RLTS Updates

Numerous activities are underway for implementation of the Regulatory and Laboratory Training System (RLTS), including:

• Steering Committee and Standards review committees are finalizing seven RLTS quality standards.

• The Steering Committee is reviewing a draft business model for the National Coordination Center (NCC).

• Plans are underway for a face-to-face Steering Committee meeting in Bethesda, MD on December 10th and 11th.

• APHL and AFDO have begun quality standards reviews for FDA training materials.

• An RLTS video has been created by IFPTI and is under FDA review.

• A video on the National Curriculum Standard (NCS) to support the RLTS has been created and is now available here.

• A committee has been formed to address the creation of a National Learning Management System.

• IFPTI is working on a process to identify competencies for learning resources that map to the National Curriculum Standards (NCS).

• FDA has begun work to propose amendments to the Regulatory Program Standards.