Student Health and Wellness

Physical Health Services

LMU-DCOM Policy 400.5 Physical Health Services (COCA 9.9)

Diagnostic, Preventive, and Therapeutic Health Services

Students who seek medical attention, including emergency medical attention may do so with any facility of their choosing based on their needs and health insurance coverage.

Harrogate Location

LMU-DCOM has a memorandum of understanding with Covenant Medical Group to allow access to and to provide services to all LMU-DCOM students. Covenant Medical Group has two locations in Claiborne, Tennessee:

Claiborne County Area Primary Care Clinics

Both practices are available to serve the primary care needs of students enrolled at DCOM at LMU-Harrogate.

Knoxville Location

LMU-DCOM has a memorandum of understanding with Covenant Medical Group to allow access to and to provide services to all LMU-DCOM students.  Covenant Medical Group has multiple clinics available in the Knoxville and Anderson County area . All practices listed are available to serve the primary care needs of students enrolled at DCOM at LMU-Knoxville.

Knox County Area Primary Care Clinics

Anderson County Area Primary Care Clinics

Orange Park Location

Avecina Medical Urgent Care of Orange Park is available to serve the health care needs of students located at DCOM at Orange Park. Additional locations in the greater Jacksonville area may be found at the website located here as well. No appointment is necessary; however, you may choose to make one by visiting the link here.

Clay County Area Primary Care Clinics

Personal Medical Care while on Rotation

If a student becomes ill or has an emergency health issue during their rotation, the training facility will render care but is not responsible for the cost of such care.

Students are financially responsible for any medical care they receive at a training site.

A health professional providing health services, via a therapeutic relationship, must recuse him/herself from the academic assessment or promotion of the student receiving those services.

Helpful links for finding care:

•        Urgent Care Finder - Find an Urgent Care Center Near Me 

•        Healthline FindCare | Find Doctors Near Me | Schedule Online 

If you have insurance through LMU-DCOM, you may use the link to find an in-network facility and/or provider:

 https://www.uhc.com/find-a-doctor    

Note: These links do not take into consideration your personal insurance provider. To find an in-network facility and/or provider, you should contact (via phone or website) your personal insurance provider when medically stable to do so. 

All Students

Students who seek medical attention, including emergency medical attention, may do so with any facility of their choosing based on their needs and health insurance coverage.

Mental Health Services

LMU-DCOM Policy 400.4 Mental Health Services (COCA 9.8)

LMU counseling services are available to help students with personal, career, and academic concerns that affect academic success and quality of life. All services are confidential. During orientation, all counseling services are fully explained to students by both the LMU-DCOM Office of Admissions and Student Services and LMU Counseling Services. Counselors are located with office hours between 8 AM and 4:30 PM at Harrogate, Knoxville, and Orange Park to support students. For more information and to schedule an appointment, please visit:

Schedule An Appointment

Mental Health/Life-Threatening Emergencies Link

Student Health Insurance

LMU-DCOM Policy 400.8 Student Health Insurance (COCA 9.11)

LMU requires D.O. students to carry personal health insurance. The LMU student injury and sickness insurance plan will be administered by United Healthcare Student Resources for the 2026-2027 academic year. If students are currently covered by comparable health insurance through the end of the 2026 – 2027 academic year, they may be able to waive automatic enrollment in the plan.
Medical students must have basic health insurance coverage during OMS-I through OMS-IV years. The clinical sites where the students will be completing the OMS-III and –IV rotations require all staff and students to have health insurance. Students who do not have up-to-date health insurance will not be allowed to participate in any activity that involves patient contact. This may result in the student not being able to fulfill the requirements of certain courses and activities, which could have a detrimental effect on the student's progress.

Yearly Requirements: Students are required to submit a waiver if they would like to opt out of the LMU student injury and sickness insurance plan.

Students are required to complete a urine drug screen and influenza vaccine yearly.

DCOM Strong

LMU-DCOM Strong is a wellness initiative created to give LMU-DCOM students the opportunity to maintain emotional, physical, financial, social, spiritual, and academic wellness in medical school. We aim to develop empowerment for not only those faced with mental health issues, but also the entire local community-to assess, confront and educate while in the medical profession.

StudentLife by Empathia Program

StudentLife by Empathia has partnered with Lincoln Memorial University to offer 24/7, expanded mental health and daily life services. StudentLife acts as an extension to your onsite resources by providing students with expert assistance and practical resources for addressing mental health concerns, substance abuse, personal problems, balancing school and other obligations and many other issues. Faculty and staff also have access to a 24/7 consultation service that can assist with addressing student performance and wellbeing, as well as crisis situations. StudentLife is free and confidential support with a focus on addressing barriers to academic success.

StudentLife by Empathia Website

Mental health support is available in such areas as:

• Stress, depression and personal problems
• Balancing school and personal needs
• Relationship concerns
• Alcohol or drug dependency
• Managing anger or other negative emotions

Resources for daily life are available in such areas as:

• Financial consultation and resources to set up a budget, establish good credit, learn more about student loan options, planning for managing debt, etc.
• Legal consultation with an attorney either over the phone or face-to-face for consumer law, traffic citations, fender benders, landlord-tenant issues, etc.
• Finding volunteer opportunities
• Finding housing options and resources
• Locating transportation options
• Problem-solving for addressing food insecurities
• Identifying child care resources and guidance
• Finding service providers after a move
• …and much more

Faculty and staff can contact StudentLife for consultation and support in addressing such student-related concerns as:

• Talking to a student about class performance
• A student’s personal problem
• Suspected drug or alcohol use impacting grades
• Interpersonal conflicts affecting class participation
• Establishing clear, attainable expectations
• Addressing crisis situations, such as a violent incident, death of a student or a natural disaster