The HELP Center
Health Education and Lifestyle Promotion
The HELP Center
Health Education and Lifestyle Promotion
The HELP Center is a free health resource center for Southwest students and employees.
The HELP Center
The HELP Center is a partnership of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) College of Nursing and Southwest Tennessee Community College. The Center’s focus on healthy choices and preventive healthcare aligns with Southwest’s strategic focus to create a campus culture centered on the well-being of students and their student success.
Southwest students, faculty, administration and staff are able to obtain free physicals, referrals, and health care resources provided by a nurse practitioner on the faculty of the UTHSC College of Nursing.
- Conduct physicals (can be used for work, health programs, sports and more; excludes
labs)
- Offer educational materials
- Disease prevention
- Chronic illness
- The importance of exercise
- Mental Health conditions
- STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections) Prevention, and more
- Encourage students and employees to live healthier lives by making healthier decisions
- Provide referrals for a particular service in need
Any Southwest Tennessee Community College student or employee.
Insurance is NOT required to obtain services.
The HELP Center is open on Wednesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (CST).
Assistant Professor Shelley Miller, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, a nurse practitioner who is
on the faculty at UTHSC, will staff the clinic. Dr. Miller earned her nursing degree
from the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, her master of science in nursing (MSN)
from the University of Phoenix, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from the
UTHSC College of Nursing. She has practiced at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Campbell
Clinic Orthopaedics, and Methodist Minor Medical Centers. Dr. Miller has been a member
of the UTHSC faculty since February 2022.
Contact Us
- Shelley Miller, UTHSC Assistant Professor
- Nurse Practitioner
- 901-333-5483
- Union Avenue Campus
Jess H. Parrish Building, Room 202