[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 46 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11984-11985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4684]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-05-04KE]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 371-5976 or send an email to 
[email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC via fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Faculty 
Expansion Program (FEP)--New--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB 
Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background:

    Primary care physicians play a significant role in STD prevention 
and control. Diagnosing, treating, reporting, partner notification, and 
patient counseling which emphasizes appropriate prevention messages, 
are all important physician contributions to STD control. In the 
curricula of most medical schools and residency programs, STDs and the 
public health role of primary care physicians in their control and 
prevention receive little emphasis.
    To address this lack of training, CDC implemented the STD Faculty 
Expansion Program (FEP), which aims to improve capacity of primary care 
physicians to diagnose, treat, and prevent STDs. The FEP provides 
medical schools with funding for an additional faculty member to 
develop and implement curriculum for training medical students and 
residents, develop collaborative relationships with local health 
departments, and coordinate STD clinical experiences for medical 
students and residents. The potential long-tern impact of the STD-
related training includes: Increase physician awareness of STDs, 
greater comfort and confidence in counseling patients, increased case 
reporting and partner management, and ultimately lower STD incidence.
    This project is an evaluation of the FEP. Because the outcomes of 
greatest relevance (increased physician awareness, increased 
collaboration with public health departments, decreased STD incidence) 
will occur only after students and residents who are currently 
receiving the enhanced training go into practice, the evaluation 
focuses on intermediate outcomes as a means of assessing the program's 
utility and effectiveness.
    Four medical schools (e.g. Morehouse School of Medicine, University 
of Alabama at Birmingham, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 
and the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine) 
currently receive support under the FEP. The evaluation of the FEP 
consists of a survey of third-year medical students at the four 
currently funded schools and a sample of third-year medical students in 
all other U.S. medical schools.
    A paper-and-pencil survey instrument will be administered to the 
students in the four FEP schools in a classroom or clinic setting or 
through the school mail distribution system. The survey instrument will 
be distributed to the sample of students from all other medical schools 
using express mail.
    Survey topics will include:

--Hours of clinical and didactic training received during the first 
three years of medical school.
--Knowledge and efficacy with basic STD clinical diagnosis, treatment, 
and prevention.
--Students' confidence in taking a sexual history and providing 
specific prevention counseling to patients.
--Student familiarity with the role of the public health department in 
control and prevention of STDs.

    A total of 850 students will be surveyed--approximately 425 at the 
FEP schools and 425 from all other U.S. medical schools. Evidence that 
the FEP's enhanced STD training is effective will include greater 
knowledge of and comfort in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of STDs 
among FEP students, recall of more time having been devoted to STDs 
during medical training, and greater awareness of the primary care 
physician's public health role in STD control and prevention. The time 
required to complete the survey will be approximately 25 minutes. The 
total annual burden for this data collection is 354 hours.

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    Annualized Table:

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                                                                                   Number of      Average burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      responses per     per response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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3rd Year Medical Students....................................             850                1            25/60
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    Dated: March 3, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-4684 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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