[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16501]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based 
Linkages; 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: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based 
Linkages.
    Dates and Times: September 12, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; September 
13, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; September 14, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
    Place: Crowne Plaza National Airport, 1480 Crystal Drive, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202. Telephone (703) 416-1600.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Agenda: Agenda items will include, but not be limited to: Welcome; 
plenary session on Interdisciplinary Education, specifically the best 
practices and components of currently funded project as well as hearing 
testimony from experts in health professions community. The Committee 
has developed questions to help them focus on the best advice and 
recommendations to provide to the Secretary and Congress.
    The following topics will be addressed at the meeting:

What are effective interdisciplinary training programs and how are they 
achieved?
How could these programs be enhanced in the future to meet the needs of 
future employers and the health care system generally?

    Proposed agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Public Comments: Public comments will be permitted at the end of 
the Committee meeting on September 13, 2005, and before lunch on 
September 14, 2005. Oral presentations will be limited to 5 minutes per 
public speaker. Persons interested in providing an oral presentation 
should submit a written request, with a copy of their presentation to 
Vanessa Sincock, Public Health Fellow, Division of State, Community and 
Public Health, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 8A-19, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 
20857, telephone (301) 443-3460.
    Requests should contain the name, address, telephone number, and 
any business or professional affiliation of the person desiring to make 
an oral presentation. Groups having similar interests are requested to 
combine their comments and present them through a single 
representative. The Division of State, Community and Public Health will 
notify each presenter by mail or telephone of their assigned 
presentation time.
    Persons who do not file a request in advance for a presentation, 
but wish to make an oral statement may register to do so at the Crowne 
Plaza National Airport, Arlington, VA, on September 13, 2005. These 
persons will be allocated time as the Committee meeting agenda permits.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone requiring information 
regarding the Committee should contact Vanessa Sincock, Division of 
State, Community and Public Health, Bureau of Health Professions, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 8A-19, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone (301) 443-3460.

    Dated: August 15, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-16501 Filed 8-19-05; 8:45 am]
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