Comprehensive Guide to UNTHSC Student Clinic Services
The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) provides a wide array of clinical services through its UNTHSC Health division. This article delves into the various services offered, focusing on the clinical practice, student health services, and other essential resources available to the UNTHSC community.
UNTHSC Health: An Overview
UNTHSC Health serves as the patient care and clinical service delivery unit of UNTHSC. Spanning all colleges and institutes, the clinical practice is the platform to support the mission of UNTHSC through interprofessional education, clinical care delivery, and research. The UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group is rooted in interprofessional collaboration and focused on primary care and improving health outcomes to all to build a healthier community. Clinical faculty provide care throughout greater Tarrant County and are on staff at all of the major hospitals in our community along with several of the premier continuing care retirement communities in Fort Worth.
Interprofessional Approach
The practice is organized around clinical services or departments that enable students, faculty, and patients to come together for the purpose of education, research, and patient care. In each clinic, interprofessional teams work collaboratively to achieve an optimized treatment plan tailored to the individual patient. This collaborative environment ensures that patients receive well-rounded care, benefiting from the expertise of multiple healthcare professionals.
Commitment to Health Outcomes
The UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group commits to improving health outcomes by identifying strategic opportunities to leverage health outcomes and improve clinical operations, workflow, and financial performance. The UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group was the first health care organization in Fort Worth to be recognized as an Age Friendly Certified Business.
Unique Clinics and Services Offered
Located in the Health Pavilion on the UNTHSC campus, UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group has 13 unique clinics:
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- Pediatrics
- Allergy
- Family Medicine
- Cardiology
- Gastroenterology
- Surgery
- Student Health
- Employee Priority Care
- Geriatric Primary Care
- Geriatric Psychology
- Geriatric Neurology
- Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- Dermatology
Scheduling an Appointment
To schedule an appointment, call 817-735-2273.
Student Health Services
The Health Clinic is located on the third floor of the Health Pavilion at 855 Montgomery St. Our exceptional providers and staff are committed to providing optimal health care to our students by offering primary and preventive services. Our mission is to provide HSC students with easy access to affordable health care for a healthier UNTHSC community.
Accessing Care
All visits are by appointment only. Students must provide proof of insurance and are responsible for all appropriate fees as outlined in their individual insurance policies. Referrals to HSC Health specialty providers must be approved by Student Health Services or the student’s primary care physician, in accordance with their insurance carrier.
Employee Priority Care
Priority Care provides healthcare services for employees experiencing a minor illness or injury. Priority Care does not see employees for workers’ compensation injuries.
Services
- Healthcare services for employees experiencing a minor illness or injury.
Location
Interdisciplinary Research & Education Building (IREB 105)3430 Camp Bowie Blvd.
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N95 Mask Fit Test
To schedule an N95 mask fit test, please complete the Mask Fit Questionnaire.
Primary Care Physician (PCP) Services
Yes! Dr. Smith can serve as your PCP and manage your ongoing health care needs.
Payment
for paying an office visit insurance copay. costs associated with your visit.
Additional Resources and Services
Housing
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC) does not provide on-campus student housing. However, students will find a variety of housing opportunities in the area. Students are responsible for making their own housing arrangements. HSC does not assume any responsibility in housing arrangements but does support the federal housing policies that housing owners not discriminate because of race, color, gender, age, disability, veteran status, or national origin.
Food
Snack food is available from various on-campus vending machines.
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UNTHSC Police Department
Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the UNTHSC Police Department provides comprehensive law enforcement services. Police officers are fully licensed peace officers vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers in the State of Texas. They are authorized to function as the local law enforcement authority in all counties in which property is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise under the control of UNTHSC. Officers routinely patrol the campus by foot, electric bicycles and vehicles. State criminal laws are enforced, as are administrative and state traffic regulations governing driving and parking restrictions. Officers take police reports when an offense or an incident is reported, and criminal cases are filed with the Tarrant County District Attorneys Office. The non-emergency phone number for UNTHSC Police Department is 817-735-2210.
Traffic Regulations
Those who operate motor vehicles and bicycles on campus must comply with the Texas Uniform Traffic Code and the published regulations regarding vehicle and bicycle use, parking, display of permits, and penalties for violations.
Veteran Services
UNTHSC is approved by the Texas Veterans Commission for the training of men and women who have served in the armed forces, their families, and their surviviors. Assistance is provided to students who are on active duty, are veterans, or family members of verterans eligable for beneifts. Students should contact the Registrar and Student Records Office for the appropriate forms to establish eligibility for assistance. The completed forms and any supported documents must be forwarded to the Registrar and Student Records Office.
Understanding Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs)
It's important to be aware of the prevalence of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), their false claims, and the real harm they cause. Public education about their unethical practices is necessary. CPCs often pose as health care providers, sometimes setting up shop next door to legitimate medical centers. Instead of getting necessary care at CPCs, women instead receive misinformation, which serves only to confuse and delay their care.
Deceptive Practices
CPCs are pervasive in the reproductive health landscape. CPCs have been quietly thriving for years, whereas planned parenthood and abortion providers have faced constant scrutiny and restrictive laws since Roe v. Wade. Their ulterior motives, lack of qualifications, and disreputable services are being used to misinform women. There is a dire need to widely disperse information about CPCs to medical students, other health professionals, and the general public.
Prevalence and Tactics
As of 2019, there are 2537 CPCs across the United States. Their ads strive to display the appearance of abortion-providing medical clinics and are frequently placed on billboards and buses near abortion clinics. In addition, CPCs often intentionally occupy buildings near abortion-providing clinics. CPCs have also developed initiatives specifically targeting communities of color, a population that faces significant barriers, such as financial inequity, shortage of health care providers, and lack of health insurance.
Misleading Information
CPCs are intentionally advertised as comprehensive medical facilities with licensed clinical professionals despite offering only select services and being largely staffed by volunteers. CPCs, as nonmedical entities, are not held to the same inspection, safety, and regulation requirements as medical facilities. Inside CPCs, staff often use manipulative and coercive tactics on unsuspecting women: some volunteers wear white coats despite having no medical training, they fail to disclose that they are not a medical facility, and they express judgment toward clients about their decisions to pursue abortion or contraception. They offer ultrasound services, which they may not be licensed to interpret, for the purpose of using fetal images to deter women from abortion.
Funding and Services
CPCs publicly pose as nonprofit organizations, but many utilize public tax dollars to provide their services, primarily through diversion of funds from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Although it is possible that the rates of unintended pregnancy can potentially be decreased by CPCs, CPCs do not provide the comprehensive care that has been evidence backed and shown to reduce pregnancies and abortions: they do not provide comprehensive contraception services. There has been no formal studies of the efficacy of CPCs in reducing abortion rates. However, comprehensive care has been shown to be significantly effective at reducing abortion incidence.
The Importance of Comprehensive Care
Comprehensive care has been shown to be significantly effective at reducing abortion incidence. For example, in Colorado, after the state expanded access to long-acting reversible contraceptives-a service not offered by CPCs-the teen abortion rate decreased 40% between 2009 and 2014. This rejection of evidence-based medicine is counterintuitive to the stated goal of CPCs to reduce abortion rates and is in direct contradiction to the justification given for using public monies to fund the operation of CPCs.
Vulnerable Populations
Since CPCs receive a large amount of money, they are able to continue providing free services. This makes these centers attractive for low-income, uninsured, and/or undocumented women. These nonmedical facilities are sometimes seemingly their only option for receiving information, be it false or not.
Call to Action
Many organizations have brought attention to the detrimental practices upheld by CPCs. The issue of access to safe reproductive health care cannot be settled with deceit. Misinformation is not the answer.
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