Find Health and Wellness Support at Pat Walker Health Center

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The Pat Walker Health Center on Garland Avenue.

As our campus prepares for the Fall 2023 semester, the Pat Walker Health Center would like to remind the U of A community that it's important to take care of yourself. Our community can rest assured that the health center has several resources available to support and help you succeed in your overall health and wellness!  

The Pat Walker Health Center is the U of A's exclusive medical, mental health and substance use and support facility for faculty, staff and students. The health center is an AAAHC-accredited institution, providing comprehensive, compassionate and evidence-based care.  

The PWHC's hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m Fridays. The Primary Care Clinic has extended-service hours on Saturdays in the fall and spring semesters from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (excluding university holidays and home football games). The first Saturday clinic of the semester will be Aug. 19.  

In addition to in-person services, PWHC offers telehealth services to the U of A community. Whether you are already an established patient or a new patient, you can be seen at the health center; however, you must be in the state of Arkansas at the time of your TeleVisit to be eligible. You can learn more about TeleVisit medical appointments on the health center's Appointments page. For more information about telehealth services from health center's Counseling & Psychological Services, call 479-575-5276, or the center's Substance Education, Assessment & Recovery program, email sear@uark.edu. 

The medical, mental health, and substance use and support service areas all have various events and programming planned for the upcoming academic year that you can keep up with via the UARK Calendar, HogSync, Arkansas News and PWHC's social media channels: @uofahealth, @uarkcaps, @uarksear and @razorbackrecovery.  

REMINDERS FOR STUDENTS

• Students have access to medical, mental health and substance use and support services.  

• The health center employs board-certified and licensed physicians, practitioners, clinicians and specialists. 

• The medical clinics bill with insurance (including psychiatry services), or self-pay is available. 

• To make an appointment at one of the medical clinics, go to myhealth.uark.edu or call 479-575-4451, option 1.   

• Most mental health services are included in the health and wellness fee. To make an appointment with Counseling and Psychological Services, call 479-575-5276.   

• The Substance Education, Assessment and Recovery program provides direct individual and group interventions to university students with alcohol, cannabis and other substance-related concerns. To make an appointment with SEAR, email sear@uark.edu. 

REMINDERS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF  

• Faculty and staff have access to medical services at the PWHC. 

• PWHC employs board-certified and licensed physicians, practitioners, clinicians and specialists 

• The medical clinics bill with insurance (including psychiatry services), or self-pay is available. 

• UMR insurance is in network with all the providers in the health center. 

• PWHC is also part of the SmartCare network, which means a lower co-pay for faculty and staff with UMR insurance.  

• To learn more about the support services and psychiatry at the PWHC for faculty and staff, read this Arkansas News article. 

• To make an appointment at one of the medical clinics, go to myhealth.uark.edu or call 479-575-4451, option 1.  

For more information about Pat Walker Health Center, visit the health center's website at health.uark.edu.