[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19074]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Council on Graduate Medical Education; 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: Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME).
    Dates and Times: September 17, 2003, 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m., September 
18, 2003, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Holiday Inn Select, Versailles 1, 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, 
Bethesda, MD 20814.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Agenda: The agenda for September 17 will include: Welcome and 
opening comments from the Chair of COGME and staff of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration. In the morning there will be 
a series of speakers on topics covering the physician workforce, 
including ``Managed Care Staffing Patterns,'' ``Small Area 
Variations,'' and the ``Impact of an Aging Society on Physician 
Workforce Requirements.'' There will also be presentations on the 
``Impact of Residency Duty Hours Restrictions-Cost and Structural 
Adaptations.''
    In the afternoon there will be a luncheon presentation on the 
``University of Michigan Supreme Court Case and its Impact for 
Medical School Diversity Initiatives.'' Lunch will not be provided 
to the general public. Later that afternoon, the Council's three 
workgroups--Diversity, Graduate Medical Education Financing, and 
Physician Workforce--will convene.
    The agenda for September 18 will include a presentation by the 
Gallup Organization regarding the results of the General Services 
Administration's Stakeholder Engagement Survey of the Council; 
discussion of the survey by the Council will follow. The Council's 
three workgroup chairs will give their reports. There will be a 
report on development of a framework for revised COGME physician 
workforce goals, with subsequent discussion of Council 
recommendations covering the physician workforce and graduate 
medical education.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone requiring information 
regarding the meeting should contact Stanford M. Bastacky, D.M.D., 
M.H.S.A., Acting Executive Secretary, Council on Graduate Medical 
Education, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health 
Professions, Room 9A-27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-6326.

    Dated: July 22, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-19074 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
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