Tulane University: Student Resources and Student Life
2008-2009 Academic Year
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Student Resources
The Student Health Center (SHC) is located on the campus and is a component of
the Tulane University Health Sciences Center. Its staff provides medical,
gynecologic, psychiatric, and health education services for all full-time students
on the uptown campus at no charge. Part-time students may pay a modest service
fee for each semester to be eligible as well.
In addition to Primary Care, Psychiatry and Stress Management Clinic, and
Gynecology Clinics, there is a Men's Clinic, a Travel Clinic for advice and
preventive treatment for foreign travel, and an Allergy Clinic for administration of
"allergy shots". The SHC is open 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
and there is an Urgent Care Clinic for acute illnesses and injuries on Saturdays, 9
a.m. - 12 noon. The laboratory and pharmacy are open weekdays. A physician is
on "beeper-call" when the clinics are closed.
Emergencies that occur on campus during the academic year are responded to by
the Tulane Emergency Medical Service (TEMS), whose student volunteers are
trained as emergency medical technicians that provide 24-hour a day ambulance
service for the campus community. Call 865-5255, day or night. Call 862-8121,
daytime Nurse Triage Express.
Services at the (SHC) are provided to students regardless of their insurance
programs; however, all full-time students are required to have some form of
medical insurance in case of hospitalization. Many students are no longer covered
by their parents' policies, and for them Tulane has developed the option of a
reasonably priced Tulane student health insurance program.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND COUNSELING CENTER
Educational Resources and Counseling (ERC) offers psychotherapy, career
testing, tutoring and disability services to help students thrive personally and
academically. ERC services are confidential to the full extent allowed by law, and
most are free of charge to currently-enrolled Tulane students.
Short-term psychotherapy or counseling is available for almost any kind of
personal concern (e.g., adjusting to college, relationships, stress, anxiety,
depression, sexuality, career direction, choosing a major, family problems,
grief/loss, traumatic events, crises). ERC professionals include psychologists,
social workers, counselors, and graduate students in professional training.
Numerous workshops, as well as therapy and support groups, are offered each
semester. Counselors and peer educators can help students improve time
management, note-taking, test-taking, and other study strategies. Peer educators
are undergraduate interns who provide study strategy assistance to other students.