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Recommendation to authorize City Manager or designee, to execute Affiliation Agreements, and any subsequent amendments, with California State University Long Beach, Long Beach City College, and West Coast University for student field placement, internship, and preceptorship with the Health and Human Services Department. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into Affiliation Agreements with California State University Long Beach, Long Beach City College, and West Coast University for student field placement, internship, and preceptorship with the City of Long Beach (City). Every year, institutions of higher learning and hospitals contact the Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) to request field placement of their students or residents-in-training. The placements range from undergraduate students seeking experience working in public affairs, administration, public health, and social work to nursing students and residents-in-training seeking to engage in a clinical rotation at the Health Department.
These institutions have requested to enter into an Affiliation Agreement with the City to allow their students and residents-in-training to intern or be placed with the Health Department to expand and gain first-hand knowledge of working in a public health setting. This program is mutually beneficial, allowing the students to gain required field experience and learn about the role and function of the Health Department and the importance of public health in the community, and providing the clinics with knowledgeable volunteer interns that enhance the clinical and program capacity of the Health Department. These programs also serve as sites for the Health Department to recruit future public health professionals.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Taylor M. Anderson on February 21, 2023 and by Budget Analysis Officer Greg Sorensen on March 3, 2023.
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