CTP 025: Role of Field Clinical Engineer (FCE) in Medical Devices with Ravi Shankar

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ravi Shankar is the founder of FCE Source, a boutique CRO that serves as a strategic partner to medical device companies looking for field clinical engineering support.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">FCE, which stands for Field Clinical Engineer, is a specialized role that specifically serves medical device trials. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">FCE is a medical device expert who knows exactly how the medical product needs to be used in the medical setting. In many ways, an FCE is a right hand to the physician. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this interview, Ravi does a fantastic job of sharing with us the roles and responsibilities of the FCE, what to expect from an FCE, how to get hired as an FCE and the skills needed to become a great FCE, common mistakes and challenges faced by FCEs, and much more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please join me in welcoming Ravi to the Clinical Trial Podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FCE provides in-person product expertise in a medical device trial setting (medical device boots on the ground for a clinical trial)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Difference between Field Clinical Engineer (FCE) and Clinical Research Associate (CRA)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can/ should sales representatives serve as FCE on a clinical study?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">History of FCE role and how it all got started in Cardiac Rythm Management (CRM) and pacemaker space </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Education qualifications such as biomedical engineering needed to become an FCE</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FCE training involves observing in the operating room. You ma