Oklahoma Caregivers
1–2 minute video interviews capturing the personal journeys, resilience, and heart of frontline medical staff across Oklahoma.
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A medical humanities initiative elevating the human side of healthcare through pediatric support, clinician insights, and senior legacy.
Our Mission
The Humans of Oklahoma Project is a medical humanities initiative dedicated to capturing the intersection of medicine, aging, and empathy across our state. Through direct community engagement—including academic tutoring, bedside reading, and adaptive arts for pediatric patients—alongside an archive of lived experiences from senior residents and healthcare professionals, we aim to elevate the human side of clinical care, preserve local legacy, and foster a deeper understanding of what it means to care for one another in sickness and in health.
What We Do
Three Pillars of Our Work
Pediatric Patient Support
Direct, hands-on engagement through 1-on-1 tutoring, bedside reading, and adaptive craft sessions to support youth facing educational disruptions.
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Preserving local wisdom, resilience, and life lessons through short video biographies with senior residents in our community.
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Spotlight
Featured Stories & Highlights
Staff Spotlight
A Nurse's First Year
One ICU nurse reflects on resilience during her first year on the floor.
Senior Legacy
Eighty Years in Oklahoma
A senior resident shares stories of family, land, and change over eight decades.
Community Art
Bedside Bloom Project
Pediatric patients create adaptive art pieces during extended hospital stays.
Our Founder
Founded by Nadhi Rajendrakumar
Founded and led by Nadhi Rajendrakumar, a high school senior at Deer Creek High School and the Biosciences and Medicine Academy at Francis Tuttle, The Humans of Oklahoma Project collaborates with dedicated student volunteers to work directly in clinical settings and senior care facilities across the state—championing personhood, honoring individual legacy, and mitigating the disruptions caused by illness and aging.
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