Student Health Services

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General Information

• Drop-In Clinic or Appointments
• 24 Hour Nurse Advice Line Flyer
• After Hours ExcelCare
• Local Medical Services
• SHC Fee Summary

Mission Statement

Physical and Mental Health has a tremendous impact on academic performance. Student Health Services' mission is to assist students in maintaining their optimum mental and physical health while attending Cal Maritime.

Welcome and Overview

Cathleen Coulman, Director Student Health and Chief Medical Officer

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. Student Health Services 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 SHS business hours.

The academy encourages students to utilize Student Health Services 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 Services 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 (Nurse Practitioner) 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 The Cal Maritime Academy (CMA) which includes a training cruise often involving international travel, all enrolled students are required to carry and show proof of health insurance that meets the minimum insurance requirements to waive and travel assistance throughout their academic career. As a CMA student, you are automatically enrolled in and charged for the school-endorsed Student Health Insurance Plan unless an online insurance waiver is completed and approved by the deadline date of July 6, 2012 for the 2012/2013 academic year. Students with comparable coverage who are granted a waiver from the school's health insurance, will be charged $20 each semester for the required travel assistance.

For more information, see our Health Insurance page.