With the realities of social distancing likely impacting society for months, if not years, those of us who do physical product evaluation with users have spent the last few weeks reconfiguring our study designs to keep moving forward with a user-centered product development process. At Priority Designs, we’ve spent the last few weeks getting innovative and being realistic about how we move forward with design research in a socially distanced world. We’d like to share our experiences with remote research over the last few weeks, along with a perspective of 20 years of experience in design research. In this presentation, our intent is to help you understand when remote research supports good decision making, what to consider regarding your unique project, and when it might be best to wait for in-person research. This session took place live at the Greenlight Guru True Quality Virtual Summit, a three-day event for medical device professionals to learn to get their devices to market faster, stay ahead of regulatory changes, and use quality as their multiplier to grow their device business.