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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute a Program Letter of Agreement with Desert Star Institute for Family Planning, Inc. for rotation of NMC physician residents with an agreement term of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028.
b. Approve the NMC Chief Executive Officer's recommendation to accept non-standard insurance provisions within the agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute a Program Letter of Agreement with Desert Star Institute for Family Planning, Inc. for rotation of NMC physician residents with an agreement term of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028.
b. Approve the NMC Chief Executive Officer's recommendation to accept non-standard insurance provisions within the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
This Program Letter of Agreement is intended to provide NMC physician residents with a concentrated experience in family planning and reproductive health care during an elective two-week rotation. Desert Star Institute for Family Planning, Inc. is a nationally renowned training site for family planning with excellent clinical supervision and teaching.
To gain competency in procedural skills, it is helpful for trainees to have a focused experience with daily repetition to become technically proficient. This is not possible at any current clinical sites in the State of California, therefore, residents interested in procedural competency in family planning are seeking out-of-state opportunities to consolidate their skills.
Costs such as travel, lodging, and licensure are self-funded by the resident or supplemented by grants through the Natividad Foundation. There are no costs to NMC associated with this agreement.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel has reviewed and approved this Program Letter of Agreement as to form, and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved as to payme...
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