[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58624-58625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23560]


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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 (Public Law 92-463), announcement is made of the 
following National Advisory body scheduled to meet during the month of 
October 2002.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine 
and Dentistry (ACTPCMD).
    Date and Time: October 24, 2002; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. October 25, 
2002; 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m.
    Place: The Holiday Inn Select, 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20814.
    The meeting is 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. This meeting will provide the basis for 
the third report of the Advisory Committee which will be submitted 
to Congress and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services in November 2003. The third report will focus on 
disparities in health care and their implications in primary care 
medical education.
    Agenda: The meeting on Thursday, October 24 will begin with 
welcoming and opening comments from the Chair and Executive 
Secretary of the Advisory Committee. A plenary session will follow, 
in which four speakers will characterize changing demographics, 
unequal medical treatment, and needed changes in medical education 
and their relationship to disparities in health care. The Advisory 
Committee will then divide into three workgroups which will focus on 
developing recommendations for improving primary care education and 
training to lessen health disparities and assure quality of care.

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    On October 25, workgroups will reconvene in the morning to 
finalize recommendations. A plenary session will follow, with 
reports by workgroup chairs, general discussion, and decisions by 
the Advisory Committee on official recommendations. The Advisory 
Committee will also discuss plans for future work and provide an 
opportunity for public comment.
    Anyone interested in obtaining a roster of members or other 
relevant information should write or contact Stan Bastacky, D.M.D., 
M.H.S.A., Acting Deputy Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on 
Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Parklawn Building, 
Room 9A-21, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone 
(301) 443-6326. The web address for information on the Advisory 
Committee is http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/medicine-dentistry/actpcmd.

    Dated: September 10, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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