Training and Education
The Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship in partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services provides an extensive one-year training in both civil and criminal forensic psychiatry. The teaching staff consists of two forensic psychiatrists, one forensic psychologist, one attorney who is also a clinical psychologist, one forensic neuropsychologist, and one child and adolescent psychiatrist.
The forensic fellows receive their clinical training at Oklahoma Forensic Center providing patient care for those previously adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity/Mental Illness as well as patients receiving competency to stand trial restoration. The fellows will conduct regular forensic evaluations, including both adjudicative competence and violence risk assessments, through the Oklahoma Forensic Center. Fellows will also perform legally complex forensic psychiatry consultations through Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health and Oklahoma State University Medical Center. Additionally, fellows will have the opportunity to work with legal counsel performing forensic psychiatric consultation services.
The weekly forensic psychiatry didactic courses include a Landmark Case Seminar, a Forensic Case Seminar (covering criminal, civil, adult and juvenile cases), a Forensic Topics Didactic Seminar, and a Forensic Psychological Testing/Research Seminar. Extensive supervision is provided in forensic report writing and testifying in legal settings. In addition, fellows are trained to administer, score, and testify on a range of structured assessment instruments including the assessment of general and sexual violence risk, malingering of psychosis, traumatic reactions, and cognitive impairment, competency to stand trial, and juvenile competency and risk assessment.
Clinical Sites
24800 S 4420 Rd
Vinita, OK 74301
The Oklahoma Forensic Center (OFC) is the largest inpatient behavioral health facility in the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) system. It is located in Vinita, Oklahoma, about 60 miles northeast of Tulsa, and serves all 77 counties of Oklahoma as the only inpatient forensic facility. Our mission is to provide quality forensic evaluations and effective psychiatric treatment in a therapeutic environment that preserves public safety.
OFC serves two populations, including:
- Pretrial defendants who were deemed incompetent for adjudication.
- Individuals adjudicated as Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI)/Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Illness (NGRMI).
In addition, OFC provides both in- and outpatient evaluations of adjudicative competency across all counties in Oklahoma. OFC provides a full medical clinic to address ongoing physical conditions and tend to the preventative health needs of our consumers. We have both a dentist and pharmacy on site to provide routine dentistry and address all medication needs comprehensively.
744 West 9th Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127-9020
The country's largest single site osteopathic hospital, OSU Medical Center, is located just blocks from the OSU Center for Health Sciences. What began as Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital by a group of pioneering osteopathic physicians in 1944 has grown to become one of the nation's largest osteopathic health care centers. OSU Medical Center is a flagship hospital in eastern Oklahoma. Licensed for 426 beds, with premier emergency and outpatient programs, it is poised for great outreach and growth in the 21st century. OSU Medical Center is committed to quality patient care. Because the medical center sees a wide variety of high acuity cases, the postgraduate training programs are seen as a critical priority by the medical center staff and administration.
Annually, OSU Medical Center:
- Admits over 13,000 patients
- Experiences over 30,000 emergency room visits
- Experiences over 25,000 outpatient visits
- Performs nearly 3,500 inpatient procedures
Staff physicians have trained at some of the nation's most prestigious medical institutions and have a high regard for their personal role in postgraduate education. Internships and residency positions in many different disciplines are available. OSU Medical Center is significantly involved in clinical training for medical students, nurses, therapists and technicians from several area schools and colleges.
Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health
2323 S Harvard Ave
Tulsa, OK 74114
Rotations: Inpatient Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry
Adult Crisis Centers provide non-hospital emergency services for adults 18 and older with mental health, substance abuse or co-occurring issues. Consumers may be admitted up to three days with services including, but not limited to, observation, evaluation, emergency treatment and referral, when necessary, for inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse services.
Rotation Schedule
Oklahoma Forensic Center
- Provide patient care for those adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity/ Mental Illness as well as patients receiving competency to stand trial restoration
- Conduct forensic evaluations, including both adjudicative competence and violence risk assessments
Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health and Oklahoma State University Medical Center
- Perform legally complex forensic psychiatry consultations
Courts throughout Oklahoma
- Perform forensic psychiatric consultation services
- Conduct a variety of forensic evaluations
Didactics and Conferences
Weekly forensic psychiatry didactic courses including
- Landmark Cases
- Forensic Criminal, Civil, Adult and Juvenile Cases
- Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series
- Forensic Psychological Testing/Research
Extensive supervision is provided in forensic report writing and testifying in legal settings
Call Schedule
The forensic psychiatry fellows do not take call during their fellowship experience.