Medical Services

The Pelham Medical Services provides comprehensive medical services to address the needs of college students. There are no office visit charges for medical, mental health, and wellness appointments. Our doctors, family nurse practitioners, and registered nurses provide routine health and wellness care such as sports and travel physicals, general check-ups, clearance exams for volunteer work or internships, reproductive and sexual health exams, contraception, and related health education. We also provide problem-oriented care for sickness and injuries. Students with specific health needs may be referred to local specialists on an as-needed basis.

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Making an Appointment

You can schedule an appointment by calling the Schacht Center during our open hours at 413-585-2800. We understand that some students may prefer an online schedule, but the reason we use phone calls for scheduling is because it helps us triage your care. Triaging occurs when a medical professional makes determinations about how serious the student’s concerns are and what level of care they need. There might be some instances where the triaging nurse recognizes that the student needs immediate, urgent attention. There might be other instances where the nurse is able to give advice to the student in the moment for attending to their needs.

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Our Mission

The Medical Service provides essential medical services to the Smith College community in a manner that safely and age-appropriately meets the healthcare needs of students, and partners with the counseling, psychiatry, and wellness departments to provide integrated and holistic care. All policy and provision of care will be consistent with guiding principles that promote quality, safety, and equity.

Our Guiding Principles

Safety

  • Physical and psychological safety is a critical component of healthcare provision by fostering the development of a trusting therapeutic relationship in which healthcare takes place
  • Operational policy reflects industry best-practice standards
  • Clinical care policy reflects industry best-practice standards
  • Clinical care provision is evidence based
  • Patient safety is consistent with the ethic of do no harm
  • Safety of Schacht Center building and personnel
  • Safety of community

Responsibility

  • Duty to care for students to whom we grant admission
  • Duty to do no harm
  • Promote environmental sustainability through thoughtful selection and use of resources
  • Reduce burden on the local healthcare system and greater community resources

Equitable Access

  • All students deserve and shall have access to quality care, regardless of residential status, insurance coverage and demographic factors such as age, race, ethnicity, gender and socio-economic class.
  • All patients are treated with dignity and respect.

Valued & Essential Service

  • The Medical Service at Smith College is composed of credentialed, licensed medical, nursing and allied health professionals with expertise in student well-being, student health and first-time care seeking behaviors.
  • The Medical Service at Smith College oversees healthcare services to our students and community.

Contact the Schacht Center for Health & Wellness

Schacht Center for Health and Wellness
Smith College
21 Belmont Avenue
Northampton, MA 01063

Hours:
M, T, Th, F 8:30 a.m–4:30 p.m.
W noon–4:30 p.m.

Phone: 413-585-2800

If there is an emergency, call Campus Safety at 413-585-5555

For non-urgent concerns, email us: