[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 54 (Monday, March 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 12136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6232]



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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: April 20, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 22, 
2009, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Place: Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 8120 
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Telephone: 301-652-2000.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The Committee members will focus on the working topic 
for the Ninth Annual Report--Toward Quality Healthcare Reform: 
Preparing the Interprofessional Healthcare Workforce for Primary 
Care. The Committee has invited Dr. Madeline Schmitt, Professor 
Emeritus/University of Rochester; Dr. Gail Jensen, Dean/Graduate 
School/Creighton University; Dr. Jody Gandy, Director/Department of 
Physical Therapy Education, American Physical Therapy Association; 
and Dr. Edward O'Neil, Director/Center for the Health Professions/
University of California at San Francisco to engage in dialogue 
specific to the working report topic. The meeting will afford 
committee members with the opportunity to identify and discuss the 
current status of healthcare reform, best practices, lessons learned 
from the international perspective of interdisciplinary care, 
interprofessional competencies, and the like in an effort to 
formulate appropriate recommendations for the Secretary and the 
Congress.
    Agenda: The ACICBL agenda includes an overview of the 
Committee's general business activities, presentations by and 
dialogue with experts, and discussion sessions specific for the 
development of recommendations to be addressed in the Ninth Annual 
ACICBL Report.
    Agenda items are subject to change as dictated by the priorities 
of the Committee.
    Supplementary Information: The ACICBL will join the Council on 
Graduate Medical Education (COGME), the National Advisory Council on 
Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP), and the Advisory Committee on 
Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) on April 
21, 2009, for the second Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) All 
Advisory Committee Meeting. Please refer to the Federal Register 
notice for the BHPr All Advisory Committee Meeting for additional 
details.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone requesting information 
regarding the ACICBL should contact Dr. Joan Weiss, Designated 
Federal Official for the ACICBL, Bureau of Health Professions, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Rm. 
9-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-6950 
or [email protected]. Additionally, CAPT Norma J. Hatot, Senior Nurse 
Consultant, can be contacted at (301) 443-2681 or [email protected].

    Dated: March 17, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E9-6232 Filed 3-20-09; 8:45 am]
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