[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49661-49662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16788]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and 
Dentistry; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine 
and Dentistry.
    Date and Time: September 29, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and 
September 30, 2005, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
    Place: The Holiday Inn Select, 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20814.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The Advisory Committee provides advice and 
recommendations on a broad range of issues dealing with programs and 
activities authorized under section 747 of the Public Health Service 
Act as amended by The Health Professions Education Partnership Act 
of 1998, Public Law 105-392. At this meeting the Advisory Committee 
will begin work on its sixth report which will be submitted to 
Congress and to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services in November 2006. The report will focus on the role of 
Title VII, section 747 grant programs in preparing primary care 
practitioners to care for underserved high-risk groups and 
vulnerable populations.
    Agenda: The meeting on Thursday, September 29, will begin with 
opening comments from the Chair of the Advisory Committee who will 
welcome new members. Introductory remarks will be given by the

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Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, and remarks have been invited from the Bureau of 
Health Professions and the Agency. A plenary session will follow in 
which speakers will address the Advisory Committee on the topic of 
health-outcomes disparities in at-risk populations and the interface 
of Title VII, section 747 training programs with community groups to 
enhance care for vulnerable populations. In plenary session and in 
small workgroups, the Advisory Committee will make plans for the 
report. There also will be annual elections for a new chair and two 
vice chairs. An opportunity will be provided for public comment.
    On Friday, September 30, the Advisory Committee will open its 
meeting with an address on the topic of a theoretical framework for 
understanding vulnerability as it relates to individual patients and 
patient populations. The Advisory Committee will continue work on 
the sixth report and select members to serve on a Writing Group 
whose members will guide the report preparation process. An 
opportunity will be provided for public comment.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone interested in obtaining 
a roster of members or other relevant information should write or 
contact Jerilyn K. Glass, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Medicine and 
Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 9A-27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-6785. The Web 
address for information on the Advisory Committee is http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/medicine-dentistry/actpcmd.

    Dated: August 17, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-16788 Filed 8-23-05; 8:45 am]
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