The University of Costa Rica School of Dentistry will continue to develop its Multimedia Teaching System. The PFA Section of Costa Rica will again provide a continuing education program at which the Loader-Espinach Prize will be presented. The Pierre Fauchard Academy will sponsor a Leadership Conference, enhance its publications, and maintain a web site for the membership. The PFA Foundation awarded grants to five requesting PFA Sections last year because the philosophy of the Foundation Board is that the backbone of the Academy is active service participation by its individual members. This creates enthusiasm as the grant results are achieved in the service field.
Membership tends to increase when project results are seen.
This is the same impact that service clubs, like Rotary and the Lions, achieve in their projects. The PFA is a dental service organization as well as an honor society. Thus, grant applications from our Sections have a high priority in the granting process. This autumn's Meeting in Chicago provided a new group of dedicated organizations that requested funding to service our profession in helping the public we serve. As soon as that list is finalized we will publish that as well.