A primary purpose of the Campbell University Health Center is caring for students, serving as an important resource in regard to their overall health and wellbeing.
Student care is indeed a priority, says Health Center Director Dr. Lori Langdon, as many students may be living far from home and may lack reliable transportation. As undergraduate enrollment continues to increase, Health Center staff are focusing on their care.
The Health Center, behind Butler Chapel, takes most insurance, offering primary care and wellness visits but sees students who are ill or need urgent or acute care.
“It is important for students to know that they have access to medical care right here on campus,” Langdon says. “We appreciate that students are busy, and their schedules are difficult, and some of them don’t have transportation, so we want to be a resource.”
The Health Center offers many point-of-care tests, including Flu A, Flu B, Covid-19 and mononucleosis. The center offers rapid strep testing, blood sugar, urinalysis and pregnancy tests. Medical staff, too, can perform EKGs and pulmonary function testing. The Health Center can also obtain tests that are sent to the reference lab, LabCorp, including testing for STIs. Medical staff can also administer certain vaccines, including for TdaP, HepB, and flu.
The Health Center pharmacy, which is in the same building and directed by Dr. Katie Trotta is a popular resource, Langdon says.
“Full-time students and employees with Campbell’s insurance can receive most medications there at no cost. Although many students decide to stay with their established primary care provider back home, these students should know that even outside providers can e-prescribe the student’s prescriptions to the health center’s pharmacy, and the student can still receive it for free.”
Those students are welcome to see a health center provider for an acute care visit, but students can also utilize the Health Center as their primary care provider.
“To improve the availability of appointment times for the students, the Health Center is welcoming some new faces,” Langdon says. “There is currently one new nurse, and an additional one is coming soon. A new provider will be joining the team at the end of October.”
The Health Center staff offered student presentations at all four orientation events this semester and were available during move-in day and at the campus street fair. Langdon also has started conducting Health and Wellness lectures for some Exercise Science classes.
‘We’re trying to have a much bigger presence in the undergrad community,” Langdon says.
“We have an excellent staff at the Health Center, including fantastic admin, nurses and providers. These are very high-quality, kind, compassionate and well-trained people. It’s a wonderful place.”
As a pediatrician, Langdon oversees care for students who come into the Health Center. “Pediatricians are trained in adolescent medicine, so after 30 years of working with patients from newborns to teens, I am now in my adolescent medicine era,” she said.
To schedule an appointment, call (910) 893-1560.