Dear New Trojan Athlete and Family Member(s):
for USC Student Athletes
Welcome to USC! We look forward to supporting your health and well-being over the next few years as the “home” for all your primary care, mental health support, healthy relationships guidance, sexual health, preventive care, and specialty referral coordination needs
All these services are through USC Student Health, are provided for through the Student Health Fee*, and do not require co-pays at visits regardless of your insurance USC Student Health services may be accessed through the MySHR patient portal (usc edu/myshr) or by calling the 24/7 phone number, 213-740-9355 (WELL)
* The Student Health Fee (SHF) is a required program fee and is applied to accounts for all students taking 6 credits or more in campus-based degree programs
As you get ready for the academic year, we would like to share with you some materials that will help you adjust to campus life and meet some health and safety requirements.
USC Student Athletes:
Review and complete these items BEFORE participating in any practice activities at USC.
Upload immunization records, complete the medical consent, and complete your insurance decision (keeping the USC SHIP/Aetna plan; or waiving SHIP/Aetna and bringing your own plan to campus). This is all through MySHR (usc.edu/myshr)
Complete your required online prevention education modules by the first day of classes.
IMMUNIZATIONS
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It is strongly recommended that you complete as much of your immunizations, documentation uploads (or lab tests) as possible this summer before arrival for your first semester
Which Vaccines are Required?
Measles • Mumps • (Rubella is included in the MMR vaccine) • Varicella (“Chicken Pox”) • Meningococcal Disease (for those under age 21)
Updated COVID-19 vaccination is strongly recommended
If you are arriving to campus from outside of the U S , you may be required to have a tuberculosis test; only blood draw tests are accepted
INSURANCE REQUIREMENT
All USC students are required to have insurance The USC Student Health Insurance Plan, provided through Aetna, (SHIP/Aetna) is by def automatically enrolled. If you have an submit documentation to request a waiv We encourage all students and their fam coverage in Southern California and 2) st
The USC SHIP/Aetna plan is reviewed an and that exceptional value is delivered to
If you decide to waive, you must submit a waiver by BEFORE YOUR FIRST PRACTICE, AND NO LATER THAN AUGUST 15 in order to have the SHIP/Aetna charge reversed on your student financial account (your semesterly student bill)
Waivers must be submitted every year before summer practices, and no later than August 15. Waiver process is through MySHR (usc.edu/myshr). If you are intending to keep SHIP/Aetna, you must affirmatively confirm that selection.
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RequiredPreventionEducationModules(PEMS)
Newstudentsmustcompletelearningmodulesrelatedtoimportanttopics,includingconsentand sexualassaultprevention,andsafetyandourcommunity.Newundergraduatesarerequiredtotakean onlinelearningmoduleonalcoholandotherdrugs,aswellasConsentandHealthyRelationship (CHR)livesessiondiscussionsviaZoom
ThedeadlineforcompletingtheonlinePEMSisthefirstdayofclassesofyourfirstsemester.
FallnewstudentsdeadlineforonlinePEMS:August24,2026.
SpringnewstudentsdeadlineforonlinePEMS:January11,2027.
NOTE:TheCHRlivesessionssign-upschedulewillbeavailableJuly20attrojanlearn.usc.edu; thesesessionsshouldbecompletedasearlyinthefirstsemesteraspossible Donotdelay,incomplete PEMSwillresultinregistrationholdsforfuturesemesters
Learn more about PEMS at sites.usc.edu/pems.
Undergraduates are required to take CHR live sessions on Zoom Trojans Respect Consent (CHR year 1); Healthy Relationships (CHR year 2); and Trojans Act Now (CHR year 3)
Health Conditions or Medication Management
If you need to arrange continuity of care for a current medical issue, please contact us to let us know If you are on long-term psychiatric medications, including stimulant medication for ADHD, please plan with your current provider to have a sufficient supply of medication(s) until you can arrange to continue your care with USC Student Health It may take 2-4 weeks to secure an appointment, so it is important to come with access to at least one month’s supply of medication
KEEPHANDY KEEP HANDY
USC Student Health 213-740-9355 (WELL)
24-hour campus help lines for students Advice Nurse Counseling Confidential Advocates
Dept. of Public Safety 213-740-4321 (UPC) Safety & Campus Emergencies
Urgent Health Matters
Know what to do when you need help for a time-sensitive health matter.
https://uscsthealth.info/urgentmatters
Contact Us: Email and Live Chat
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If you have questions about these requirements or health services, you may email us at studenthealth@usc.edu (please include your USC ID #, name, and date of birth in the email) or use the live chat hours
See you soon!
We look forward to your presence on campus as part of The Trojan Family! Fight on!
Your health care team in USC Student Health | Keck Medicine of USC
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