CEU Credits: 0.1
						
					
							Course Code: ELM-501
						
					
							Duration: 30 mins
						
					
							Skill Level: Basic
						
					
							Language: English
						
					
							Final Exam: Yes
						
					
							Certification: Yes
						
					
							Version: V1.1
						
					
							Effective Date: 09/08/2021
						
					Curriculum for this course
Overview
Learning objectives
Who should take this course?
Course modules
Overview
What are Good Documentation Practices (GDocP)?
Examples
Entire document life cycle
Create a SOP
Benefits of GDocP
Overview
Document Types
Fundamentals of Good Documentation Practices - Part 1
Fundamentals of Good Documentation Practices - Part 2
Signatures
Document control
Minimum number of approvers
Never back date!
Specimen file
Electronic systems
Date and time format
Good practice
Be consistent
Format
Languages - Correct grammar
Use indelible ink
Do not
Blue of black
Scrap paper and post-its
Transcribing
Late Entries
Blank fields
Annotations
Additional pages
Instrument print-outs
Ditto
Final Assessment
v1.1 Minor update on 09/30/2025 Course template enhanced to provide more specific quiz completion data and a Version History document. Replaced broken resource link and fixed (Work Instructions) typo on Document Types slide.
v1.0 Course released in 2021