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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute a Preceptorship Agreement with Touro University - California for rotation of Osteopathic Medicine students at NMC with an agreement term retroactive to January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2028.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute a Preceptorship Agreement with Touro University - California for rotation of Osteopathic Medicine students at NMC with an agreement term retroactive to January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2028.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
For more than 10 years, a cohort of medical students from Touro University have spent their third-year clinical clerkships at NMC. Currently NMC has 10 medical students each year doing their core clinical rotations in medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedics, and OB/GYN. Having medical students on the teams contributes to our clinical learning environment, enhancing teaching opportunities for residents and faculty, which is one of the big attractions of joining NMC's medical staff.
This partnership is mutually beneficial, allowing a cohort of students to learn and receive mentorship from residents and faculty in a county hospital who are committed to the mission of serving this community. This serves as a pipeline for future residents and attending physicians. In the last 2 years NMC has had Touro California graduates in the residency at NMC and one Touro graduate hired to the Vytuity group that staffs the NMC Emergency Room (ER).
In return for helping educate their students, Touro University medical school provides financial support for our educational administrative staff, as well as free faculty development services for our clinical teachers.
This agreement is being renewed as it expired when contract staff were out on leave. The reimbursement rate for NMC was...
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