The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, has been training psychiatrists for almost 30 years. The residency program is community-based, and university affiliated, working closely with the major hospitals in the Tulsa area to provide outstanding training for psychiatry resident physicians. The faculty of the Department of Psychiatry is comprised of eight psychiatrists, one Ph.D. psychologist and one doctoral level therapist, and over 40 volunteer faculty. The Department also provides psychiatric training for all third year medical students rotating on the Tulsa campus as well as psychiatric electives for fourth year medical students. Our General Psychiatry Residency Training program has four training slots available in each of the four years. In 1996, the Department of Psychiatry and Family Practice collaborated to develop the combined Family Practice-Psychiatry Residency Program. This training program has two slots per year and requires five years of training leading to board eligibility in both Family Practice and Psychiatry.

Ondria Gleason, MD,
Department Chair

In 2007, our psychiatry clinic moved into a beautiful new 100,000 square foot ambulatory care center on our main campus. This state-of- the-art facility optimizes our ability to educate our residents while providing excellent care for our patients. The new facility houses other clinics as well, including the Pediatric and Internal Medicine outpatient clinics and the Psychiatry IMPACT (Integrated Multidisciplinary Program of Assertive Community Treatment) program.  This arrangement offers increased opportunities for clinical and research collaborations across. Exciting!

Elements of Strategic Plan
The Department of Psychiatry has developed a strategic plan to help accomplish several departmental goals. Elements of the strategic plan include:

Recruitment and retention of faculty committed to excellence in education, clinical care and research

Recruitment and education of psychiatry residents who increase their skill and knowledge level during training as measured by cognitive testing and passing American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology examinations

Provide a solid broad-based medical student education program that encourages consideration of psychiatry as a career specialty choice

Provide psychiatric care to individuals who may not be able to afford or be eligible for other sources of mental health care

Provide consultation services to other OU-Tulsa, College of Medicine departments to assist in the management of their patients with psychiatric comorbidity

Increase departmental research activities in psychopharmacology and health services research

Participate in national activities in psychiatry through publications, lectures and attendance at national meetings