Student_Affairs_Annual_Assessment_Report_2021

23 AVERA STUDENT HEALTH : Health care professionals with Avera St. Luke’s are focused on helping students with a range of medical needs to promote health and wellness. A certified physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner is available Monday-Friday during the academic year to assure excellent care. Services include sports physicals, annual physicals, sick visits for fevers, coughs, colds, sore throats, and earaches. Clinical laboratory services are available on-site. Students whose health care needs are beyond the clinics’ scope of practice will be supported with referrals. Table 25 Student Usage by Month and Year Year Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Total 2020-2021 44 124 112 97 N/A 41 63 56 37 8 582 Note. The 582 appointments above represent: 63 office visits (annual physicals, sports physicals, back pain, stomach issues, depression, anxiety, etc.) 507 sick visits (COVID-19, influenza, colds, sinus, ears, nose, throats, etc.) 12 injections (influenza vaccination or other immunizations). Students very rarely “no show” on office visits and sick visits. The vast majority of appointments are “walk-ins.” Avera Student Health made a very limited number of off campus referrals; most students were able to complete their visits on campus. EVALUATION: No information was available regarding student demographics for those who utilized Avera Student Health during the 2020-2021 academic year. A new system will be created to enable the reporting of student demographics for the 2021-2022 academic year.