About Us & Mission Statement

The Student Health and Wellness Center provides high quality, confidential health care to the campus community. The clinic is located on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus on the terrace level of AMR II. The health care staff consists of board certified/eligible physicians, nationally certified nurse practitioners, a licensed nurse, medical assistants/technologists, and a nurse mid-wife. We offer a broad range of primary care services, including routine gynecologic care.

 

Our center is open from Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. During the academic year, it is also open on Saturdays from 9:00 am to noon. Ill students can almost always be seen the same day. There is a physician on-call whenever the Health Center is closed. We do not charge for any services provided by the Health Center itself. Simple in-house laboratory tests (i.e. rapid strep test, hemoglobin blood count, urinalysis, monospot test) are performed in the Health Center at no charge. Other lab tests are sent to one of several commercial laboratories; charges for these test are generally billed directly to your insurance company. 

Mission Statement, Goals, and Objectives

The mission of the Johns Hopkins University Student Health and Wellness Center is to support the education and development of students by promoting their optimal health and well-being. The Johns Hopkins University Student Health and Wellness Center accomplishes its mission with the following goals and accompanying objectives.

1. To ensure the provision of high quality care responsive to the specific needs of the student body
   
   a. by conducting and integrating results from JHU Patient Satisfaction Surveys, JHU SHWC Wish Box Comments, and quality improvement studies as per the JHU SHWC Quality Improvement Program Policy.
   
   b. by incorporating feedback from the JHU Student Health Advisory Committee.
   
   c. by ensuring that all clinical staff maintain active unrestricted professional licenses.
   
   d. by benchmarking JHU SHWC with national standards (e.g. ACHA).
   
   
2. To ensure the provision of high quality care to JHU students regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, disability, or national origin
   
   a. by abiding by the Johns Hopkins University Principles of Ensuring Equity, Civility, and Respect for All.
   
   
3. To ensure that the level of performance of all staff at the JHU SHWC is monitored by ongoing peer review and annual evaluations in accordance with the standards set by the overall Johns Hopkins University community
   
   a. by facilitating and participating in an organized, regularly scheduled peer review program as per the JHU SHWC Peer Chart Review Policy and
   
   b. by conducting periodic appraisals of each person’s job performance, including current competence as per the JHU SHWC Administrative Policy.
   
   
4. To ensure that the JHU SHWC provides opportunities for professional development through continuing education in order to advance professional knowledge and skill
   
   a. by following the JHU SHWC Continuing Education and Educational Leave Policy.
   
   
5. To establish the SHWC as a recognized educational resource in matters that relate to health promotion and health education, and to educate students regarding appropriate use of the health care delivery system in general
   
   a. by supporting and promoting its Center for Health Education and Wellness (CHEW).
   
   b. by discussions with students during office visits.
   
   c. by maintaining an up to date website and providing links to other websites containing reputable health information for college students
   
   
6. To develop and maintain an increasingly close working relationship with various departments and services of JHU and local health care providers
   
   a. by maintaining effective communication among the JHU SHWC executive committee, clinicians, nursing staff, administrative staff, & CHEW as per the JHU SHWC Communication Policy and
   
   b. by participating in regular meetings with the JHU Counseling Center, the JHU Athletic Center, the JHU Dean of Students, and other staff members of JHU Homewood Student Affairs.
   
   
7. To promote professional standards among members of the JHU SHWC staff
   
   a. by fulfilling all applicable obligations under local, state, and federal laws and regulations as per the JHU SHWC Laws and Regulations Policy and JHU SHWC Credentialing and Privileging Policy
   
   
8. To maintain rules and regulations governing the conduct of the SHWC staff subject to the ultimate authority of the governing board, the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees
   
   a. by adhering to the JHU SHWC Code of Conduct Policy and the Johns Hopkins University Principles of Ensuring Equity, Civility, and Respect for all.