Available Services

• Emergency first aid.
• Health education, counseling, and evaluations. 
• Health screenings (blood pressure, blood sugar, hemoglobin, body fat composition, cholesterol, strep A, pregnancy, otoscope exams, etc.)
• Assessment, treatment and OTC medications for minor illnesses.
• Assessment and treatment for injuries.
• Specific care prescribed by physicians (injections, dressing changes, wound care, etc.)
• Assistance with proper use of the health care system through appropriate referrals.
• When the Student Health Services Nurse is unavailable, student assistants operate the Self-Care Center.

Medical Excuses

UAM Student Health Service does not provide medical excuses for short-term absences which result in missed classes, exams, assignments, work or practices due to illness or injury. In certain circumstances where the illness or injury is prolonged, requires hospitalization or the student is instructed not to attend classes, work or practices due to the severity or communicability of the illness, SHS will work with students in providing appropriate documentation.  

Students are advised to contact the appropriate professor, instructor, coach or supervisor in the event they need to miss classes, exams, assignments, work or practices due to an illness, injury or an emergency. While absence should be a rare occurrence, Student Health Service encourages students to make mature decisions when they are too ill to attend class or activities. All decisions concerning the impact of an absence, as well as any arrangements for making up work, rest with the professors, instructors, coaches or supervisors.