In 2000, the University of Oklahoma Honors College and the College of Medicine created a partnership to further the study of humanities in relationship to medicine called the
Medical Humanities Scholars Program. This is a joint venture with the OU College of Medicine and is a highly competitive academic and extracurricular program for graduating high school seniors who know they wish to attend medical school. Students are selected on the basis of their academic performance (both grades and test scores); their familiarity with and experiences within medicine; their interests in the humanities and social sciences; their extracurricular activities; and their maturity.