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Your Insight Needed—SOT Professional Needs Assessment Survey
All Full, Associate, and Postdoctoral members of SOT will receive a mid-October e-mail requesting your insight into the future professional needs of toxicologists. Consistent with the Society’s strategic priority of “Building for the Future of Toxicology,” the Professional Needs Assessment Survey was developed to help define key areas where the Society can assist members in addressing the long-term needs of the profession.
In a time when the average employee has 10–14 different jobs by the age of 38, what experiences can SOT provide that will help you be at the top of your field? In addition, the survey asks employers what skills will be needed by toxicologists in the future.
Questions are related to the understanding and application of skills, new technologies, and knowledge bases relative to changing market conditions. The results of the survey will help guide SOT leadership in planning future activities.
The development of this survey was spearheaded by the Professional Needs Assessment Task Force (PNATF), which was charged by SOT Council to evaluate the long-term needs of toxicologists. The 2009–2010 members of PNATF are Daniel Acosta (Chair), Kerry Blanchard, Patricia Ganey (SOT Council Contact), Mary Beth Genter, Kevin Kerzee, Jim Lamb, and Jim Popp. The PNATF sought and received input from SOT Standing Committees aligned with the objectives of this strategic priority, including Career Resource and Development, Continuing Education, Education, Membership, and Research Funding. The new SOT Data Task Force worked with the PNATF on the survey design to continue SOT’s practice of gathering information to facilitate knowledge-based decision making.
The survey will be launched October 15 and will close on Friday, October 30 at 5:00 PM. The survey responses will be anonymous and results will be used only in the aggregate. The results of the survey will be evaluated by the PNATF and provided to the Council to facilitate their strategic planning. SOT Members will receive a report on the survey in Spring 2010.
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