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Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector Recommendation 3 3 Increase involvement of the industry in the development of curriculum and training packages, which should be reviewed every 2 years Recommended Actions Industry associations to appoint industry experts to work with educational and TVET institutions as well as accreditation agencies to review, upgrade or design the curriculum and training packages for the industry. NOSS shall be used as a basis for this purpose. Initiative 3.1 Initiative 3.2 A Medical Devices Working Committee should be formed, where the committee members should meet on a regular basis (recommended every 6 months) to discuss about the changing trends within the industry and their impact on workforce training. The working committee should have a secretariat to ensure that the key datelines are met and pending issues are followed up immediately with the respective stakeholders. To encourage IHLs to revised their existing curriculums based on the latest industry needs. Especially for the start, MIDA may help to liaise with MQA and EAC to shorten / simplify the re-accreditation process for the revised programs. Stakeholder E.O.I. IMPACT AMMI, MARGMA, industry, IHLs, JPK, MQA M H MIDA, MQA, EAC M H Note: E.O.I = Ease of Implementation; L = Low; M = Medium; H = High 40