfulness
- Importance of knowledgeability and confidence
- FDA Tricks to elicit information
- Arguing and challenging
- Behavior during the inspection
- Importance and role of documentation
- Effective communication skills
- Being deceptive
- Opinion versus fact
- Phrases never to say
- Handling adverse findings during the inspection
Who Will Benefit:
- Vice Presidents
- Directors
- Associate Directors
- Managers
- Supervisors in ALL functions will benefit from this organization
- This is an all-inclusive webinar benefiting all individuals within
the organization but particularly those in positions of management and
supervision