President's Blog - APRIL 2018

Dear SBSM Members,

The last month has been very active for our society.  With the help of the executive committee and the Board of Directors, we have made significant progress in meeting our goal of offering the BSM certification exam this this summer. We have formed an implementation work group, led by Dr. Mike Schmitz, to oversee the process and we are planning to hold a BSM exam information session as part of the SBSM conference and reception in Baltimore. Please see the BSM Certification Update by Mike Schmitz for more details and updates.

I also want to provide an update on the BSM concept map project, which I discussed in the November Newsletter. As a reminder, the concept map is a “meta-level” depiction of the activities, services, and products which fall under BSM. Based on input from the Board and Committees, we have a draft of the BSM concept map that will soon be posted on the SBSM website. We would like all members to review and provide input so that the concept map will truly reflect the current state of BSM. We will make an announcement when this is ready, so please check it out!

With warm regards,
Jason Ong, Ph.D.
SBSM President

Jason Ong, Ph.D.
SBSM President