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OSU, Cherokee Nation collaboration could improve health care in rural NE Oklahoma Paula Burkes © Matt Barnard, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah. TAHLEQUAH In a novel and innovative partnership, Oklahoma State University and the Cherokee Nation recently opened the country’s first medical school on tribal land a move observers hope will improve care in rural northeastern Oklahoma by easing the shortage of primary care providers in the region. In January, the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation welcomed an inaugural class of 54 students to a new $40 million, 84,000-square-foot facility, which boasts anatomy, neurology and clinical skills labs; speaking and breathing “patient” mannequins on which to practice; and the latest audio-visual equipment for teleconferencing lectures between OSU’s Tulsa and Tahlequah campuse

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