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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant
Increase in the Rate'' for Implementation of the General Statutory
Funding Preference, Final Funding Priority and Special Consideration
for Grants for Predoctoral Training in Family Medicine
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces
the final minimum percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant
increase in the rate'' for implementation of the General Statutory
Funding Preference and final funding priority and special consideration
for fiscal year (FY) 1994 for Grants for Predoctoral Training in Family
Medicine authorized under the authority of section 747(a), title VII of
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended by the Health
Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102-408,
dated October 13, 1992.
Purpose
Section 747(a) of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the
award of grants to assist in meeting the cost of planning, developing
and operating or participating in approved predoctoral training
programs in the field of family medicine. Grants may include support
for the program only or support for both the program and the trainees.
General Statutory Funding Preference
As provided in section 791(a) of the PHS Act, preference will be
given to any qualified applicant that--
(A) has a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings
having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or
(B) during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for which an
award is sought, has achieved a significant increase in the rate of
placing graduates in such settings. This preference will only be
applied to applications that rank above the 20th percentile of
applications that have been recommended for approval by the peer review
group.
A proposed notice was published in the Federal Register on October
5, 1993 at 58 FR 51836 for public comment. No comments were received
during the 30-day comment period. Therefore, the final minimum
percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant increase in the rate'',
final funding priority and special consideration for this program will
be retained as follows:
Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant Increase
in the Rate'' for Implementation of the General Statutory Funding
Preference
``High rate'' is defined as a minimum of 20 percent of graduates of
the medical school in academic year 1988-89 or 1989-90.
``Significant increase in the rate'' means that the rate of placing
academic year 1989-90 graduates in the specified settings is at least
50 percent higher than the rate of placing academic year 1988-89
graduates in such settings and that not less than 15 percent of
academic year 1989-90 graduates are working in these areas. Academic
years 1988-89 and 1989-90 are used because they are the two most recent
years that medical school graduates would have entered practice
following the completion of residency training.
Final Funding Priority
In addition, a funding priority will be given to applicants based
on their level of accomplishment in relation to the outcome or process
measures cited below:
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Outcome measures Points Process measures
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--25% of students who 100 .............................
graduated in 1991, 1992 and
1993 entered family practice
residencies.
--20% of students who 75 .............................
graduated in 1991, 1992 and
1993 entered family practice
residencies.
--15% of students who 50 --Required 3rd year Family
graduated in 1991, 1992 and Medicine clerkship* (of at
1993 entered family practice least 4 weeks).
residencies.
--12% of students who 35 --Required primary care
graduated in 1991, 1992 and preceptorship/mentorship
1993 entered family practice program* in preclinical
residencies. years.
20 --Full departmental status at
time of application.
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*Curricular elements must be in place at the time of application or the
applicant must provide satisfactory evidence (including commitments
from institutional officials) that the clerkship or preceptorship will
be operational by the beginning of the third year of the grant.
Applicants may only receive priority points in one of the above seven
categories.
Final Special Consideration
Special consideration will be given to the degree to which
applicants demonstrate that prior year funding has increased the
percentage of graduates who select Graduate Training in Family
Practice.
Additional Information
If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact:
Mrs. Betty Ball, Primary Care Medical Education Branch, Division of
Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9A-20, Parklawn Building,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-3614, FAX: (301) 443-
8890.
This program is listed at 93.896 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: June 13, 1994.
Ciro V. Sumaya, M.D., M.P.H.T.M.,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-14712 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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