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12 & 12, Inc.
12 & 12, Inc., is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
12 & 12, Inc.
Developing and implementing programming at 12 & 12, working with staff and clients on the Transitional Living unit. Current emphasis is to help clients gain meaningful employment.
Residents at 12&12, Inc. facilitate job readiness and life skills after addiction through occupational therapy interventions using a community mental health model that is client-centered and evidenced-based.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Allied Health; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
3DICON
OU-Tulsa supplies the intellectual property for 3DICON, a Tulsa-based technology company.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Engineering
Asheville Project in Tulsa
Project being developed with relation to Asheville Project, City of Asheville, North Carolina, led by OU College of Pharmacy, OU CORE, City of Tulsa and Community Cares. The purpose is to provide education and personal oversight for employees with chronic diabetes and related health problems. The Asheville Project led pharmacists to develop thriving patient care services in their community pharmacies and inspired a new health care model as an additional health care benefit to empower employees to control their chronic disease, reduce their health risks, and ultimately lower their health care costs. Tulsa project being created in summer/early fall 2008 to address diabetes through Medication Management Therapy through the College of Pharmacy.
Associated Centers for Therapy
Associated Centers for Therapy is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Bedlam Clinics
Interprofessional education bringing together nursing and medicine while enhancing the collaboration within the two disciplines.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology
- OU College of Medicine, Bedlam Clinics
Bedlam Night Clinic
In August of 2003, the Bedlam Community Health Night Clinic was established. The following community pharmacies partnered with the University of Oklahoma Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy to provide prescription drugs written and refilled at the Clinic for a nominal co-pay; Couch Pharmacy, Drug Warehouse, Freeland Brown Pharmacy, T Roy Barnes Drugry and Spoon Drug. Today, these pharmacies continue to provide this service for the patients of the Clinic in addition to 12 local schools based health programs. These pharmacies average approximately $6,000/month out of pocket expenses to support the project.
- Partnering with:
- OU-Tulsa College of Pharmacy
Broken Arrow Neighbors
Once a month free medical clinic Monday evenings, other Monday evenings covered by other community physicians.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Broken Arrow Police Department
In 2003, worked together and developed shared leadership where important decisions not made only by Chief of Police but within team of organization members from all ranks and units in policy decisions. Helped set up and train team, with ongoing evaluation of effect. Project was finalist for 2006 National League of Cities Awards for Municipal Excellence, Management Consulting with Broken Arrow Police Department. Finalist, 2006 International Association of Chiefs of Police Webber-Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement, Management Consulting with Broken Arrow Police Department. Academy of Management (August 2006) Best Paper Award, 2nd Runner-Up, Organizatonal Communicaton and Information Systems (OCIS).
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology
Brookhaven Hospital
Brookhaven Hospital is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Cherokee Nation
Developing a community-based participatory research project for a Native American population.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Child Abuse Network
The Child Abuse Network is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
City of Okmulgee
A master plan for the City of Okmulgee, as well as 9 principle parks and recreation facilities including a comprehensive trail system for the city.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
City of Tulsa Traffic, Operations Section
In cooperation with the City of Tulsa, Traffic Operations Section, we have installed Free Space Optic nodes at several intersections. This installation will provide the city with access to the traffic detection cameras used to adjust signal timing and to provide the University with outdoor/operational FSO links for testing. The FSO nodes will allow operational versus lab testing for bandwidth, jitter, and delay testing of an operational link in extreme weather conditions. Further testing will be conducted using a hybrid FSO/wireless network at additional intersections.
- Partnering with:
- Telecommunications Systems Program, College of Engineering
Clinton Elementary Developmental Center
Clinton Elementary Developmental Center is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Community Action Project
The Community Action Project was awarded an Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education grant to promote the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP). It’s main purpose is to get more high school students to go to college. Specific high schools will be served by these activities and programs. Our role is advisory, to supply promotional materials and to provide speakers to talk about going to college.
- Partnering with:
- OU Tulsa
Community Care
Providing health care screenings for Community Care.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Pharmacy
Community HealthNet
Community HealthNet is dedicated to expanding access to quality health care for all area residents. Established in 1995 as voluntary consortium of eight Tulsa community organizations, the members of Community HealthNet (CHN) work together to coordinate the delivery of primary health care to Medicaid, medically indigent, and medically underserved populations. Community HealthNet promotes collaborative approaches to expand access to comprehensive health care and related services. The HealthNet "traditional provider" organizations are the "fabric" of Tulsa’s safety net of community resources for affordable, quality health care.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine
- OU College of Public Health
Community Hospital Authority
The CHA Board includes the CEO of each Tulsa hospital system; the Deans of the OU and OSU medical schools; the Director of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority; and six other members appointed by the Governor, House Speaker and Senate President. The Tulsa-based College of Public Health provides research and strategic planning assistance.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine
- OU College of Public Health
Confucius Institute (OUCI)
The Confucius Institute at the University of Oklahoma (OUCI) is part of a global network of over 120 Confucius Institutes in 50 countries dedicated to the promotion and development of Chinese language education, and cultural and business exchange with the People’s Republic of China. It seeks to facilitate engagement with China in ways that strengthen the understanding, opportunities and bonds between the people of the south central United States and the people of China.
The OU Confucius Institute is a partnership between the University of Oklahoma and Beijing Normal University in Beijing, China, under the sponsorship of The Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban).
- Partnering with:
- Confucius Institute
Constitution of 12 Countries and Children’s Participation International
Creation of this conference is in the planning stage through the leadership of Janette Habashi, Ph.D., OU Tulsa Department of Human Relations with Mekada Graham, Ph.D., OU Tulsa Social Work. The goal of this conference for 2009-2010 includes how constitutions perceive child participation and building the component of applied research. Audience will include academics of social work, health and legal services, engineering and science foundations.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
- College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Human Relations
Crosstown Learning Center
As Chair of Pediatrics, Dr. Robert Block’s department is involved with the Educare program, and with a special pediatric school clinic at Kendall-Whittier elementary school. They also partner with the Laura Dester Shelter (DHS) and the Crosstown Learning Center (Dr. Deb Guilfoyle, Director). Crosstown, DHS and Dr. Block’s child abuse pediatrics team are collaborating to train several hundred child-care workers on child maltreatment issues. Dr. Block was asked to lead the effort to redevelop the Sheridan campus into the Children’s Park at OU.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Day Center for the Homeless
A collaboration with Tulsa Community College BSN program; OU Tulsa College of Nursing responsible for TCC community rotation and partner to go to Day Center for the Homeless every Monday for free clinic service-learning education.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
Day Center for the Homeless
Working with partners and Volunteers of America to meet the needs to OU IMPACT clients.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
- OU College of Pharmacy
Developmental Disabilities Service; Department within Department of Human Services (DHS)
Contracted to provide medicaton review for the Developmental Disabilities Service Division, a department within DHS.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Pharmacy
Dillon International, Inc.
Dillon International is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc.
The Department of Family Medicine’s Division of Research (DOR) is assisting DVIS with a program evaluation of the agency’s level of cultural competency. This evaluation will focus on the organizational, provider and client levels of service.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc. (DVIS)
DVIS is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc., Protective Order Mapping: 2004
A study of protective orders in Creek and Tulsa County that examined the dispositions of protective orders and risk assessment of plaintiffs. Partners also include Dr. Chan Hellman, Department of Human Relations.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
- College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Human Relations
Educare
As Chair of Pediatrics, Dr. Robert Block’s department is involved with the Educare program, and with a special pediatric school clinic at Kendall-Whittier elementary school. They also partner with the Laura Dester Shelter (DHS) and the Crosstown Learning Center (Dr. Deb Guilfoyle, Director). Crosstown, DHS and Dr. Block’s child abuse pediatrics team are collaborating to train several hundred child-care workers on child maltreatment issues. Dr. Block was asked to lead the effort to redevelop the Sheridan campus into the Children’s Park at OU.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Family & Children’s Services
Family and Children’s Services is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students. Every year we have 5 or more students placed at FCS for their practicum (internship).
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Good4Me!
Good4Me is a healthy nutrition and exercise program to prevent childhood obesity with an innovative curriculum designed especially for four and five year old children. The six week program is offered by students and faculty from the College of Nursing and Oral Roberts Unviersity School of Nursing in two PreK sites in Tulsa County. The program was first sponsored by the Caring Foundation and funded by an Eli Lilly grant. The Caring Foundation asked the OU College of Nursing to take over the leadership of this program when funding ended and this year the College received an Aetna Foundation grant to support this program. Additional partners include the Caring Foundation (Blue Cross Blue Shield), OSU-Tulsa and the American Heart Association.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
Good4Me! - Advisory Council
The purpose of this council will serve to: 1) Advise the administration and faculty on curriculum issues related to the promotion of the Good4Me! Program, 2) Explore issues and possible solutions affecting both the practice for nursing students and education of the early childhood population, 3) Develop strategies for the expansion of the Good4Me! program, 4) Participate in program evaluation activities, 5) Identify the need to update the curriculum, 6) Explore other partnership opportunities between education and practice.
The council will be composed of: nursing administration and faculty representatives from the baccalaureate program, health professional representatives from both rural and urban healthcare systems in Northeast Oklahoma, nursing representatives from healthcare agencies serving predominately minority populations, and early child development representatives from early child development centers.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
Grace Hospice
Grace Hospice is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Health Literacy - Pfizer Grant Proposal/Project
OU College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, has submitted a grant to partner with the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. Grant submitted to Pfizer to bring Dr. Lorraine Wallace to OU Tulsa to provide a series of educational and research events in health literacy and clear health communication. Department of Family Medicine at OU Tulsa created a multi-disciplinary team to participate in the development of the grant. If awarded, the grant would entail the planning of a conference to include many Tulsa community organizations, including the Cherokee Nation, in late Spring 2008.
Heritage Family Services
Heritage Family Services is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Hillcrest Medical Center
Hillcrst Medical Center is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Hospice of Green Country
Hospice of Green Country is on ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Indian Health Care Resource Center
Drug Court Program; conducting open label study of acamprosate. Subject admitted to program for DUI’s and suffering from alcohol dependence.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Pharmacy
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Indian Health Care Resource Center
This study is an applied researhc project to assess the well-being of the American Indian population in the greater Tulsa area. The primary research is centered on the perceived well-eing and health care needs of American Indian families, adults and children. Project involves training and participation in a Community Based Participatory Research Model. Funding is provided by the Indian Health Care Resource Center (IHCRC). The objectives of the project are: design and collect valid and reliable data from sample population, assess and analyze well-being needs, and provide report summaries that will assist the leadership in program development and enhance quality of services provided by IHCRC.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Human Relations
It’s All About Kids Program
It’s All About Kids Program is a program designed to prevent childhood obesity and promote healthy children. It is sponsored by the Tulsa City County Health Department. The College of Nursing partners with TCCHD to provide the six week nutrition education program in eight schools in North Tulsa last year as well as within the Union School District in Spring of 2007.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
Joint Learning Initiative 2008-2009
Project developing to involve 15 countries in a forum to discuss international diversity, ethics and child rights. A five year project, a planning group will meet in October 2008 in Africa and includes the leadership of Janette Habashi, Ph.D., OU Tulsa Assistant Professor, Department of Human Relations.
- Partnering with:
- OU-Tulsa Department of Human Relations
Juvenile Bureau of the District Court
The Juvenile Bureau of the District Court is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal
Coordinated through the leadership of the Vice Provost for School and Community Partnerships, Dr. Mary John O’Hair and the K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal, representatives from the 3 campus locations have been meeting bi-monthly to promote discussions of community engagement, service learning, research, education and outreach through all university colleges. OU CORE and the Office of Development have participated on the committee and sought documentation through the OU CORE website community partnerships documentation process as well as selected interviews at OU Tulsa, compiled for a report for the Carnegie Classification submission.
" The Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement is being submitted by the University of Oklahoma, joining together our 3 campus locations in this collaborative effort. The OU CORE website will be used as a link for this submission for our campus and needs updating with your projects involving research, service learning, outreach and education in the Tulsa community.
Please complete the attached document and return no later than July 3rd to Pam Pittman, either through email or office 1J19, or give to LaDeana Bolton, Office of the President.
If you have any questions about the form, please call OU CORE 660-3479 or email pspittman@ou.edu.
Thank you for your cooperation as OU Tulsa coordinates this information that recognizes scholarly collaborations and projects with our community."
- Partnering with:
- OU CORE - Center for Outreach, Research and Education
- OU K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal
Kendall Whittier Elementary School
As Chair of Pediatrics, Dr. Robert Block’s department is involved with the Educare program, and with a special pediatric school clinic at Kendall-Whittier elementary school. They also partner with the Laura Dester Shelter (DHS) and the Crosstown Learning Center (Dr. Deb Guilfoyle, Director). Crosstown, DHS and Dr. Block’s child abuse pediatrics team are collaborating to train several hundred child-care workers on child maltreatment issues. Dr. Block was asked to lead the effort to redevelop the Sheridan campus into the Children’s Park at OU.
- Partnering with:
Kendall Whittier Elementary School
Planning an asthma education program for Kendal Whittier Elementary School.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Pharmacy
Kendall Whittier School
Kendall Whittier is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Kendall-Whittier School-Based Clinic
The School-based clinic at Kendall-Whittier opened in August 2005 to offer medical care and services to children who attend Kendall-Whittier and their siblings. Since 2001 Pediatrics has had an ongoing partnership with Kendall-Whittier and has provided teacher and parent education, programs for ADHD, blood pressure screening and influenza immunizations. A pediatric provider is onsite 3-5 sessions per week. Medical students and residents also help. Recently in February, faculty and students from PT provided instruction in stretching and exercises to prevent athletic injuries at a Kendall-Whittier Parent’s Night.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
KPMSymposium
The KPMSymposium is a community engagement event jointly organized by OU-Tulsa, the knowledge management society, and PMI Tulsa chapter in collaboration with the Oklahoma State University, University of Tulsa, Northeastern State University and 12E Inc. The event is aimed at serving the Tulsa community as well as positioning OU-Tulsa as a leader in field of knowledge management and the knowledge economy. Most of the programs at OU-Tulsa participate in the symposium and use it as an outreach event. Information about the event is available at www.kpmsymposium.org.
- Partnering with:
- OU School of Library and Information Studies
Laura Dester Shelter
As Chair of Pediatrics, Dr. Robert Block’s department is involved with the Educare program, and with a special pediatric school clinic at Kendall-Whittier elementary school. They also partner with the Laura Dester Shelter (DHS) and the Crosstown Learning Center (Dr. Deb Guilfoyle, Director). Crosstown, DHS and Dr. Block’s child abuse pediatrics team are collaborating to train several hundred child-care workers on child maltreatment issues. Dr. Block was asked to lead the effort to redevelop the Sheridan campus into the Children’s Park at OU.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Laureate
Laureate is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Margaret Hudson Program
The Margaret Hudson Program is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Memorial High School
Serving on Engineering Advisory committee at Memorial High School.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Engineering
Mental Health Association
The Mental Health Association is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League
Katrina Aid Today project is evaluating survivors of Hurricane Katrina victims who relocated to Northeast Oklahoma and how services of nonprofits have impacted their quality of life.The Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League provides educational and health related services to the underserved in Oklahoma. Rick Koontz, Office of the President, serves on Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League Board of Directors.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Human Relations
- OU Tulsa Office of the President
Midtown Tulsa Redux Project
A research study to explore how commercial redevelopment along arterial streets adjacent to historic Tulsa neighborhoods should occur. Partners include the City of Tulsa Urban Development Department and the COPC (Community Outreach Partnership Center).
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
National Library of Medicine’s South Central Region
This project is a collaboration with the National Library of Medicine’s South Central Region.
The mission of the National Libraries of Medicine’s collaboration with the OU-Tulsa Library is to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health by:
1. providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access
to biomedical information
2. improving the public’s access to information to enable
them to make informed decisions about their health.
Minority, underserved, rural, and inner-city health professionals and consumers are a priority for the NLM.
To accomplish this mission, the NLM SCR office focuses on education and outreach. Numerous outreach subcontracts are awarded to Network member libraries, like the OU-Tulsa Library, to provide training to health professionals and consumers in their areas.
- Partnering with:
- OU Tulsa Library
Neighborhood Development Toolkit
Researching and implementing ways to engage neighborhoods in the comprehensive planning process through community schools. Partners include Community Service Council (CSC), Tulsa Area Coalition for Community Schools (TACSI) and OU CORE.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
Neighborhood Kitchens Project
"It’s More Than Just Meals For Those Who Are Hungry...It’s About Nourishing The Whole Person"
One of the most powerful differentiators of this project is that it seeks to bring together faith-based, educational, community and business organizations that have the willingness to listen first to the needs of the citizens in each neighborhood and then to provide meal assistance, health and nutrition resources, community education opportunities, job training and referral services, as well as other services that the citizens of each neighborhood’s expressed needs. Partnership involves OU Tulsa, Garnett Church of Christ, Green Country Event Center, Briarglen Elementary School (Union) and Cooper Elementary (TPS).
Northeastern Oklahoma Nutrition Network
Identified partners brought together by OU CORE and OU College of Nursing include over 30 representatives of regional organizations impacting health through nutrition and education with public school children and their families. Many partners are participating in the development of this network, which includes the Tulsa Health Department, OSU Extension, Neighborhood Kitchens Project, Indian Health Care Resource Center, Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative, OU Norman K-20 Center, Good4Me! Advisory Council, regional area school districts, ORU, BCBS Organwise, Garnett Church of Christ, and more. This outgrowth from the Good4Me! Advisory Council will include all organizations seeking to prevent childhood obesity, impact nutrition education and related issues. Documentation of area programs to identify specific areas of need and opportunities for collaboration; support of all participants organizational mission/visions, goals to including decreasing replication of services aimed toward hunger and nutrition, with opportunities for service learning and research through academic outreach. PBWIKI development and organizational chart/communications process developed by OU CORE with OU Tulsa Library, who will provide ongoing IT support and resource information from scholarly journals.
Oklahoma Bioethics Center
Priority of the Ethics Curriculum is educational.
The Good Doctor will enhance and promote the health and medical welfare of the people they serve in ways which fairly and justly respect their dignity, autonomy and rights.
Objectives:
1/ To enhance awareness of the depth and magnitude of general
ethical issues in medicine and provide information/tools to provide
competent, compassionate and professional patient care including a
keen awareness of major issues in medical ethics.
2/ Examine issues and identify resources and processes that are
beneficial in the resolution of an ethical dilemma.
3/ Explore the complexity inherent in the physician/patient relationship
and discuss factors affecting the relationship: i.e., Truthfulness,
Privacy and Confidentiality, Informed Consent and Refusal,
Communication and Delivery of Bad News, Non-compliance and the
difficult patient, Ethical dimensions of routine clinical/hospital
encounters.
The Oklahoma Bioethics Center’s Director, G. Kevin Donovan, M.D. is the Director of the Oklahoma Bioethics Center, Schusterman Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, and currently serves on the Ethics Committees of Tulsa’s Hillcrest Hospital, St. John Medical Center, and Saint Francis Hospital. Dr. Donovan is the Medical Ethics Consultant to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa and also serves on the Ethics Committee of the Oklahoma State Medical Association.
These multidisciplinary groups may assist physicians and families in making difficult treatment decisions. Ethics Committees may also develop policies and guidelines concerning ethical issues in the delivery of health care. The function of an ethics committee includes advising, consulting, educating and deliberating with physicians, residents, nursing staff, and families about ethical issues including such issues as: Advance Directives, Decisional Capacity, End-of-Life Treatment and the Initiation or termination of treatments.
The ethics process is best viewed as addressing and maintaining an awareness of and expression of the values of the resident, family, care team, and society in order to bring these values to bear on clinical decisions.
OU School of Community Medicine
Collaborating departments: Family Practice, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Surgery
- Partnering with:
- OU School of Community Medicine
Oklahoma Center for Therapy
The Oklahoma Center for Therapy is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
To develop, implement and evaluate a protocol for the screening and assessment of persons with co-occurring disorders across mental health and subtance abuse treatment settings.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Developing intelligent transportation systems - Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Engineering
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
An Advanced Weigh-In-Motion system is being developed to detect overweight vehicles. Overweight vehicles cause road life to deteriorate 25 percent of road life expectancy. Sensor design and placement is being studied to provide maximum deterance against overweight vehicle operation.
- Partnering with:
- Telecommunications Systems Program, College of Engineering
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
The Intelligent transportation System is being deployed around the state by ODOT. ITS will reduce traffic congestion and imporve public safety through the use of technology. The University is designing, developing, testing, and integrating the hardware and software used to control and monitor the ITS system. Software development, mainly done in Norman is tested and operated here in Tulsa. Hardware integration and testing is done here in Tulsa and Norman. Network monitoring and system maintenance is accomplished here in Tulsa and in Norman
- Partnering with:
- Telecommunications Systems Program, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Researchers are working with Medicaid data to answer questions about prescribing patterns and effects and appropriateness of prescribing and other health care administrative questions.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia (OKITEA)
Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia
The purpose of The Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia (OKITEA) is to assist teachers in making East Asia an integral and permanent part of their curriculum. Some of our initiatives include:
Professional development for K-12 teachers and principals
Sister school relationships with student and teacher exchanges between Chinese and Oklahoma schools
Chinese language programs in K-12 schools across the state
OKITEA is housed at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa with support from the College of Arts and Sciences at OU-Norman. For more information on the international programs at OU, please visit: http://tulsagrad.ou.edu/okitea
Oklahoma Special Olympics
Medical staffing at summer and winter games; sometimes have medical students and/or residents. Pre-participation physicals for athletes through schools and Bedlam.
Oklahoma State Department of Health
To provide access to healthcare by reducing the barriers for at risk populations.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Bedlam Clinics
Okmulgee Memorial Hospital
To investigate factors related to job satisfaction and turnover intention among employees at Okmulgee Memorial Hospital.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Human Relations
OSU Center for Health Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Web based resource for providers to assist them in determining whether reliable change has occurred in repeated psychological testing. Collaboration with Michael Basso, PhD, Dept. of Psychology at the University of Tulsa.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
OU Physicians - Pediatrics Educare Clinic
The clinic at Educare opened in early September to continuing servicing the children and families in the Kendall-Whiiter neighborhood. Children and their siblings who attend either Educare or Kendall-Whiitier Elementary are eligible to use the clinic at Educare or Kendall-Whittier Elementary next door.
Preventive care and services are offered as well as care for illnesses, minor injuries and chronic problems such as asthma. OU Medical student and resident also attend and help with the clinic.
Parent education and influenza vaccines for parents and school staff were also offered this year.
Educare and Kendall-Whittier also participate in the Reach Out and Read program.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
- OU College of Education
Oxford Healthcare
Oxford Healthcare is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Parent-Child Center
The Parent-Child Center is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic
Parkside is an oingoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Paseo de Salud
Paseo de Salud is a five-year project designed to provide health promotion, prevention and screening services to the Hispanic population in greater Tulsa County at risk for diabetes. Funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the project is sponsored by the Community Service Coumcil. The OU College of Nursing is a partner on this grant, and provides health screenings and educational programs and program evaluation services. Additional partners include the Community Action Project, YWCA and the Community Service Council.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
Phoenix Alternative School
The Phoenix Alternative School is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Reach Out and Read
Reach Out and Read is a nationally recognized program in which pediatric doctors talk about the importance of reading with families of children who are visiting the clinic for a well-child check-up. Collaborating with Libby Ethridge, PhD., Amy Emerson, MD, shared with the Early Childhood Education students in the Teacher, Parent, Child Relationships class the program components and how we could further help its success at the OU Pediatric Clinic. Therefore, we created a reading corner at the clinic by holding a book drive and seeking donations for carpet squares, a bookshelf, and a rocking chair. The students also developed brochures to be handed out to the families on the importance of reading to their children. This service-learing project fit the objectives for our course and helped meet a community need.
- Partnering with:
- College of Education, Early Childhood Education
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Red Cross Southwest Region Blood Services Board; Tulsa Board of Directors
This Board supports Red Cross efforts in it’s blood collection and distribution initiatives. Dr. Robert Block sits on this Board.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Resonance
Resonance is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Resonance Center for Women, Inc.
This project was conducted as part of the Employee Training and Development course This project was completed with Resonance, a non-profit agency that helps women and their families gain self-sufficiency The agency identified a need for an orientation program to precede a two-year CertiRestore job skills training program. The agency was in preparation to train non-violent female ex-offenders on how to restore furniture as a way to help the ex-offenders develop marketable job skills. The goal of the project was for students to develop a five-day orientation program that would provide a realistic preview of the CertiRestore training, career opportunities available after the training, and the significant commitment that would be required of the women to be qualified for and graduate from the two year training program. After the project was completed, Resonance staff wrote to OU Tulsa ODYN with thanks for the facilitation of a partnership between the university and Resonance. Ultimately, Resonance was granted $165,200 through a United Way Venture Grant to implement the CertiRestore program for ex-offenders. The grant was attributed, in part, to the thoroughness and professionalism of the student-developed orientation program.
Sapulpa High School
Sapulpa High School is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Shadow Mountain
Shadow Mountain is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Skiatook Town Design
Collaboration between the town of Skiatook and the Urban Design Studio (UDS) as part of their comprehensive planning project to analyze and propose recommentation for revitalization of downtown Skiatook.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
Soujourn Hospice
Soujourn is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
South America Mission
Graduate nursing students develop curricula and a team of graduate and undergraduate nursing students and faculty implement a village health worker training program in Ayore Indian villages in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
South Peoria Neighborhood House
South Peoria Neighborhood House is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Southwest Tulsa Project
An analysis of southwest Tulsa region and urgan design intervention for Southwest Boulevard. Partners include the Chamber of Commerce.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
Sparrow’s Landing
Sparrow’s Landing is the development of a master plan for a 120 person residential community serving the developmentally disabled. This project is within the Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) original project management plan through the Federal HUD COPC Grant in conjunction with the Office of University Partnerships.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
St. Francis Hospital
St. Francis Hospital is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
St. Francis Hospital
Evidence Based Practice Symposium July 29th, 2008 with poster sessions at 12 noon, and 3 - 5 pm Presentations at St. Francis Hospital Education Center Auditorium. Participation by OU-Tulsa College of Nursing Accelerated B.S.N. Students.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
St. Francis Hospital
OU investigators are collaborating with St. Francis with ongoing projects related to delirium in Intensive Care Units. Multiple projects; related.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Pharmacy
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
St. Francis Hospital Shape Down Program
A comprehensive program to effect the health and lifestyle of elementary students and to address childhood obesity.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Human Relations
St. John Hospice
St. John Hospice is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
St. John’s Medical Center
St. John’s Medical Center is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
State of Oklahoma Board of Child Abuse Evaluation
This group oversees the education of health professionals in the state on topics of child maltreatment. It sponsors two "initial" trainings and one "update and review" training annually. It also contracts with the State Health Department Children First program for training. Dr. Robert Block sits on this state board and has been the Chief Child Abuse Examiner in Oklahoma since 1989. In this role, Dr. Block collaborates with Kathy Bell, RN, who leads the Tulsa SANE (sexual assault nurse examiner) program from her office at the Tulsa Police Department for training in child sexual abuse.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
State of Oklahoma Child Death Review Board
This group reviews all child deaths in Oklahoma, with an eye toward system oversight and improvement. Dr. Robert Block is on this state board and has been Chief Child Abuse Examiner for Oklahoma since 1989.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
STEP Pharmacy
Developing a pharmacy to provide basic, low cost, evidenced-based prescription drugs to the medically underserved patients in our community.
Step Up Tulsa!
Step Up Tulsa! is a public-driven initiative to assess problem areas and point out bold ideas for change. We’ve all heard of – and possibly seen – one of the hundreds of plans developed by civic groups, public organizations and inspired citizens to improve our city. Step Up Tulsa! wants to align the best parts of these plans to develop one plan that can measurably solve and improve the quality of life in our region. In short – a plan of plans.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine
- OU College of Public Health
The Center for Interdisciplinary Learning and Leadership
Students are selected, based on required criteria, to participate in the LEND program.
The Tristesse Center
The Tristesse Center is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Third Place Community Foundation
The Turley Talks Project is an ongoing service learning opportunity to identify assets within the Turley community that can improve the quality of life for residents. OU Social Work students perform community asset assessment and work on projects identified by the Third Place Community Foundation.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Tracy Park and Gunboat Park Neighborhood Plan
Neighborhood planning process for the conjoined neighborhoods of Tracy Park and Gunboat Park near downtown Tulsa. Partners include the Urban Development Department, Tracy Park Neighborhood Association and Dr. Chan Hellman, OU Tulsa Human Relations Department.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
- OU-Tulsa Department of Human Relations
Tulsa Area Asthma Steering Committee (TAASC)
Identified partners brought together by OU CORE include the American Lung Association - Regional Chapter, Tulsa Health Department, Community Service Council, OU College of Pharmacy, Bedlam Clinics, OU Family Medicine. Purpose includes addressing asthma in the Tulsa region through education and preventative asthma medication management. Collaboration includes primary organizations currently providing services in the community, joining together to determine gaps, provide service learning and education through outreach developing in the College of Pharmacy. Data being reviewed to determine area of greatest need for short term and long term goals. PBWIKI established with training and IT support provided by the OU Tulsa Library.
Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative (TACSI)
A community school is both a place and a partnership approach that mobilizes an array of resources, services, supports and opportunities leading to improved student learning, stronger families, and healther communities. - Coalition for Community Schools
"Community schools--with a focus on academics, health, and social services--offer the most promise for ensuring that every child can succeed, and that we spend precious public dollars as efficiently & effectively as possible. Schools can and should be the centers of every community." -Congressman Steny H. Hoyer from "Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice"
Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative and OUUDS Neighborhood Planning Academy
Planning and pilot project for Neighborhood Planning Academy. Interdisciplinary project involving Urban Design Studio graduate students, Organizational Dynamics, College of Arts & Sciences, provided training to teachers as facilitators, and the logic model and evaluation tool was designed by the College of Education. Pilot project with community schools in Tulsa Public School District and Union Public School District. The planning academy focus is to allow neighborhood groups to identify, plan and solve neighborhood issues. Research of similar programs in over 30 different cities and insight gained from 7 focus groups with leaders from 18 Tulsa neighborhoods, has led to this pilot program funded through the Community Service Council by the Kaiser Family Foundation that is in progress at 10 community schools throughout the city.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Architecture; Urban Design Studio
- College of Arts & Sciences, Organizational Dynamics
- OU College of Education
Tulsa Board of Directors, Child Abuse Network, Inc.
This Board oversees the work of the agency in relation to the multidisciplinary work at the Justice Center. Other team members include: DHS, Tulsa Police Department, Tulsa County Sheriff, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tulsa County D.A.’s Office and OU-Tulsa. Dr. Robert Block sits on this Board.
- Partnering with:
Tulsa Boys Home
The Tulsa Boys Home is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Tulsa C.A.R.E.S.
Tulsa C.A.R.E.S. is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health
Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Tulsa Dream Center
Service-learning shadowing experience for the nursing students through the Dream Center’s free clinic, staffed by retired volunteer physicians and nurses. OU College of Nursing in Tulsa partnering with OU Dental Hygiene students in Bartlesville.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
Tulsa Free Clinic Coalition
Meeting 4 times/yr., Denise Senger of OU College of Nursing is chairperson of this coalition. Mission: to promote and support those providing compasionate healthcare to the medically underserved in the Tulsa area. Purpose: to promote networking and open communication amongst the Tulsa Area Free Clinics with the goal of providing services to the medically needy of Tulsa without duplication of services. Invites guest speakers, in collaboration with Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa, Inc. TAFCC directory updated by Barbara England, OU Nursing student, with faculty consultants, Denise Senger, MPH, RN and Bev Ruskjer, MS, RN.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Nursing
Tulsa Housing Authority
Provides primary care clinics (medical home) in public housing projects. Also helps to educate community and cultural competency.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Bedlam Clinics
Tulsa Mayor’s Citizen Corps
The University of Oklahoma is conducting a formative program evaluation to assess the extent to which volunteers of the Tulsa Mayor’s Citizen Corps are engaged in the organization, in regards to disaster preparedness.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Human Relations
Tulsa Public Schools
Delivering engineering presentations at high schools to encourage kids to major in engineering fields.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Engineering
Tulsa Public Schools
Touring high school students at the university labs to demonstrate engineering fields and providing a Q&A session for the students to ask anything in their mind.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Engineering
Tulsa Public Schools
To increase access to at-risk population through technology.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Bedlam Clinics
Tulsa Public Schools
Exposing high school teachers to engineering research activities in a 5-week summer program in University settings (2006 - 2008).
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Engineering
Tulsa Public Schools
Sponsoring and providing equipment at the high school when the teachers demonstrate through writing proposal engineering activites in their classrooms.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Engineering
Tulsa Regional Medical Center
Tulsa Regional Medical Center is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Tulsa Regional Medical Center
Tulsa Regional Medical Center is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Tulsa Technology Center (TCC)
Advise on the curriculum content for engineering courses; a component of the Curriculum Advisory Committee
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Engineering
Tulsa Technology Center (TTC)
Transferred shared leadership concept with Tulsa Technology Center and implemented their team of Technical Leadership Council, an ongoing project.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology
Tulsa Women and Children’s Center
Tulsa Women and Children’s Center is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Union Public Schools
To increase access to at-risk population through technology.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Bedlam Clinics
Youth Philanthropy Initiative
High school students learn philanthropy, leadership and how to affect community change by conducting a needs assessment, choosing an issue of concern and developing alliances to improve the community. YPI CohortI chose adolescent depression and teamed with Johns Hopkins University Hospital to bring their Adolescent Depression Awareness Program (ADAP) to Tulsa County high schools. Karen Swartz, MD, Johns Hopkins, author of the ADAP program, will publish research findings. Phillip Leon, MD, of OU-Tulsa, is the PI for the ADAP program in Tulsa.
- Partnering with:
- OU-Tulsa, Department of Development
- OU College of Medicine
Youth Services of Tulsa
Youth Services is an ongoing practicum site for our MSW students.
- Partnering with:
- College of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work
Zarrow Symposium
Ongoing guest lecturers at MHAT Zarrow Symposiums. Previous presentation topics included Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Late Life Depression.
- Partnering with:
- OU College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry