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Bad Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) — Bad Training: Garbage In, Garbage Out — 3-Hour Course

Fix bad SOPs at the source — a 3-hour course covering SOP writing parameters, training development, curriculum design, LMS considerations, and ongoing knowledge retention assessment.

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Michael Esposito

Instructor

Michael Esposito

GMP Training & Document Management Specialist

What You'll Learn

How to define the parameters of an effective SOP and prevent "garbage in"
What identifies a bad procedure and how it negatively impacts training outcomes
How the training department must be in the loop at the start of SOP development
Translating SOPs into effective curriculum development and training execution
Considerations for LMS and different training modalities (reading, classroom, CBT)
How to perform ongoing knowledge retention assessments for continuous improvement

About This Event

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are necessary to demonstrate compliance with regulations and serve as a documented roadmap ensuring consistency. If you want to improve SOP writing and training materials that create more effective training and help reduce errors, this 3-hour course is for you. Topics include how to define the parameters of an effective SOP, what interactions are necessary with the SOP process owner to improve writing, how to translate the SOP into effective curriculum development, and how to perform an ongoing assessment of knowledge retention for continuous improvement. Code: FDB3584

Curriculum

Regulatory Requirements for SOPs and Defining Effective Parameters
25 min
What Makes a Bad Procedure — Identifying and Fixing the Issues
25 min
Interactions with Process Owners to Improve SOP Writing
20 min

Requirements

  • SOP owners, writers, reviewers, and training managers in GMP environments
  • Applicable to QA, Production, Compliance, Engineering, R&D, and IT departments

Meet Your Instructor

Michael Esposito

Michael Esposito

GMP Training & Document Management Specialist

Michael Esposito has 30 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry and 13 years experience in GMP training and document management. He has worked for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division in areas including Packaging, Quality Assurance, Government Contracts, translations, systems training, and international operations. He collaborated in the development and implementation of the training portion of the Consent Decree workplan for McNeil and revised their introductory GMP course. He is a member of the training organization GMP TEA and is fully fluent in Spanish.

30 Years Pharmaceutical IndustryPfizer & J&J AlumniGMP TEA MemberConsent Decree Expert
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