TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an affiliation agreement with: American University of Health Sciences; California State University Dominguez Hills; California State University Fullerton; California State University Los Angeles; California State University Long Beach; California State University Northridge; Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Community Hospital of Long Beach; Loma Linda University; Long Beach City College; Long Beach Memorial Medical Center; Long Beach Unified School District; Miller Children’s Hospital; Newbridge College; Pacific Hospital, Long Beach; St. Mary Medical Center; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Diego; University of Southern California; Western Governors University; and any subsequent amendments, for student field placement, internship and preceptorship with the City. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Every year, institutions of higher learning and hospitals contact the Department of Health and Human Services (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.
The following 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 beneficial to the City in that the students, while on rotation, learn about the role and function of the Health Department, and the importance of public health in the community. The students and residents-in-training provide enhanced clinical and prog...
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