UFCD Advanced
& Graduate Students:
Health Services
Listed below is the summary of
benefits and services available.
Health
and Life Insurance
Health insurance is
provided to the resident (additional family coverage available
at the expense of the resident); life insurance is provided to
the resident. A summary
of your benefits can be found here.
A
list of Gainesville providers can be accessed here.
For students in tuition
paying programs, a Student Health Fee is included as part of the
registration costs. This fee covers routine outpatient visits
at the Student Health Service but is not comprehensive health
insurance. For further information, write to University
of Florida Student Government Health Insurance, PO Box 118505,
Gainesville, FL 32611-8505 or call (352) 392- 1165, extension
305.
Counseling
and Support Services
The University of Florida
College of Dentistry Resident Assistance Program is designed to
help residents and their families with troubling concerns. It
provides a system of fast, short-term, confidential professional
counseling and referral services to eligible residents, their
legal spouses and other eligible dependents. The College of Dentistry
pays for the basic services of the RAP; up to the first three
visits to a provider are free. If more services are needed, the
counselor will coordinate continued care within the healthcare
benefits plan. This is available for off-site residency programs
as well. To arrange an appointment, please call (352) 265-5493
or (866) 643-9375, 24-hours-a-day, seven-days a-week. Simply state
that you need an RAP appointment.
Where to get help:
The Housestaff Pocket Guide includes nearly two dozen phone numbers
of various references for housestaff who need support. This
includes family counseling, individual counseling, group support,
rehabilitation, drug and alcohol abuse assistance, etc.
The University
Counseling Center, located in P301 Peabody Hall, the University Counseling
Center provides counseling and student development services in three different
ways: group, individual and couples counseling. There are also specialized
services available in career exploriation and decision-making, multicultural
cunseling, women's counseling, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender counseling,
counseling for students with disabilities, and alcohol and substance abuse
counseling. Appointments may be made in person Monday through Friday
8:00am to 5:00pm. Students requiring immediate help can be seen on
an emergency basis on the same day.
Worker's
Compensation Insurance
If a resident suffers a work
related injury, the resident is generally covered under the workers' compensation
program of the University provided the resident complies with the requirements
of the worker's compensation program.
All housestaff who are injured
on the job should immediately go to the Shands Emergency Department. Blood
and body fluid exposures are treated exclusively through the Shands Department
of Employee Health. Incident reports should be filled out within 24 hours
and can be obtained through each department training office. In addition,
to assure prompt payment of the workers' compensation claims, each resident
should sign a "Statement of Authorization" form to release their medical
record to the UF Workers' Compensation Office. These forms will be given
at the time and place of treatment.
The University of Florida
is required to report all industrial accidents to the Division of Workers’
Compensation within seven days of the department's first knowledge of an
employee's on-the-job-accident. In order to meet this time limit, the University
of Florida Workers’ Compensation Office, Room 422, Stadium West, should
receive the appropriate notifications no later than four days after knowledge
of the accident or injury.
Student
Health Care Center (SHCC)
The Student Health Care Center
is an outpatient clinic which provides primary medical care and a variety
of other special services. SHCC offers UF students an allergy clinic,
cast service, the Center for Sexual Assault/Abuse Recovery and Education
(CARE; see below for more information), the cold self-care station, clinical
laboratory, dermatology clinic, health education, mental health service,
nutrition counseling, patient observation unit, radiology and EKG, sports/medicine/
orthopedics, urinary tract infection clinic and wart treatment.
The SHCC also offers
student
health insurance sponsored by student government and a pharmacy
which distributes prescriptions at a reduced cost to students.
Appointments are available for your convenience and are encouraged
to save waiting time. Walk-in service is also available
for urgent care. The SHCC is located on campus in the Infirmary
building (next to the Florida Gym). Clinic hours are 8:00am
to 8:00pm Monday through Friday and noon to 4:00pm on Saturday,
Sunday and holidays; hours may vary during breaks and holidays.
For information call 392-1161, extension 4309.
For convenience of students at
the Health Science Center, SHCC, in cooperation with the Department of
Community and Health and Family Medicine, offers limited student health
services at Shands Hospital, second floor of the Dental Tower in room D2-52.
Office appointments are available Monday through Friday with limited same
day appointments. The clinic offers primary and acute illness care,
women's health care, immunization and allergy injections, and laboratory
and pharmacy services. You can contact SHCC at Shands by calling
392-0627 or 392-1161, extension 1-4300.
CARE therapists provide counseling
services to victims of sexual assault (including rape, incest and child
sexual abuse), sexual harassment and battering. Individual and group
counseling are available to both men and women. In addition to counseling
services, CARE also provides information to interested persons regarding
sexual violence. CARE Peer Educators, who include both graduate and
undergraduate students, are specially trained to conduct presentations
and provide general information on date/acquaintance rape to residence
halls, classrooms and campus organizations. CARE Peer Facilitators
are also involved in special programming throughout the year. CARE
is located on the third floor of the Student Health Care Center, 392-1161,
extension 231. This service is available Monday through Friday, 8:00
am to 5:00 pm, appointments are available and walk-ins are welcome.
