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Call Ahead!

For urgent problems, call ahead for a same day appointment. For non urgent (followup, chronic problems, prescription refills) we will often be able to accommodate you the same day or in the near future.

If you cannot keep your appointment, please give us a call and let us know so that we can fit in another patient. We need a 24 hour notice for a physical appointment. For all other appointments, you can call anytime before the scheduled time. Of course, we prefer to know as soon as you do. If we do not hear from you, your Bursar's bill will be charged a $30.00 fee.

Call to make an appointment for the following physicals.

• routine gynecological exam
• travel physicals
• sports physicals
• pre-employment physical

For gynecological or physical exams, you will be scheduled 10 minutes before the provider will actually see you; this is to allow time for you to complete any forms or read necessary health information. Due to the demand for appointments and the cost associated with "no shows", Health Services charges $30.00 to patients who do not keep their appointment or arrive more than 10 minutes late and have not cancelled 24 hours ahead of time. Forms and confirmations may be sent ahead via e-mail.

Physical Recommendations:
Several professional groups, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Medical Association and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, have taken the stance that routine annual physicals for healthy individuals are unnecessary. Healthy people are better served by seeing medical providers for specific age and risk related screening tests, designed to detect medical conditions that can be treated when discovered early. Some examples of conditions that are easily detected through periodic testing are high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and cervical, breast, bowel and testicular cancers.

Based on these current recommendations, Health Services encourages students to request periodic appointments with a provider for screening checks, rather that a routine physical. Visit us for blood pressure checks, cholesterol screening, breast and/or testicular exams, or bowel/ prostate cancer screening for those 40 and over. Breast exams and cervical cancer screening (a Pap Smear) are part of a routine GYN exam which Health Services recommends annually.

If you have forms to be completed, bring them to Health Services for review. You may need to schedule an appointment for an exam. Health Services will continue to offer routine physical exams if a student needs a form completed which requires a physical for travel, pre-employment, sports, etc.

Follow these general guidelines for the frequency of screening tests:

These guidelines are intended for individuals without symptoms. Specific risk factors or your previous history may lead your medical provider to request testing and visits at different intervals.

If you have a preference as to the gender of the person who examines and treats you, please tell the team assistant when you make an appointment. We will do our best to accommodate your wishes. You may wait a little longer to be seen depending on when the provider becomes available. Toward the end of the semester, the availability of female providers for gynecology appointments decreases.
If you feel more comfortable having a chaperone in the room during any part of a physical exam, please tell your provider. We will be happy to arrange for an additional staff member to be present in the room. This may not always be possible during school vacation breaks because of reduced staffing during those times.

We provide the following list of providers in the community to assist students in locating a provider. Please be advised that this list is not meant as endorsement of provider pricing, policies or quality of care.

For students with the Brown University sponsored Health Insurance:

The student health insurance sponsored through Brown University provides limited coverage for eye care. If choosing a provider from the following list, please ask if they are a member of Health Care Value Management (HCVM) and if they accept your insurance coverage. Refer to the Insurance Office for more information.

For students that don't have the Brown University sponsored Health Insurance:

If our are covered under another insurance plan, you are responsible for all related charges; check with your insurance company for coverage.

Please be sure when scheduling your appointment that you discuss with the office your insurance coverage and terms of payment.

Health Services produces this list of dentists in the geographic area for you convenience. Please be advised that this list is not meant as endorsement of these dentists pricing or quality of care they provide. For more information about an individual dentist, you may call the RI Dental Board of Examiners at (401) 222-2151.

Note: The current student insurance plan at Brown University does not cover any dental expenses.