ACCESS ING MEDICAL SERVICES All users of the Medical Centre are required to make an appointment. You can reduce your wait time and schedule your appointments from home. Students are encouraged to follow the guidelines outlined below to access services. • Email requests for prescriptions, medical reports, referrals or appointments to utechmedcentre@utech.edu.jm • Provide radiology (X-ray) and laboratory test entities with the email address to which diagnostic test results can be sent. • The email account will be manned by the medical team and feedback will be provided within 72 hours. • Remember to include a telephone number for us to contact you. Your current health insurance and student identification cards are necessary for each visit. STUDENT HEALTH I NSURANCE PLAN All registered students are provided with a health insurance card which can be used at any health care provider. Please note that some providers only accept cash/debit/credit cards as payments. If this occurs, ask for a signed receipt in order to make a claim against the health insurance provider. Major medical benefits are applicable in certain circumstances. There is a cost for services not covered by the health insurance plan however no cash is collected at the Medical Centre. STUDENT REQUIREMENTS TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN CL INICAL ROTAT IONS All students enrolled in health and allied health courses of study who are required to participate in clinical rotations within areas of the Ministry of Health must be fully immunized. Access to clinical sites will only be granted if immunization is current and covers the period of rotation. The Immunization schedule: The Immunization schedule: • Birth BCG • 6 weeks OPV, DPT/HepB/Hib (Pentavalent) • 3 months OPV, DPT/HepB/Hib • 5 months OPV, DPT/HepB/Hib • 12 months MMR • 18 months DPT, OPV boosters • 4–6 years DPT, OPV, MMR boosters All applicable students must have Mantoux test performed and results forwarded to: • The Medical Centre for Papine Campus students, or • The Western Campus Nursing Station – for Western Campus students. This test can be done at the National Chest Hospital, Barbican Road, Kingston 6 or at the St James Type 5 Health Centre, Creek Street, Montego Bay respectively. MEDICALS FOR NEW STUDENTS All students being enrolled for the first time are required to complete a medical and submit to the: TH E UN I V E R S I T Y OF TE CHNO LOGY, J AMA I C A – ST UD E NT HANDBOOK 2022–2023 SUP POR T SE R V I C E S FOR ST UD E NT S 66
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