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

"Declarations DisclosuresAll the authors (Yumi Tsugita, Yuki Ushimaru, Takamitsu Kato, Motoki Sasaki, Taishi Hata, Makoto Hosaka, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki and Kiyokazu Nakajima) declare that we received no compensation for this research and certify that there are no conflicts of interest. However, it should be noted that some authors are affiliated with the institution that provides the course and have had roles in teaching or development of the course. We assure that this did not influence our study’s findings. Disclosures All the authors (Yumi Tsugita, Yuki Ushimaru, Takamitsu Kato, Motoki Sasaki, Taishi Hata, Makoto Hosaka, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki and Kiyokazu Nakajima) declare that we received no compensation for this research and certify that there are no conflicts of interest. However, it should be noted that some authors are affiliated with the institution that provides the course and have had roles in teaching or development of the course. We assure that this did not influence our study’s findings."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Osaka University. This work was partially supported by MHLW Research on Development of New Medical Devices Program Grant Number JPJ002986, 2014. This research is also supported by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) under the Project to Build Foundations to Support and Incentivize Development of Medical Devices Made in Japan (JP15hk202001j0002), 2015–2018 and Support Program on Collaborative Innovation Networks for Medical Device (JP19hk0402013j0001), 2019–2023."