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In keeping with the tradition of caring for the whole person, Georgetown has a variety of health and wellness services available to students. Students may access any or all of the services. All services are confidential. In addition to on-campus services, there are also a veriety of online and off-campus resources available to students.
For a complete listing of health information visit http://be.georgetown.edu.
Georgetown University Resources
Online Health Programs
Self-Care Guide
Screenings
Assessments
Local Resources
Resources for Families and Friends
Academic Success
- be.georgetown.edu
be.georgetown is a website designed to guide students to make informed health choices during their time at Georgetown. Browse through Body, Mind, and Soul to find issues such as homesickness, sexuality, and exercise. Use the contact and hours information on Practicalities to find the Georgetown health and safety services available to you. In an emergency, you'll find hotline numbers and on-call services under Emergency. There is also a Self-Care Guide -- a resource that helps determine if and when medical treatment is necessary for signs and symptoms of an illness.
- Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Services (GERMS)
All students are advised to call (202) 687-HELP in case of on-campus medical emergencies. This number will connect you to the Department of Public Safety, the on-campus police, and Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Services (GERMS). GERMS is the University's student-run emergency response medical service. GERMS volunteers are certified Emergency Medical Technicians that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at no cost.
For mental health emergencies after hours, students should call (202) 444-PAGE at any time to speak with the CAPS/Counseling Center clinician on call. For physical health emergencies after hours, students should call (202) 444-PAGE at any time to speak with the Student Health Center clinician on call.
- Student Health
The Student Health Center (SHC) is the "doctor's office" on-campus. It is located in Darnall Hall and is run by MedStar Health. The Student Health Center provides a wide range of medical services, including routine medical care, preventative health care, allergy services, and routine and travel related immunizations. Walk-in appointments are available in urgent care situations during hours of operations. All students under the age of 26 are required by the University to furnish proof of certain immunizations (.pdfs) prior to enrollment.
- Counseling & Psychiatric Services
Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS), located in Darnall Hall, is the primary mental health resource on-campus. The staff helps students to develop greater self-understanding, to identify and solve problems, and to improve academic performance.
- Disability Support Services and Academic Assistance
The Academic Resource Center provides services to students with learning/physical/psychological disabilities or chronic medical illnesses. Students with a documented disability and students who may become eligible while at Georgetown are able to receive necessary accommodations.
- Student Insurance
Georgetown requires that all full-time students have health insurance. Proof of insurance must be submitted to the Office of Student Insurance. Before declining the University's student health insurance, you may want to make sure that the policy you have provides care while in the Washington, DC area and that the plan covers expenses incurred as a result of extracurricular activities such as club sports.
- Yates Field House
Yates Field House (the gym on-campus) features state-of-the-art facilities that allow members to achieve their health and fitness goals while utilizing a wide variety of activities. Yates memberships include access to all facilities including the racquetball courts, pool, and aerobic areas. All full-time undergraduate students have automatic access to Yates Field House.
Nourish® is an online nutrition health improvement program. This program simplifies the task of healthy eating decisions and helps modify unhealthy eating behaviors.
Breathe® is a smoking cessation program that identifies each participants primary motivations for quitting smoking, the factors favoring success, and the barriers to quitting.
Relax® provides a stress relaxation program designed for adults to help them effectively cope with everyday stress resulting from work, family, and personal issues. The program helps to improve stress-coping skills, reduce stress levels, and manage the consequences of chronic stress.
Succeed® is a health behavior assessment that evaluates key health-related behaviors such as nutrition, weight, physical activity, stress, and injury prevention.
Care For Your Back® is an online health management program. This program incorporates individualied, instructional videos to help you prevent and manage back pain.
Care For Your Health® is an online health program that can create a plan to help you successfully manage your health conditions, including useful tools like a prescription refill reminder and a goal setting tool.
To register for any Healthmedia® programs:
- Go to http://my.healthmedia.com/index.html?au=GTW26513895 to register.
- Click on "Get Started Now."
- Type in GTW26513895 as the access code. Please write down the access code prior to selecting the website link so that you can easily input it when needed.
- Aerobics and Fitness Association of America--This site features a "Exercise Gets Personal" section that helps you create a customized exercise program just for you!
- Mystudentbody.com--Provides useful information about alcohol and drug use. Click on unregistered user. If you are a student enter school code HOYA. If you are an administrator enter HOYAADMIN under school code.
- Eating Disorder, Alcohol, and Depression Screening--type "mentalhealth" in the box labeled "Keyword." Then click "login." The screening takes only a few minutes and returns results and referral information to you right away. The screening is provided so that you may find out - in a few minutes - whether or not professional consultation would be helpful to you. While overall data is available to Health Education, no specific information about individuals is released.
- Do I need Therapy? assessment
- Screening for Adult ADD (Attention-Deficit Disorder)
- 42-question Eating Attitudes assessment
Academic Success
For a complete listing of health information visit http://be.georgetown.edu |
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