University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine Tulsa Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based university-affiliated pediatrics residency in Tulsa, built around a free-standing children's hospital (Saint Francis) and multiple area hospital systems (Hillcrest, Ascension St. John) rather than a single quaternary academic medical center. The program's most distinctive feature is its embedded Children's Justice Center rotation and associated Child Abuse Pediatrics fellowship, giving residents unusually concentrated exposure to child maltreatment evaluation and multidisciplinary forensic pediatric care. The high-volume general pediatric clinic (35-40,000 visits/year) at the Schusterman Center anchors continuity outpatient training, and the stated goal is producing well-rounded general pediatricians prepared for "any practice venue" rather than a research-first or subspecialty-pipeline identity. Faculty composition (generalists, subspecialists, allied health) and explicit community-medicine framing signal a program valuing broad clinical competence and adaptability over academic productivity.