Student services and programs you need to know about
15 The Student Health and Wellness Centre
For professors and staff:
Note that the Student Health and Wellness Centre is strictly for students. Employees and professors can access the telemedicine service, which is free for all, at:
LifeWorks Telemedicine | Campus life (uottawa.ca)
To register on the provincial list to be matched with a family doctor:
Find a doctor or nurse practitioner | ontario.ca
Trouver un médecin de famille | Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ) (gouv.qc.ca)
For students only:
As of May 2022, the Student Health and Wellness Centre is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of health professionals, including physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, health promotion specialists (education), psychotherapists, a psychologist and psychiatrists working together in a shared care model.
These services are offered to all uOttawa students:
- Mental health services (individual counseling, group psychotherapy, psychiatry)
- Health visit/walk-in
- Vaccination, injections, TB testing
- Bloodwork
- Prescription renewal
- IUD consultation and insertion
- Screening for communicable diseases. PAP test
- Health education, promotion, and prevention on several topics
Students can book an appointment with a health practitioner for the same day or the following day in the following 4 ways.
- In person: at 801 King Edward, Room N203
- By phone: by calling 613-562-5498
- Online: by using the web portal
- On the app: by downloading the UpPatient app from Google Play or Apple Store