| Goals |
Strategies
for Implementation |
Implement |
Resources
Necessary for Implementation |
| Meet educational and professional
development needs of members. |
Study, define, and make recommendations
to Council including the areas of peripheral developments
in other fields with potential benefit/relevance to
advancing biomaterials technology, industrial needs
and challenges, integration of basic/fundamental research,
and technology development regulatory standards. Recommend
new curriculum ideas to Meetings. |
Annually
Report to Fall Council
|
Committee members
Input from Members-at-Large and suggestions from
community and membership
|
| Meet the educational needs
of public and legislators. |
Study, define, and make recommendations
to Council. Correspond with Devices and Materials Committee
on accurate presentation of industrial concerns such
as materials availability, international tariffs, and
restrictive national or regional standards. |
Annually
Report to Spring Council
|
Input from Special Interest
Groups relative to issues of concern within each topical
area.
Internet for legislative study
Information from Federal Yellow Book and Congressional
Yellow Book at Society For Biomaterials office.
|
| Define professional and ethical
standards of biomaterials. |
Study, define, and make recommendations
relative to development and adherence to professional
and ethical standards in the areas of laboratory research,
clinical research, animal research, education and training,
and dissemination of results. |
Annually
Report to Spring Council
|
Community, membership and Member-at-Large
polls. |