[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52537-52538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20543]


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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: September 9, 2013 (8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.), September 
10, 2013 (8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.).
    Place: Combined In-Person and Webinar Format, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Rooms 18-63.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The COGME 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.
    Agenda: The meeting will begin with opening comments from the 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) senior officials 
and updates on HRSA-specific programs related to the physician 
workforce. The Council is expected to hear from subject matter experts 
on new health care delivery

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models and their effects on graduate medical education in the future. 
Subject matter experts will include prominent members of select 
national physician organizations. In addition, over the course of this 
two-day meeting, several members of the Council will be providing 15 
minute presentations on their personal past experiences pertaining to 
the topic of medical education and training at service delivery sites.
    Public Comment: An opportunity will be provided for public comment 
at the end of each day of the meeting. The time allotted for the public 
comment portions of this meeting will be extended in the hope that 
members of the public with specific knowledge and experiences on the 
topic of new health care delivery models and their potential effect(s) 
on graduate medical education in the future will contribute to the 
discussion. General public comments to the Council will be accepted.
    The official agenda will be available two days prior to the meeting 
on the HRSA Web site (http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/index.html). Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As this meeting will be a combined format of 
both in-person and webinar, members of the public and interested 
parties who wish to participate in-person should make a request by 
emailing their first name, last name, and full email address to 
[email protected] or by contacting the Designated Federal 
Official for the Council, Mr. Shane Rogers, at 301-443-5260 or 
[email protected] by Thursday, September 5, 2013. Due to the fact that 
this meeting will be held within a federal government building and 
public entrance to such facilities require prior planning, access will 
be granted upon request only and will be on a first-come, first-served 
basis. Space is limited. Members of the public who wish to participate 
via webinar should view the Council's Web site for the specific webinar 
access information at least two days prior to the date of the meeting: 
http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/index.html.

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

    Dated: August 16, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-20543 Filed 8-22-13; 8:45 am]
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