[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20117-20118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07650]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, email [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
    HRSA especially requests comments on: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    Information Collection Request Title: Primary Care Faculty 
Development Initiative (OMB No. 0915-xxxx)--[New].
    Abstract: HRSA's Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Medicine 
and Dentistry, has contracted with Oregon Health and Science University 
(OHSU), contract HHSH250201200023C, to conduct the planning, execution, 
and evaluation of a nationally based, longitudinal Primary Care Faculty 
Development Initiative (PCFDI) demonstration project. OHSU has 
developed web-based survey

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instruments which will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
planned curriculum and its implementation and to make recommendations 
to improve teaching and competency assessment in primary care 
educational activities. The two web-based surveys are Irvine's 
Leadership Behavior Survey and the Faculty Skill & Program Feasibility 
Survey. The objectives of the survey instruments are to: assess the 
feasibility and acceptability of an inter-disciplinary faculty 
development pilot program targeting primary care physicians; to measure 
the leadership skills of PCFDI faculty participants; and to assess the 
initial impact of faculty receiving training from an inter-disciplinary 
faculty development pilot program on their perception of skill 
development in the core content areas of leadership, change management, 
teamwork, panel or population management, competency assessment, and 
clinical microsystems.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Irvine's Leadership Behavior                  36               1              36            .167            6.01
 Survey.........................
Faculty Skill & Program                       36               1              36            .167            6.01
 Feasibility Survey.............
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    Total.......................              72  ..............              72  ..............           12.02
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Deadline: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be 
received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 27, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-07650 Filed 4-2-13; 8:45 am]
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