Consideration is given to student health under the folowing:

• A general service based at 3 Charleston Rd, Ranelagh for young adults
• A service for DIT students based at Aungier St College and Boltan st College
• An overall service that deals will the full range of student health issues.
• Websites

The Clinic has had an interest in student health arising initially from the large numbers of students residing in rented accommodation locally. This led to an approach from students and staff from Rathmines College of Commerce to offer a medical service there. Our involvement with the Dublin Institute of Technology has grown, with the development of a comprehensive medical service in the College. Our service here, apart from advising the DIT on student health issues, involves commitment to surgeries 5 days per week at the Medical Centre,  Aungier St College, Dublin 2 in the South of the city and at the Medical Centre,Boltan St College, Linen Hall, Dublin 1 in the North of the city .

General service:
There is a large student population, from all around the country, living in the Dublin 6 area. Many students find it difficult to access a medical service or do not attend until a crisis situation has arisen. The clinic offers the following:

• Free registration service – giving students access to information, regular appointments and out of hours services. Ring the surgery and request “student registration appointment”.
• Patients with medical cards, who are registered with doctors outside Dublin, will be seen under the terms of the GMS (medical card) Scheme. i.e. free to the patient.
• Students hoping to apply for medical cards will be signed on.
• Confidentiality
• Offer to work and liase with students' other doctors or health care providers around the country in cases of chronic medical problems, should the student so direct us.
• Information and access to the wide range of community, psychological and medical facilities available to us in Dublin.

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A service for DIT students:
The Clinic is contracted by the Student Services Department of the Dublin Institute of Technology to provide a comprehensive medical service to the students of the DIT Colleges based at Angier St, Kevin St, Rathmines and Chatam Row (School of music) in the South of the city and Boltan St, Mountjoy Sq and Cathal Brugha St in the North of the city . These cater for some 12,000 students. The Clinic advises on the development of the overall medical services DIT offers its students.

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Student health issues:
The following are the main types of issues that young adults present with:

• Contraception
• Minor Illness
• Psychological - including anxiety, depression, study/course problems, family problems, eating disorders
• Sexual health
• Sports injuries
• Chronic Illness like asthma, epilepsy etc
• Alcohol related issues including assault, risk from uncertain sexual contact
• Crisis pregnancy

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Websites:

General Information

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