The purpose of this agreement is to provide California State University, Sacramento physical 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, benefiting from the students’ services to patients. The County’s Health Services Department has been contracting with California State University, Sacramento since September 9, 2004.
On April 9, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved contract #26-502-8 with California State University, Sacramento for the provision of clinical field experience and instruction from County’s Health Services Department for the period from June 1, 2019 through May 30, 2021.
Approval of Unpaid Student Training Agreement #26-502-9 will allow California State University, Sacramento students to receive supervised fieldwork instruction and experience at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, through May 30, 2023.
If this contract is not approved, the students will not receive clinical field experience and instruction at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers.