HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09152009 - C.81RECOMMENDATION(S):
AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller to pay University of California, Berkeley, School of
Public Health in an amount not to exceed $30,000, to pay for tuition Hideto Sitao, M.D. for
the Family Residency Fellowship Training Program, for the period from June 15, 2008
through June 15, 2009. This expenditure amount is claimable under the Coverage Initiative
Grant.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$30,000 one-time expenditure claimable for reimbursement under the Coverage Initiative
grant.
BACKGROUND:
Since 1975, Contra Costa County has sponsored a very well respected Family Medicine
Residency training program. This program has trained many of the local Contra Costa
physicians and many of CCRMC’s Medical Staff.
For the last 10 years, the training program has been changing in order to meet the new
needs of the community and the incoming physicians. Part of that change includes the
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/15/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Jeff Smith, M.D.,
370-5113
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 15, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Tasha Scott, Barbara Borbon
C.81
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:September 15, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Family Medicine Residency Fellowship
development
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
of strong new educational relationships with programs in the rest of the Bay Area.
This academic year, we were able to jointly operate a Residency Fellowship with the
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. This program will dramatically
improve the public health training of the residency and will also add remarkably to the
public health competency of CCRMC and Health Centers.
Additionally, this Fellowship program allows us to hire a fully trained, board eligible
physician to provide patient services for a salary well below the cost of typical new hires.
The trade off for this benefit to the County is a commitment to pay the first year tuition for
the fellow at UC Berkeley. This amounts to $30,000. When adding this amount to the salary
paid to the fellow, the total is still considerably less than the cost of a new staff physician to
do the same clinical work.