- Home
- Best Practice for Writing Effective SOPs
Best Practice for Writing Effective SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) Training Course
An essential course for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and including best practice SOP writing using process mapping.
Details
Course overview
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) play a crucial compliance role with regulations. It is therefore essential that they are well written and easy to use. If SOPs are not followed correctly, the validity of data generated is compromised, leading to inspection findings and non-compliance issues which could lead to delays in bringing a drug/device to market.
This interactive SOP course has been specifically designed to help you develop the skills to write and produce the content of SOPs using a best practice process including process mapping, review and implement SOPs and ensure you comply in a regulated environment.
You will come away with the confidence to use a best practice process to write, update and implement effective SOPs.
Benefits of attending:
- Master the art of writing user-friendly SOPs
- Learn how to prepare the content of SOPs including process mapping
- Discover how to implement and manage SOPs effectively
- Carry out effective SOP training
- Ensure your SOPs incorporate appropriate regulatory requirements
Who should attend?
- All those in pharma, biotech, generics, devices and animal health industries who are involved in preparing, reviewing and/or managing SOPs
- Ideal as an introduction and also helpful to those wanting to ensure they are aware of best practice
- Particularly relevant for those in GxP areas including clinical research, pharmacovigilance, QA, regulatory affairs and GMP
Programme
Fundamentals of effective SOPs
- When are SOPs needed and why?
- The difference between SOPs, policy documents, work instructions and local guidance
- Determine the scope, roles and responsibilities associated with SOPs
- Identify the essential structure of SOPs
- Share best practice: what makes a good SOP?
- Identify who should write, review and authorise SOPs
- Current thinking in writing SOPs and an example of a good SOP
- Application of process mapping for writing SOPs
- Example of a best practice SOP
Write concise and user-friendly SOPs
- Translate the flow of operations into the document
- Write SOPs that are sufficiently detailed, but not restrictive and limiting
- Understand the target audience and account for end users’ needs
- Tips for how to write the content, format, style and presentation
- Defining SOP content using mind-mapping and process-mapping/flow-charting
SOP implementation and management
- Review and approval processes for SOPs
- Handling updates – when should SOPs be updated and how?
- Distribution, version control
- SOP training
- How to maximise end-user compliance
- Exercise: write an SOP using best practice methodology
Ensuring your SOPs meet regulatory requirements
- What needs to be included for compliance in GxP areas?
- Current regulatory trends
- Tips for what auditors and inspectors look for when they review SOPs
Presenter
Laura Brown (More...)
Dr Laura Brown is an independent pharmaceutical QA consultant and the Senior Lecturer for the MSc in Clinical Research at the School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University. Laura is a recognised expert in QA including auditing SOPs for regulatory compliance. She has more than 25 years’ international experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a number of senior roles and has worked for companies including GSK, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Farmitalia and Phoenix International. She has worked in several quality assurance roles which have included writing, reviewing and auditing SOPs and CAPA implementation and has helped companies prepare SOPs and review CAPA systems to meet regulatory requirements.
Book now
Book now
NEW higher discounts for booking multiple places - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:
- 30% off the 2nd delegate
- 40% off the 3rd delegate
- 50% off the 4th delegate
|
27 Jun 2022 Live webinar 09:30-17:00 UK (London) |
|||
|
27 Jun 2022 Live webinar 09:30-17:00 UK (London) |
GBP 599 499 EUR 859 719 USD 970 814 Until 23 May* |
Enrol now
to attend Live webinar |
|
|
19 Sep 2022 Face-to-face, Rembrandt Hotel London 09:00-17:00 UK (London) |
|||
|
19 Sep 2022 Face-to-face Rembrandt Hotel London 09:00-17:00 UK (London) |
GBP 699 599 EUR 979 839 USD 1,090 934 Until 15 Aug* |
Enrol now
to attend Face-to-face Rembrandt Hotel London |
|
|
12 Dec 2022 Live webinar 09:30-17:00 UK (London) |
|||
|
12 Dec 2022 Live webinar 09:30-17:00 UK (London) |
GBP 599 499 EUR 859 719 USD 970 814 Until 7 Nov* |
Enrol now
to attend Live webinar |
|
Learn more about our face-to-face and webinar training formats.
* Note the early booking discount cannot be combined with any other offers or promotional code. As such, discounts for the 2nd/3rd/4th attendees are based on the full price of the course. Please contact us for pricing if you wish to send more than 4 delegates.