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Welcome and Overview
Suzanne Dolan RN, SHC Director
Physical well-being has a
tremendous impact on a student's
academic performance. Our
mission is to provide and maintain
the optimal health of our students
by modifying or removing
health-related barriers to learning.
This goal can be met by helping
students obtain the skills to remain
healthy throughout life, enhancing
their lives as a member of the
academy and wider community.
The Student Health & Wellness Center provides
confidential, high quality and
easily accessible health care in the
campus environment, offering
clinic-based primary care services
to all matriculated students.
Services are available during
SHC business
hours.
The academy encourages students
to utilize the Student Health and
Wellness Center for their medical
needs such as urgent care (drop-in),
scheduled appointments, physicals,
basic lab and
drug tests,
specialty clinics, medications
prescribed by our healthcare
providers and referrals to
off-campus providers.
During the annual training
cruise, the Cal Maritime Student
Health and Wellness Center relocates
to the Medical Treatment Facility
onboard the Training Ship GOLDEN
BEAR. This facility is staffed
with a Chief Medical Officer
(Physician) and a Medical Officer
(Physician Assistant, Nurse
Practitioner or Registered Nurse) 24
hours a day for emergency care.
In addition to this 24-hour, on-call
service, the medical team provides a
drop-in clinic twice a day while at
sea and once a day while in port for
students to access health care.
The training ship is equipped with a
basic lab, x-ray, medical
commodities and pharmaceuticals to
support most of the health care
needs presented by students.
Cal Maritime embraces an approach
involving health education, acute
care, health maintenance and
referral assistance to achieve our
goals. The result will be
students who understand how to make
informed decisions about their
health, and are self-directed
towards optimal wellness.
While on campus or
at sea, the
care of certain illnesses, injuries
and conditions may require
hospitalization or services beyond
our scope of authorized care.
In this incidence, a student will be
referred to
local medical services where utilization of their
medical insurance will be essential.
Mandatory Health Insurance
Requirement
Due to the special nature of the
educational experience at Cal
Maritime, which includes a training
cruise often involving international
travel, all enrolled students are required to
carry and show proof of medical insurance
throughout their academic career.
All matriculated Cal Maritime
students are automatically enrolled
in and charged for the school-endorsed
"Student Accident and Sickness
Insurance Plan" unless a completed
2009/10 Medical Insurance Fee
Waiver Form,
certifying comparable
required coverage is received by the
semester deadline (September 15 for
Fall and January 25 for Spring*).
2009/10 Medical Insurance Fee
Waiver Form are available in the Student
Health & Wellness Center.
*dates
subject to change
For more information, see our
Health Insurance page
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