[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27407-27408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11087]


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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).
    Date and Time: May 30, 2013, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Place: Webinar format.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The Council on Graduate Medical Education provides 
advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Department 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 finalize work on its 21st 
Report and then begin discussions for its next report. The Council 
will also discuss recent developments in the physician workforce and 
in graduate medical education.
    Agenda: The meeting on Thursday, May 30, 2013, will begin with 
opening comments from HRSA senior officials. Work on the Council's 
21st report on the restructuring of graduate medical education will 
finish. The Council will also discuss current issues related to the 
physician workforce and graduate medical education with the 
objective of determining a topic for the next report. The Council 
will plan for its next meeting, which will be face-to-face, for late 
summer of 2013. An opportunity will be provided for public comment 
at the end of the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information on accessing the webinar will be 
available via the following Web site two days prior the meeting date: 
http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/index.html. 
The audio portion of the meeting will be computer-based; therefore, 
anyone wishing to make a public comment should use the Question & 
Answer Pod anytime during the meeting. The questions will be collected 
and as many addressed as possible during time provided at the end of 
the meeting. Anyone wishing further information on the webinar aspects 
of the meeting should contact Iwona Grodecki at 301-443-8379.
    The agenda for this meeting will be made available to the public 
two days prior the meeting date at the above-mentioned web address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone requesting information 
regarding the COGME should contact Mr. Shane Rogers, Designated Federal 
Official within the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, in one of following three ways: (1) Send a 
request to the following address: Shane Rogers, Designated Federal 
Official, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 9A-27, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2)

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call 301-443-5260; or (3) send an email to [email protected].

    Dated: May 3, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-11087 Filed 5-9-13; 8:45 am]
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