[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56300-56301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24658]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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), notice is hereby given of the 
following meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine 
and Dentistry.

[[Page 56301]]

    Date and Time: October 23, 2003, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; October 
24, 2003, 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 fourth report which will be submitted to 
Congress and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services in November 2004. The fourth report focuses on the role of 
primary care in health care delivery in the future and the 
implications for training health professionals.
    Agenda: The meeting on Thursday, October 23, will begin with 
welcoming and opening comments from the Chair of the Advisory 
Committee. A plenary session will follow in which Advisory Committee 
members will hear speakers address the topic of the future of 
primary care medicine and dentistry. The Advisory Committee will 
begin its work on the fourth report.
    On Friday, October 24, the Advisory Committee will meet in 
plenary session to discuss training needs of health professionals in 
the future. Meeting in workgroups, the Advisory Committee will 
structure various portions of the fourth report. 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, MD, PhD, Division of Medicine and 
Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 9A-21, Parklawn Building, 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 23, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-24658 Filed 9-29-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P