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CDRH Patient Education Program Course Video: Patients as Advisors in Medical Device Clinical Studies

The FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has developed a series of courses about medical devices and the important role of patient advisors throughout the medical device life cycle. The courses are intended for patients, caregivers, patient organizations, industry, and health care stakeholders who are interested in learning how to more effectively engage with the FDA and Medical Device Developers.

Patients as Advisors in Medical Device Clinical Studies

This course consists of a video and accompanying resources. 

We recommend completing this course all at once. If you exit the course before finishing, you will lose your progress and will need to restart from the beginning.

Upon completing the course, please take a screenshot of your certificate for documentation purposes.

You will need to download all accompanying FDA resources for this course by clicking on the links located directly below the video. 

Course Resources

  • Glossary - Please click on this link to the glossary of terms used in this course.
  • Knowledge checks - Please click on this link to some questions to test your knowledge. The questions help you remember key points. The answers to the questions can be found on the last page of the knowledge check. The knowledge check is not scored.
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