Student Health Center and Pharmacy
The Student Health Center and Pharmacy has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Accreditation distinguishes this student health center from many other outpatient facilities by providing the highest quality of care to its patients as determined by an independent, external process of evaluation.
Status as an accredited organization means the Student Health Center and Pharmacy has met nationally recognized standards for the provision of quality health care set by AAAHC. Fewer than 400 student health centers are AAAHC accredited, and UA’s is one of only two in the state of Alabama.
Ambulatory health care organizations seeking accreditation by AAAHC undergo an extensive self-assessment and on-site survey by AAAHC expert surveyors – physicians, nurses and administrators who are actively involved in ambulatory health care.
Center for Academic Success
The Center for Academic Success has been awarded International Tutor Training Program Certification by the College Reading and Learning Association.
A unit of the Office for Academic Affairs, the Center for Academic Success provides programs and services designed to help students succeed in University of Alabama courses; improve study techniques; improve reading proficiencies, and prepare for professional school and graduate school entrance examinations.
Criteria to be awarded International Tutor Training Program Certification is rigorous and involves demonstrating that certified tutorial programs meet an internationally accepted standard of training for tutors.