Ground broken for clinic in Talihina

Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA) broke ground last month to expand the Talihina Residency and Specialty Clinic. It will create 24 new patient exam rooms and increase desk space for clinicians.

The Residency Clinic is scheduled to be completed next spring and the Specialty Clinic in the fall 2022.

“The expansion will not only expand our capacity but allow us to expand the residency program by attracting top talent,” says Kimberly Brock, Family Medicine Residency Program Coordinator. “The increased number of patient rooms will create more opportunities for the residents to see patients.”

Currently, the residency program has 12 residents, with three graduating this spring.

Graduates from doctoral programs all over the country are applying to complete their residency with the Choctaw Nation. Being able to offer this as a service to the upcoming physicians brings about dedication from those physicians to stay within the Choctaw Nation Health System and continue their careers.

To learn more about the Choctaw Nation Family Medicine Residency Program, visit www.choctawnation.com/cnhsa- residency-program

Female inmates graduate from truck driver training class

Four Oklahoma women are blazing new trails in big rigs.

The women are graduates of the first truck driver training class for incarcerated women.

The program is a partnership between the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC).

Two of the women, all of whom came from the Oklahoma City Community Corrections Center, have been released from DOC custody and hired by an Oklahoma City-based overthe-road trucking company.