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Welcome
to the
Pat
Walker Health Center
A
Message from the Director
The
University of Arkansas community is most fortunate to house the Pat Walker
Health Center, an outstanding multi-service collegiate health care
facility, on its campus. Fully accredited by the Accreditation Association
for Ambulatory Health Care, we provide proactive medical and mental health
care and adhere to the highest standards of care.
What makes the Pat Walker Health Center unique? We are a center focused on
the
promotion of good health. Thus, we serve the campus
community with wellness and prevention activities delivered in a variety
of educational settings including everything from individual consultations
to one-hour credit classes. Check out this home page for the breadth of
health and lifestyle topics that we address to help students who are
seeking success in the academic, social, spiritual, and physical worlds.
Our medical
care is unique in that we offer family practice medicine
on
campus with physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses
with expertise in the college health student needs. Not only can our
students, faculty, and staff utilize real (meaning
board-certified and licensed) physicians, but they can also access the
services of a pharmacy, clinical laboratory, and x-ray unit in the same
facility. No, this is not a dream, this is a very effective and efficient
set up designed to help students in particular get on with their education
and take care of their medical needs. Check out the homepage for a
description of the
Women's Clinic , a specialty service that our female
students find incredibly helpful and convenient.
Change is not unique to any particular student. Change however can lead a
student to question values, to develop debilitating stress and/or
anxieties, or to approach relationships in new ways. For this reason, counseling
services are provided at the University Health Center and
assist students in approaching change in healthy and productive ways. By
addressing mental health issues early on, our Counseling
and Psychological Services (CAPS) contribute to the
success of many students individually, and the campus collectively. This
web site highlights not only the personalized services our CAPS therapists
(yes, I mean "real" therapists
licensed by the State of Arkansas with definitive degrees in psychology,
social work and professional counseling) provide, but the therapy group
offerings and class opportunities available to students.
We are honored that you have landed on our web site to learn about our
services. As our mission statement says, we care about each individual in
the campus community and strive to offer the best and highest quality of
service to the betterment of each person's health. Good health and a good
education go hand in hand - take advantage of both while you are at the
University of Arkansas.
Yours in good health,
Mary Alice Serafini
Director, Pat Walker Health Center
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