[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15453]


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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 (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME).
    Dates and Times: July 23, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
    July 24, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
    Place: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville, Executive Meeting Center, 
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The Council on Graduate Medical Education (the 
Council), created in 1986, is authorized by section 762 of the 
Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 5103 of the 
Affordable Care Act.
    The Council provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services and to Congress on a range of issues 
including the supply and distribution of physicians in the United 
States, current and future physician shortages or excesses, issues 
relating to foreign medical school graduates, the nature and 
financing of medical education training, and the development of 
performance measures and longitudinal evaluation of medical 
education programs.
    At this meeting, the Council will work on its 21st report to 
Congress on restructuring graduate medical education. Reports are 
submitted to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services; the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of 
the Senate; and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives. Some meeting time will be allotted to discuss 
performance measures and longitudinal evaluation of grant programs 
over which the Council has legislative authority.
    Agenda: The meeting on Monday, July 23, 2012, will begin with 
opening comments from HRSA senior officials. Next, elections will 
take place for a chair and vice chair of the Council. The main 
agenda item will be a discussion of issues relating to the 21st 
report on restructuring graduate medical education, with a focus on 
population need and fiscal constraint. Discussion topics include 
graduate medical education as a public good, new approaches to 
increasing residency positions, newer structural models for graduate 
medical education, evaluation of teaching programs especially in 
terms of meeting community needs, and a re-examination of funding 
mechanisms and priorities. At the end of the morning session, 
current and new members will receive ethics training in a session 
closed to the public. The afternoon session will be devoted to the 
development of report recommendations.
    The meeting on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, will begin with an update 
and an opportunity to comment on HRSA's Bureau of Health 
Professions' development of performance measures and methods of 
longitudinal evaluation specific to the training programs over which 
the Council has been given new authority under the Affordable Care 
Act. Much of the agenda will be allotted to small groups working in 
closed session and then reporting back to the full Council. The 
Council will plan for a fall meeting, using a webinar format, and 
determine report work to be done in the interim. Both meeting days 
will conclude with time for public comment.
    For Further Information Contact: For further information 
regarding the Council, to obtain a roster of members, minutes of the 
meeting, or other relevant information, contact Jerilyn K. Glass, 
M.D., Ph.D., Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health 
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 9A-
27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
Telephone (301) 443-7271. Information can also be found at the 
following Web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/index.html.

    Dated: June 20, 2012
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-15453 Filed 6-25-12; 8:45 am]
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