2004-05 Undergraduate Catalog
The Counseling Center
The Counseling Center offers counseling services to enrolled students for personal, career and educational concerns. Professional psychologists and counselors provide short-term individual, couples and group counseling. There is no charge for the center’s confidential counseling services. Appointments may be made in person during office hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday). Students in need of immediate assistance are seen on an emergency non-appointment basis. The center is located in 301 Peabody Hall.
Counseling Center faculty members also provide a range of consultation and outreach programs to the campus community. Telephone or in-person consultation is available for students, parents, faculty and staff regarding any issues related to student development. The center’s faculty members serve as program resources for a variety of student organizations and academic departments. The center has an extensive training program for selected students. Faculty teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the departments of psychology and counselor education.
Special groups offered by the center address topics such as academic success, math/science/technology confidence, personal and family relationships, and substance abuse. The center also provides various support groups for identified student populations. Help with career decision making and choosing a major occurs through individual and group counseling, as well as through use of DISCOVER, a computerized career guidance program.
All center activities are conducted with sensitivity to diversity of the students on a large, multicultural campus. For more information please call at 352-392-1575 or visit the center’s Web site.
Student Health Care Center
The Student Health Care Center (SHCC) provides outpatient medical services that include primary medical care, health screening programs, health education, sexual assault recovery services and mental health counseling. The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Inc. accredits the SHCC.
Hours: The fall and spring SHCC hours for medical care are 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. on weekdays and noon - 4:00 p.m. on weekends and some holidays. Student Mental Health hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday and Friday and 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Pharmacy hours are 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and noon - 4 p.m. on weekends/holidays. Clinic hours vary during semester breaks and holidays. Summer hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A medical provider and mental health counselor are available by phone for urgent questions that require advice after hours.
Cost: There is no charge for an office visit with SHCC clinical staff, health education or mental health services. Fee-for-service charges are assessed for laboratory tests, X-rays, medical procedures, medications, physical therapy, massage therapy and consultation with health care specialists. CPR and first-aid classes also are available for a fee.
Location: All the services are located in the Infirmary building, which is located on Fletcher Drive on campus. Limited SHCC services also are available at SHCC at Shands Satellite Clinic and Corry Village.
Appointments: The SHCC has a convenient, appointment-based system designed to encourage continuity of care. Students are assigned a medical provider in a team. This provider will see the student throughout his/her educational career at UF. Students should first phone to receive an appointment with their provider within 24 hours.
Eligibility for service: All students registered for classes at the university are eligible for service. Spouses, postdoctoral students and semester-off students who plan to return the following semester may receive services if they pay an optional health fee. A Student Government-sponsored health insurance plan is available.
Services: Health services available for university students include immunizations, foreign travel consultation, women’s health care, specialized programs for students with eating disorders and alcohol and substance abuse, an acute care clinic and a sports medicine clinic. A current description of all services, hours and special events is listed on the SHCC Web site.
Clinical staff: Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, dietitians, psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health counselors staff the SHCC. Each team has a registered nurse whom a student can phone and discuss medical concerns and questions. The health education staff provides counseling and an extensive campus outreach including the GatorWell program. In addition, the SHCC also provides a pharmacy, clinical laboratory and radiology services.
HIV Infection: The university’s policy is to assess the needs of students, faculty or employees with HIV infection on a case-by-case basis. With permission of the affected individual, the director of the Student Health Care Center will help coordinate resources and services.
The confidentiality of the individual’s HIV status, as well as the individual’s welfare, is respected. Breach of confidentiality of information obtained by a university employee in an official university capacity may result in disciplinary action.
Based on current medical information concerning risk of infection, the university does not isolate persons with HIV infection or AIDS from other individuals in the educational or work setting. Furthermore, the university supports the continued participation, to the fullest extent reasonably possible, of these individuals in the campus educational/work environment.
It is also the policy of the university to provide education that seeks to prevent the spread of HIV infection. Those at risk for HIV infection are encouraged to get tested; those who are infected are urged to seek treatment. With current advances in HIV /AIDS treatment, early intervention is crucial to maintain well-being and delay complications of the illness.
In keeping with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the university considers HIV/AIDS to be a disability. Students or employees who are disabled by HIV infection or AIDS can use existing support services.
Medical Excuse Note Policy: The Student Health Care Center can provide a medical excuse note only if our providers are involved in the medical care of a student who must be absent from class for three or more days for medical reasons. A student who has a medical reason that results in fewer than three days of absence from class should talk with his/her professor rather than ask for an excuse note from the SHCC. If a professor subsequently requires a note for a medical absence of fewer than three days, then the professor must provide the SHCC with a written request on UF department letterhead.
Dental Care
The College of Dentistry provides a broad range of dental services at reduced fees through its student clinics. For information or scheduling of appointments, call 352- 392-4261.
Emergency dental care is available on a walk-in basis at 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. weekdays. Entry to the College of Dentistry clinics (the blue zone on the first floor) is via the west entrance to the Health Science Center on Center Drive. Parking is available in the visitor’s parking garage with access from Mowry Road.
Speech and Hearing Clinic
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders offers services to persons who have speech, hearing, language or reading disorders.
The clinic operates from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday when the university is in session. Contact the clinic at 352-392-2041 (voice & TDD) or visit 435 Dauer Hall for information regarding fees and services or to schedule an appointment.
Student Legal Services
www.sg.ufl.edu/organizations/sls
Student Legal Services, funded by the activity and service fee, provides legal advice and counseling to university students. Full-time students may receive advice on landlord-tenant problems, consumer law, criminal charges, traffic citations, divorce, adoption, name change and other family matters. In some landlord-tenant and family law matters, Student Legal Services provides free representation in court in Alachua County. Certain restrictions and limitations may apply. Appointments usually are required for one-on-one counseling with the staff attorneys. All staff attorneys are licensed members of the Florida Bar.
Notary services, including preparation of powers of attorney, are available without appointment during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information on the services offered or to make an appointment to speak to a staff attorney, call Student Legal Services at 392-1665, Ext. 368. Student Legal Services is located in 368 J. Wayne Reitz Union.
Other Special Support Services
Committee on Sexism and Homophobia
352-392-1261, 202 Peabody Hall, Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Mon. — Fri.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Concerns Committee – 352-392-9191; Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday — Friday; Chairperson: Linda Lamme, P.O. Box 117048
Rape and Crime Victim Advocate Program – 352-334-0827, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Center for Sexual Assault/Abuse
Recovery Education: 352-392-1161, ext. 231, 326 Student Health Care Center.
Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday — Friday
Center for Women’s Studies and
Gender Research: 352-392-3365, 3324 Turlington Hall, Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday