To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Michelle Estell, RS, MA, Health Officer
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RE: Approval of an agreement between Michigan State University for its College of Human Medicine and Genesee County on behalf of the Genesee County Health Department (GCHD) for a clinical training affiliation that encompasses all Michigan State University undergraduate medical programs
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Requesting approval of an agreement between Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and GCHD for the clinical training of undergraduate medical students in community, population, and public health.
BACKGROUND:
GCHD recognizes the need for and desire to aid in the educational development of health professionals and enhance cross-training of medical professionals in the field of public health and is willing to make its employees and premises available for such purposes. This Agreement is designed to provide the Michigan Student University College of Human Medicine students with clinical and applied-practical educational experiences through GCHD to fulfill academic credit or requirements for its allopathic medicine degree. If the GCHD has more than one (1) location, this Agreement shall encompass all supervised (direct and indirect) educational experiences conducted at all GCHD locations, facilities, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
DISCUSSION:
Approval of this contract will enable GCHD to participate in the training of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine students in community, population, and public health. It will jointly support efforts to develop a medical workforce that is well-versed in public health while also increasing capacity for GCHD to complete important public health projects. Said projects will benefit community members, by allowing undergraduate medical students at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine to participate in clinical experiences and applied practice-oriented public health experiences or projects. No funds or county appropriation is needed.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There are no expected impact on Human Resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
There are no costs associated with this contract.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There is no expected impact on Facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
Standard forms of communication (email, phone, virtual meetings) technology will be utilized to communicate with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine faculty and students.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Healthy, Livable & Safe Communities: By entering this joint clinical training affiliation, GCHD will support the development of a medical workforce well-trained in public health and community medicine. Projects identified by GCHD will be completed with assistance from undergraduate medical students, allowing for more community health initiatives, outreach clinics and health education to be delivered to residents of Genesee County.
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TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Health Officer to authorize entering into a Clinical Training Affiliation Agreement between Genesee County and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, whereby the Health Department will partner with the medical school to provide a joint clinical training program for the medical students for a five-year period commencing upon the signing of said agreement, at no cost to the county, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the July 16, 2025 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of Genesee County.