[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 98 (Monday, May 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27109-27110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12455]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Final Review Criteria for Grants for Geriatric Education Centers
for Fiscal Year 1995
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces
the final review criteria for Grants for Geriatric Education Centers
for FY 1995 under the authority of section 777(a) of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended by the Health Professions Education Extension
Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102-408, dated October 13, 1992.
Purpose
Grants may be awarded to support the development of collaborative
arrangements involving several health professions schools and health
care facilities. These arrangements, called Geriatric Education Centers
(GECs), are established to facilitate training of health professional
faculty, students, and practitioners in the diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of disease, disability, and other health problems of the
aged. Health professionals include allopathic physicians, osteopathic
physicians, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, pharmacists, nurses,
nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, clinical
psychologists, health administrators, and allied health professionals.
Projects supported under these grants must offer training involving
four or more health professions, one of which must be allopathic or
osteopathic medicine. Projects must address one or more of the
statutory purposes listed below:
(a) Improve the training of health professionals in geriatrics;
(b) Develop and disseminate curricula relating to the treatment of the
health problems of elderly individuals;
(c) Expand and strengthen instruction in methods of such treatment;
(d) Support the training and retraining of faculty to provide such
instruction;
(e) Support continuing education of health professionals and allied
health professionals who provide such treatment; and
(f) Establish new affiliations with nursing homes, chronic and acute
disease hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and senior centers in order
to provide students with clinical training in geriatric medicine.
Eligibility
Section 777(a) of the PHS Act authorizes the award of grants to
accredited health professions schools as [[Page 27110]] defined by
section 799(1), or programs for the training of physician assistants as
defined by section 799(3), or schools of allied health as defined in
section 799(4), or schools of nursing as defined by section 853(2).
Applicants must be located in the United States, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of
Micronesia.
A notice was published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 2396 on
January 9, 1995 which proposed two new review criteria for Grants for
Geriatric Education Centers. No comments were received within the 30
day comment period. Therefore, the review criteria remain as proposed.
Review Criteria
The following review criteria are established in 42 CFR part 57,
subpart OO:
(1) The degree to which the proposed project adequately provides for
the project requirements;
(2) The extent to which the rationale and specific objectives of the
project are based upon a needs assessment of the status of geriatrics
training in the institutions to be assisted and/or the geographic area
to be served;
(3) The ability of the project to achieve the project objectives within
the proposed geographic area;
(4) The adequacy of educational facilities and clinical training
settings to accomplish objectives;
(5) The adequacy of organizational arrangements involving professional
schools and other organizations necessary to carry out the project;
(6) The adequacy of the qualifications and experience in geriatrics of
the project director, staff and faculty;
(7) The administrative and managerial ability of the applicant to carry
out the proposed project in a cost-effective manner, and;
(8) The potential of the project to continue on a self-sustaining
basis.
In addition, the following review criteria are hereby finalized:
(9) If applicable, the extent to which there is evidence that the
institutions jointly have planned and jointly will conduct the proposed
consortial activities.
(10) The potential of the project to recruit and/or retain minority
faculty members and trainees for participation in long term and/or
short term training experiences.
If additional information is needed, please contact: Lt. Commander
Judith Arndt, Geriatric Initiatives Branch, Division of Associated,
Dental, and Public Health Professions, Bureau of Health Professions,
Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room
8-103, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301)
443-6887.
This program, Grants for Geriatric Education Centers, is listed at
93.969 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. It is not subject
to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of
Federal Programs (as implemented through 45 CFR part 100). This program
is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.
Dated: May 16, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-12455 Filed 5-19-95; 8:45 am]
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