The Committee is charged with providing
advice and recommendations to the Secretary
concerning policy and program development
and other matters relating to Section
756, Title VII, Part D of the PHS Act.
In this capacity, the Committee makes
two types of recommendations: programmatic
and topic specific. Programmatic
recommendations address proposed
revisions to the legislative language
and the administration of the Title VII
Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Training
Grant Programs. These recommendations
are intended to enhance and/or facilitate
administration of grant programs by both
BHPr and grantees. Topic-specific
recommendations address specific
topics relevant to interdisciplinary,
community-based training of health care
professionals. Two topics, allied health
and interdisciplinary education and training,
are addressed by the Committee in this
report. For these two topics, a narrative
description of the Committee’s findings,
based on testimony provided at Committee
meetings, is provided to add context to
the Committee’s recommendations.
The sections of this report relating
to the Committee’s recommendations are
as follows:
IV. List of Recommendations – A complete
list of both programmatic and topic-specific
recommendations.
V. Programmatic Recommendations – Programmatic
recommendations and narrative text describing
the Committee’s rationale for developing
each recommendation and the anticipated
benefits.
VI. Allied Health Findings and Recommendations
– Findings related to allied health based
on testimony provided to the Committee,
recommendations related to allied health,
and narrative text describing the Committee’s
rationale for developing each recommendation
and the anticipated benefits.
VII. Interdisciplinary Education and
Training Findings and Recommendations
- Findings related to interdisciplinary
education and training based on testimony
provided to the Committee, recommendations
related to interdisciplinary education
and training, and narrative text describing
the Committee’s rationale for developing
each recommendation and the anticipated
benefits.
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