Efficacy of human resource development program for young industry personnel who will be involved in future medical device development.

Background: Training next-generation personnel from small/medium enterprises (SMEs) is an urgent issue in promoting medical device research and development (R&D). Since 2014 we have engaged in governmentally funded human resource development program for medical/non-medical SMEs, and have assessed its effectiveness by analyzing self-evaluation of achievement level (SEAL) data obtained before and after the training course.

Methods: Human resource development experts interviewed 34 key opinion leaders with deep knowledge of medical device R&D from industry, government, and academia.