TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve the Affiliation Agreement for Clinical Practice Between the City of North Port, Florida, and The School District of Manatee County, Florida, to Permit Students Enrolled in the School District's Health Science Programs at Manatee Technical College to Ride-Along With North Port Fire Rescue Crews.
Recommended Action
Option 1: Approve the Affiliation Agreement for Clinical Practice Between the City of North Port, Florida, and The School District of Manatee County, Florida, to permit students enrolled in the School District's Health Science Programs at Manatee Technical College to ride-along with North Port Fire Rescue Crews.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Approve the Affiliation Agreement for Clinical Practice Between the City of North Port, Florida, and The School District of Manatee County, Florida, to permit students enrolled in the School District's Health Science Programs at Manatee Technical College to ride-along with North Port Fire Rescue Crews.
* Pros: Provides an opportunity for North Port Fire Rescue (NPFR) to showcase its fire stations, equipment, and personnel and provides Manatee Technical College (MTC) emergency medical students an opportunity to better determine NPFR for future employment. This Affiliation Agreement for Clinical Practice also provides North Port residents and employees who are attending MTC as a student an opportunity to complete their clinical rotations within their own community and allows NPFR personnel to be part of the MTC student's learning experience.
* Cons: Staff were unable to find a negative result in approving the Affiliation Agreement for Clinical Practice.
Option 2: Deny the Affiliation Agreement for Clinical Practice Between the City of North Port, Florida, and The School District of Manatee County, Florida, to permit students enrolled in the School District's Health Science P...
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