RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Unpaid Student Training Agreement #72-138 with Grand Canyon University, an educational institution , for its College of Nursing and Health Care Professions, to provide supervised field instruction through the Contra Costa Health Services Maternal Child and Adolescent Health (CCHS-MCAH) program, for the period from November 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this agreement is to provide Grand Canyon University College of Nursing and Health Care Professions doctorate 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 CCHS-MCAH can provide the requisite field education, while at the same time, benefiting from the students’ services to patients.
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