CURRICULUM

The LSU Family Medicine Residency Program in Kenner is a community-based, university-administered, fully accredited 6/6/6 program. Residents are assigned to 32 required rotations, 3 elective rotations, and one procedure elective rotation. Rotations are located in OMC-K (the primary teaching hospital), UMC New Orleans (http://www.umcno.org/), Children's Hospital, Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma, and the Southeast LouisianaVeterans Health Care System (VA hospital).

During each rotation, residents are assigned to the Family Practice Clinic (FPC) at OMC-K, where they see their continuity-of-care patients. PGY-1 resident spend one to two half days per week in the FPC. PGY-2s spend two to three half-days, and PGY-3s spend three to four half-days in the FPC. During certain months, PGY-1s and/or PGY-2s take in-house call. PGY-3s call is taken from home.

For more information, please call Beth Sutton, Program Coordinator, at 504-471-2757 or e-mail her at eburro@lsuhsc.edu.

Block Rotations: PGY-1

Block Rotations: PGY-2

Block Rotations: PGY-3

Longitudinal Experiences over Three Years of Training

• Behavioral Medicine
• Practice Management
• Office Procedures
• Pharmacy and Therapeutics
• Research and Scholarly Activities
• Community-Oriented Primary Care
• Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Nutrition (PGY-2 & 3)
• Quality Improvement/Patient Safety