[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 155 (Monday, August 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46627-46628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18393]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Service 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 (ACICBL).
    Dates and Times: September 10, 2008, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., EST., 
September 11, 2008, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., EST.
    Place: (Web Conference).
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public; Web conference 
access limited only by availability of telephone ports.
    Purpose: The Committee will be focusing on rural issues and how 
the Title VII Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Training Grant 
Programs identified under sections 751-756, Part D of the Public 
Health Service Act can respond to the current rural healthcare 
workforce needs. The Committee has invited speakers to highlight 
various topics related to rural healthcare workforce issues 
including, but not limited to, discipline specific shortages; 
recruitment and retention; health professions training; faculty 
development; telemedicine; and other specific rural health care 
issues. The meeting will afford committee members with the 
opportunity to identify and discuss the current status of the 
healthcare workforce in rural America and formulate appropriate 
recommendations to the Secretary and to the Congress regarding a 
variety of training strategies to address the health workforce 
shortage issues.
    Agenda: The ACICBL agenda includes an overview of the 
Committee's general business activities, presentations by experts on 
rural healthcare workforce related issues, and discussion sessions 
specific for the development of recommendations to be addressed in 
the Eighth Annual ACICBL Report.
    Agenda items are subject to change as dictated by the priorities 
of the Committee.
    Supplementary Information: The ACICBL will meet on Wednesday, 
September 10 and Thursday, September 11, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
(EST) via Intercall LiveMeeting Web conference. To join online, 
click the link below. Once connected call the number below and use 
the same conference ID to be connected to the call. If you have not 
joined an Intercall LiveMeeting Web conference before, please log in 
20 minutes before the meeting as you may need to install an 
Intercall reader to access the Web conference.
    Meeting Link: https://psa.on.raindance.com/confmgr/public_unsched.jsp?confId=7829159.
    Meeting Phone #: (888) 272-7337.
    Conference ID: 7829159.
    Meeting Subject: HRSA Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, 
Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL).

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    Moderator: Ashley Golden
    Moderator E-mail: psa.com">a_golden@team-psa.com.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone requesting information 
regarding the Committee should contact Louis D. Coccodrilli, 
Designated Federal Official for the ACICBL, Bureau of Health 
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn 
Building, Rm. 9-36, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 
(301) 443-6950 or [email protected]. Marie Ulysse, HRSA Scholar, 
can also be contacted for inquiries at (301) 443-6529 or 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 4, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E8-18393 Filed 8-8-08; 8:45 am]
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