[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 46640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16373]


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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 (Public Law 92-463), notice is hereby given of the 
following meeting:

    Name: Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME).
    Dates and Times: September 18, 2007, 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; and 
September 19, 2007, 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
    Place: Crowne Plaza Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver 
Spring, Maryland 20910.
    Status: The Meeting Will Be Open to the Public.
    Agenda: On The Morning Of September 18, Following The Welcoming 
Remarks From The Cogme Chair, the Executive Secretary of COGME, and 
Health Resources and Services Administration senior management, 
there will be presentations of comments and thoughts from selected 
Associations on COGME's two draft reports, Enhancing GME Flexibility 
and New Paradigms for Physician Training for Improving Access to 
Healthcare. Following Council discussions, at 1:30 p.m. there will 
be a breakout of Council members into the two draft writing groups 
for further report revisions. At 3:30 p.m., Barbara Chang, M.D. and 
Earl Reisdorff, M.D., the writing group chairs, will give their 
reports to the Council. There will be further discussion on writing 
group activities and reports. There will also be a discussion of 
further steps for producing reports.
    On September 19, there will be a presentation on a George 
Washington University physician workforce planning initiative. There 
will be a panel presentation of activities of three advisory 
committees staffed within the Bureau of Health Professions; the 
Advisory Committee on Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, the 
Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community Based Linkages, 
and the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice. 
Following will be an overview presentation on State Physician 
Workforce/GME Planning. The Council will conclude with a discussion 
of new issues/identification for future reports.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Jerald M. Katzoff, Executive 
Secretary, COGME, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of 
Health Professions, Parklawn Building, Room 9A-21, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-6785.

    Dated: August 15, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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