To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Unpaid Student Training Agreement #76-879-1 with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Unpaid Student Training Agreement #76-879-1 with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a non-profit corporation, to provide supervised clinical field instruction to Kaiser’s medical resident students at County’s Adult Detention facilities, for the period September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. This is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Agreement is to provide Kaiser Foundation Hospitals medical resident students with the opportunity to integrate academic knowledge with applied skills at progressively higher levels of performance and responsibility. Supervised clinical fieldwork experience for residents 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.
On September 10, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Unpaid Student Training Agreement #76-879 with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, for the provision of supervised clinical field instruction to medical resident students at County’s Adult Detention facilities for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026.
Approval of Unpaid Student Training Agreement #76-879-1 will allow Contractor to continue providing supervised clinical fieldwork instruction at County’s Adult Detention facilities through August 31, 2029. This Contract includes mutual indemnification which requires the parties to defend, indemnify, save and hold harmless the other party from claims arising from the performance under this Contract except for claims arising due to sole negligence or willful misconduct of that party.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, Kaiser’s medical resident students will not receive supervised fieldwork instruction experience at County’s Adult Detention facilities.