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The FTC Act and other laws that the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. The Commission will 

consider all timely and responsive 

public comments that it receives on or 

before September 18, 2017. For 

information on the Commission’s 

privacy policy, including routine uses 

permitted by the Privacy Act, see 

https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/

privacy-policy. 

Comments on the information 

collection requirements subject to 

review under the PRA should 

additionally be submitted to OMB. If 

sent by U.S. mail, they should be 

addressed to Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Attention: 

Desk Officer for the Federal Trade 

Commission, New Executive Office 

Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. Comments sent to OMB by U.S. 

postal mail are subject to delays due to 

heightened security precautions. Thus, 

comments instead can also be sent via 

email to wliberante@omb.eop.gov. 

David C. Shonka, 

Acting General Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality to request that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

approve the proposed information 

collection project: ‘‘TeamSTEPPS 2.0 

Online Master Trainer Course.’’ 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 18, 2017, and allowed 

60 days for public comment. AHRQ did 

not receive any substantive comments. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by September 18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by 

email at OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk 

officer). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

Course 

This notice announces the intention 

of the Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer Course.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to 

comment on this proposed information 

collection. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ 

invites the public to comment on this 

proposed information collection. As 

part of its effort to fulfill its mission 

goals, AHRQ, in collaboration with the 

U.S. Department of Defense’s TRICARE 

Management Activity, developed 

TeamSTEPPS® (Team Strategies and 

Tools for Enhancing Performance and 

Patient Safety) to provide an evidencebased suite of tools and strategies for 

training teamwork-based patient safety 

to health care professionals. 

TeamSTEPPS includes multiple 

toolkits, which are all tied to, or are 

variants of, the core curriculum. 

TeamSTEPPS resources have been 

developed for primary care, rapid 

response systems, long-term care, and 

patients with limited English 

proficiency. 

The main objective of the 

TeamSTEPPS program is to improve 

patient safety by training health care 

staff in various teamwork, 

communication, and patient safety 

concepts, tools, and techniques and 

ultimately helping to build national 

capacity for supporting teamwork-based 

patient safety efforts in health care 

organizations. 

Created in 2007, AHRQ’s National 

Implementation Program trains Master 

Trainers who have stimulated the use 

and adoption of TeamSTEPPS in health 

care delivery systems. These individuals 

were trained during two-day, in-person 

classes using the TeamSTEPPS core 

curriculum at regional training centers 

across the U.S. AHRQ has also provided 

technical assistance and consultation on 

implementing TeamSTEPPS and has 

developed user networks, various 

educational venues, and other channels 

of learning for continued support and 

the improvement of teamwork in health 

care. Since the inception of the National 

Implementation Program, AHRQ has 

trained more than 6,000 participants to 

serve as TeamSTEPPS Master Trainers. 

The success of the National 

Implementation Program resulted in 

increased requests for in-person 

training, with wait lists for training at 

times exceeding 500 individuals. AHRQ 

has been unable to match the demand 

for TeamSTEPPS Master Training. 

To address this prevailing need, 

AHRQ developed TeamSTEPPS 2.0 

Online Master Trainer course, which 

mirrors the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 core 

curriculum and provides equivalent 

training to the in-person classes offered 

through the National Implementation 

Program. 

As part of this initiative, AHRQ seeks 

to continue to conduct an evaluation of 

the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer program. This evaluation seeks 

to understand the effectiveness of 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Training and what revisions might be 

required to improve the training 

program. 

This research has the following goals: 

(1) Conduct a formative assessment of 

the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer program to determine what 

improvements should be made to the 

training and how it is delivered, and 

(2) Identify how trained participants 

use and implement the TeamSTEPPS 

tools and resources. 

The TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer program is led by Reingold, Inc. 

This study is being conducted by 

Reingold’s subcontractor, IMPAQ 

International (IMPAQ). This study is 

being conducted pursuant to AHRQ’s 

statutory authority to conduct and 

support research on health care and on 

systems for the delivery of such care, 

including activities with respect to the 

quality, effectiveness, efficiency, 

appropriateness, and value of health 

care services and with respect to quality 

measurement and improvement, 42 

U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2). 

Method of Collection 

To achieve this project’s goals, AHRQ 

will train participants using the 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

program and then survey these 

participants 6 months post-training. 

Each activity is briefly described below. 

1. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master 

Trainer Course. This training program, 

which includes 13 accredited hours of 

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training, is based on the TeamSTEPPS 

2.0 instructional materials and will be 

delivered online to 3,000 participants. 

The training will cover the core 

TeamSTEPPS tools and strategies, 

coaching, organizational change, and 

implementation science. 

2. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online PostTraining Survey. This online instrument 

will be administered to all participants 

who complete the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 

Online Master Training. The survey will 

be administered 6 months after 

participants complete the training 

program. 

This data collection is for the purpose 

of conducting an evaluation of the 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

program which was last approved by 

OMB on November 14, 2014 (OMB 

Control Number is 0935–0224), and will 

expire November 30, 2017. The 

evaluation is primarily formative in 

nature as AHRQ seeks information to 

improve the delivery of the training. 

This is a new data collection for the 

purpose of conducting an evaluation of 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

program. The evaluation will be 

primarily formative in nature as AHRQ 

seeks information to improve the 

delivery of the training. 

The OMB Control Number for the 

MEPS–HC and MPC is 0935–0118, 

which was last approved by OMB on 

December 20, 2012, and will expire on 

December 31, 2015. 

To conduct the evaluation, the 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Post-Training 

Survey will be administered to all 

individuals who completed the 

TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer 

program, 6 months after completing 

training. The purpose of the survey is to 

assess the degree to which participants 

felt prepared by the training and what 

they did to implement TeamSTEPPS. 

Specifically, participants will be asked 

about their reasons for participating in 

the program; the degree to which they 

feel the training prepared them to train 

others in and use TeamSTEPPS; what 

tools they have implemented in their 

organizations; and resulting changes 

they have observed in the delivery of 

care. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden hours for the 

respondent’s time to participate in the 

study. The TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online 

Post-Training Survey will be completed 

by approximately 3,000 individuals. We 

estimate that each respondent will 

require 20 minutes to complete the 

survey. The total annualized burden is 

estimated to be 1,000 hours. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden based on the 

respondents’ time to participate in the 

study. The total cost burden is estimated 

to be $45,320. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Training participant questionnaire ................................................................... 3,000 1 20/60 1,000 

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,000 N/A N/A 1,000 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly wage 

rate * 

Total cost 

burden 

Training participant questionnaire ................................................................... 3,000 1,000 $45.32 $45,320

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,000 1,000 N/A $45,320 

* Based on the mean of the average wages for all health professionals (29–0000) and wages for medical and health services managers (11– 

9111) for the training participant questionnaire presented in the National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 

2016, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm). 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s 

information collection are requested 

with regard to any of the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of AHRQ health care 

research and health care information 

dissemination functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

hours and costs) of the proposed 

collection(s) of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Sharon B. Arnold, 

Deputy Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–17–17ABD] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for 

the proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

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