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The Issue

The state of Oklahoma does not currently have a substantive program addressing comprehensive access to interdisciplinary primary care to tribal, rural, and medically underserved communities (TRU-OK).  Further, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center does not have an interprofessional primary care experience available for all learners. These two issues combine to present the need for a comprehensive team-based primary care experience with infrastructure to support external outreach.  The Health Sciences Explorer is a HRSA-funded project aimed at addressing this issue through mobile outreach.

Project Details

Project Description

Plan, purchase, and operationalize a dual-use space for recruitment/outreach and IPE primary care mobile outreach vehicle (MOV) with wrap-around infrastructure for project sustainability and continuing community engagement.

Definition

[From the HRSA Supplement Submission] We will develop a Mobile Outreach Vehicle (MOV) launched in collaboration with the College of Medicine, the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, internal and external strategic partners, and university administration. Faculty, medical students, and staff will use the MOV to travel to TRU-OK communities statewide for outreach and recruitment. The MOV will also provide:

  1. Infrastructure for new interprofessional primary care experiences for medical students, focused on prevention and health promotion
  2. Infrastructure including telehealth technology to further interprofessional experiences and connection with communities. 
  3. Medical student interprofessional primary care training experiences will involve outreach by going to TRU-OK communities to deliver team-based services, and to act as role models for TRU-OK youth who may want to go to medical school. 
  4. Augment the simulation centers across campuses through integration and enhancement of systems and curricular development.  
  5. They will focus on core topics such as interprofessional education, cultural and linguistic competence, and the use of telehealth technology to increase medical student skills and encourage intent to practice primary care in TRU-OK communities.
 

Project Scope

The MOV has been implemented as a multi-use/multi-purpose project. 

Scope #1:  

A transport vehicle used to take materials to community sites in support of community outreach activities.  This is often referred to as the “U-Haul” scope.  Key items to consider within this scope of use:

  • A signed agreement/contract is needed with the partner agency where the MOV will be taken to set-up a community outreach event
  • Any assessment or screening that results in health data indicates PHI is created.
  • No billable services/PHI can be done on the MOV. Any billable services or assessments/screenings where PHI is created must be performed on site in conjunction with and under the supervision of the clinic of record.

Scope #2: 

A mobile classroom, this will include any demonstrations made without PHI. Examples include:

  • Academic outreach to K-20 collaborative locations
  • Distribution of literature or promotional materials
  • General outreach or patient education
  • Hands-on learning demonstrations
  • Participant and/or talent releases may be required depending on the type of Event