RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Unpaid Student Training Agreement #26-738 with Bay Area Medical Academy, an educational institution, to provide supervised field instruction at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers Contractor’s EKG Monitoring students for the period from November 1, 2012 through October 31, 2013.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None

BACKGROUND:

The purpose of this agreement is to provide Contractor’s students with the opportunity to integrate academic knowledge with applied skills at progressively higher levels of performance and responsibility. Supervised fieldwork experience for students is considered to be an integral part of both educational and professional preparation. The Health Services Department can provide the requisite field education, while at the same time, benefitting from the students’ services to patients.