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Interested in LSU Med/Peds?

All prospective applicants are welcome to contact our program director or chief residents to find out more about our program. We offer a Med/Peds ambulatory elective, which is open to all fourth-year medical students. Those interested may contact the program director in order to tailor the experience to meet the applicant's wishes. This rotation is by far the best way for the student to interact with multiple residents and faculty in a variety of settings. We hope that you consider visiting us during your fourth year!  Here is a little about our program:

General

Internal Medicine training takes place at University Medical Center, Touro Infirmary, and Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner. Please see our sample schedule for specifics; generally, after your 24 months of the Internal Medicine component of your residency, you will have completed 7-8 ward months, 2 ICU months, 1 ER month, 5 months of dedicated Med/Peds ambulatory clinic, 2 required electives, 4 chosen electives.  Elective time may be inpatient, outpatient, or a combination of both.  Ward in-house call averages Q4 or 5 depending on site while ICU averages Q4.  Other months and electives are call-free.  We do not have 24 hour call—as such our residents complete a maximum of 2 months of night float while rotating with Internal Medicine.  We do not conduct home call.

 

Medicine Rotations

Internal Medicine training takes place at University Medical Center, Touro Infirmary, and Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner. Please see our sample schedule for specifics; generally, after your 24 months of the Internal Medicine component of your residency, you will have completed 7-8 ward months, 2 ICU months, 1 ER month, 5 months of dedicated Med/Peds ambulatory clinic, 2 required electives, 4 chosen electives.  Elective time may be inpatient, outpatient, or a combination of both.  Ward in-house call averages Q4 or 5 depending on site while ICU averages Q4.  Other months and electives are call-free.  We do not have 24 hour call—as such our residents complete a maximum of 2 months of night float while rotating with Internal Medicine.  We do not conduct home call.

Pediatrics Rotations

Pediatric training is almost entirely at Manning Family Children’s Hospital, Louisiana's only free-standing hospital for children. For specifics; generally, after 24 months, you will have completed 4 General Pediatrics ward months, 1 Hematology-Oncology wards rotation, 1 PICU & 2 NICU months (Touro and MFC NICU), 1 well baby nursery month, 2 Pediatric ER months, and 10 subspecialty and elective months.  These include 4 required subspecialty rotations, 2 ambulatory clinic months, 1 advocacy months, 2 individualized elective months, and 1 month of night-float. In addition, while rotating on Pediatrics, our Med-Peds residents continue to see their continuity patients in our Med-Peds clinic one half-day per week.  The Children’s Hospital employs a drip system, and all ward months employ a night float system.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Interviews

Interviews are granted on an individual basis after completion of the ERAS application and are routinely conducted from the end of October through mid-January. The half-day interview involves meetings with Internal Medicine and Pediatrics faculty, Med/Peds faculty, residents, and our program director. Currently, all of our interviews are conducted virtually.

Moonlighting

Moonlighting opportunities are available to Med/Peds residents within the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics departments with the approval of the program director. These cannot, however, begin until completion of the 16-month internship and permanent licensure.

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