The purpose of this agreement is to provide Board of Trustees of California State University on behalf of California State University, East Bay, community engagement, health care administration, nursing and health science, recreation, social work, speech-language/audiology & hearing 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.
On August 2, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #22-471-6 with Board of Trustees of California State University on behalf of California State University, East Bay for the provision of supervised fieldwork instruction experience with Health Services, for the period from August 1, 2016 through July 31, 2019.
Approval of Unpaid Student Training Agreement #22-471-7, will allow Board of Trustees of California State University on behalf of California State University, East Bay students to receive supervised fieldwork instruction experience, in County’s Public Health Division, through July 31, 2022.
If this agreement is not approved, the students will not receive supervised fieldwork instruction experience in County’s Public Health Division.