RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Unpaid Student Training Agreement #22-552-8 with Samuel Merritt University, an educational institution, to provide supervised field instruction in the County’s Public Health Division to physical and occupational therapy students, for the period from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a nonfinancial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this agreement is to provide Samuel Merritt University, physical and occupational therapy 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.
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