OU-Tulsa Research Forum 2020
The OU-Tulsa Research Forum 2020 was held virtually Monday, April 6 to Friday, April 10. The OU-Tulsa Research Forum is an annual event to showcase research conducted by current OU-Tulsa fellows, residents, students, or staff and University of Tulsa students. The event was presented by the OU-Tulsa Assistant Vice President for Research, the Office for Research Development and Scholarly Activity, the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Library, and the Tulsa County Medical Society
Recent Submissions
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An Informational Letter's Impact on Parent Perceptions and Understanding of Adolescent Confidentiality
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a period of rapid emotional, behavioral, social, and physiological change in a child’s development. Evidence is conclusive that teens are more likely to engage and revisit their provider in a ... -
Are There Gender Disparities in Child Maltreatment Related Criminal Court Outcomes?
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Oklahoma’s failure to protect law, which holds non-offending caregivers who fail to report maltreatment to the same standard as perpetrators, has received increased scrutiny at the national level. This is in ... -
High Crime Neighborhoods as a Driver for Toxic Stress Leading to Asthma
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Social determinants of health and allostatic load theory suggest social environment can drive asthma diagnoses via the mechanism of toxic stress, the prolonged activation of stress response systems. While ... -
Improving Primary Care Follow-Up After Pediatric Hospitalization
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Transitioning patient care to primary care physicians after pediatric hospitalization plays a critical role in children’s health. Follow-up appointments are an ideal time to provide education, address concerns, ... -
Predictive Factors of Follow-Up in Early Lifestyle Intervention for Childhood Obesity
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The Early Lifestyle Intervention (ELI) Clinic is an OU Physicians Pediatrics specialty clinic dedicated to helping children achieve healthier weights via behavioral modification through a multidisciplinary team ... -
Emergency Department Utilization and Hierarchical Condition Category Risk Scores
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) to improve the quality of primary care services nationwide. CPC+ utilization measures use a risk-adjustment ... -
Camp Hope: Developing Hope and Resilience in Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Camp HOPE America (www.camphopeamerica.com) is the first local, state, and national camping and mentoring initiative in the United States to focus on children exposed to domestic violence. The vision for Camp ... -
Revisiting Unlicensed Channel Access Scheme of 5G New Radio
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: As the second phase of 5G standardization efforts encapsulated in Release 16 comes to its freeze and completion date in June 2020, aspects of some promised features and services started to crystallize. Among ... -
Factors Associated with Medication Adherence Among a High-Risk Hepatitis C Birth Cohort
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Multiple studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) reported that 75% of individuals infected with HCV were born between 1945-1965 and were previously never tested. Therefore, in 2012 the CDC published recommendations ... -
App-Based Longitudinal Infectious Disease Curriculum for Pediatrics Residency
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Infectious disease comprises 7% of the American Board of Pediatrics general pediatrics board exam and covers hundreds of different organisms that cause disease. Covering each of these topics all together in one ... -
Development of Assessment Tool to Measure Soft Skills of Healthcare Providers
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The objective of the study is to develop and validate an assessment tool to measure soft skills in the performance of healthcare providers during patient encounters in primary care settings. The assessment tool ... -
Perceived Organizational and Social Support as Probable Mitigators of Burnout Among Medical Trainees and Providers
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: National trends show that employees and trainees in the medical field are susceptible to burnout. To our knowledge, no studies have been published on burnout moderators, such as perceived support and lifestyle ... -
Queer Affirmative Practice for Medical and Social Work Students: An Introductory Module
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Research suggests members of the sexual and gender minority (SGM) community fail to seek out medical care despite a higher prevalence of negative health outcomes, ranging from implicit bias to structural violence. ... -
Preservice Teachers' Use of a Translation App with Dual Language Learners
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Many practicing teachers face challenges with effective technology integration (Keengwe & Onchwari, 2009). Teachers who do integrate technology into their educational practices understand that it is not an ... -
Individual Myanmar Children's Experiences in Head Start Classrooms
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Early childhood is a crucial period for children who are dual language learners (DLLs), struggling to learn the new language as well as other skills for school readiness. In contrast to comprehensive research ... -
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease - Nationwide Study
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a risk factor for surgical complications and a relative contraindication to bariatric surgery. This study evaluates early outcomes after bariatric surgery in patients with CLD ... -
Early Childhood Teachers' Perspectives and Needs for Professional Development
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Many early childhood programs offer various professional development opportunities in different formats for teachers (Guskey, 2003). However, the effectiveness of professional development trainings on teacher ... -
Relationship Between the Second Victim Phenomenon and Occupational Burnout in Healthcare
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Unexpected events or outcomes in healthcare that create considerable harm or lasting damage to a patient are called adverse patient events (Mira et al., 2015). Providers affected by such events are called “second ... -
Factors Influencing Physician Treatment Strategies in Crotaline Snake Envenomation
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Crotaline snake envenomation is a potentially serious medical condition that affects thousands of Americans each year. There continues to be variation in treatment practices by physicians in the United States ...
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