After seeing the column ‘Sexual health care on the cheap’ in the May 13th edition of the Alligator, we’d like to remind readers that the UF Student Health Care Center also offers a full range of sexual health care services available to students.
UF students pay a health fee in their tuition that helps supports the SHCC. Visits to a primary care provider, and most of the practitioners in the women’s clinic, do not require additional payment. Patients won’t have to endure a long wait if they call first (352-392-1161) to make an appointment. Often, students can get an appointment the same day they call!
SHCC provides testing for sexually transmitted infections and results are always confidential – not even parents can see the results, unless patients give written permission.
For the comfort of our patients, all staff at our women’s clinic are female. Students can get prescriptions for birth control or other medications filled at our pharmacy on-site. Some of these medications are offered at discount prices for students. Tests and medications do require payment, but the SHCC tries to keep prices at or below community rates.
Another big bonus of using the Student Health Care Center is that students are assigned to a team of health care providers and will see these same doctors and nurses throughout their time at UF. Wouldn’t you like to know the person helping you manage your health, instead of wondering who you’re going to see and whether he or she will understand your individual needs? And SHCC is located right on campus – our main location is on Fletcher Drive near the Hub and football stadium. You can fit an appointment in between classes.
