Education - Louisiana State University Health Shreveport

The Anesthesiology Residency program consists of four years of training as recommended by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA). During residency, trainees will have the opportunity to interact with numerous specialties and subspecialties who staff all of our participating institutions, which includes Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, Willis-Knighton Health System, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shriners Hospital for Children and the VA Hospital.

Curriculum

CBY Level

CA-1 Level

CA-2 Level

Basic Anesthesia Training for CA-2 (1 month)
Preop Evaluation (1 month)
Cardiothoracic anesthesia (1 month)
Neuroanesthesia (1 month)
Core Obstetric anesthesia rotation (1 month)*
Pediatric anesthesia (1 month)
Regional anesthesia (1 month)
Pain Medicine (1 month)
Offsite (1 month)
Airway Tech Rotation (1 month)
Vascular anesthesia (1 month)

*The "Core" Obstetric Rotation will be the time when the CA-2 resident will be evaluated based on the Six General Competencies and the resident's ability to practice independently in obstetrical anesthesia. The rotation director will make a checklist of items that should be demonstrated by the resident; however, all the faculty members that work with the resident during the core rotation will evaluate the resident. The rotation director must certify that the resident is competent to perform subarachnoid blocks, epidural blocks, and a general anesthetic for caesarian section with minimal to no supervision, labor epidural blocks with minimal to no supervision and start an emergency caesarian section in order to earn an overall satisfactory evaluation in the Core Obstetric Anesthesia Rotation. If a resident fails to earn an overall satisfactory evaluation, the resident will have to repeat the Core Obstetric Anesthesia Rotation. Similar evaluations will be done for all other rotations.

CA-3 Level

In the CA-3 year, there will be an emphasis on clinical competence and independence. 12 months of advanced and complex anesthesia assignments will be provided. All CA-3 level residents are required to take four core subspecialty rotations (cardiothoracic anesthesia, neuroanesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, and pediatric anesthesia). Residents will review the advanced subspecialty rotation(s) desired with his/her advisor and submit the requests to the Program Director. Every effort will be made to satisfy the requests. All residents must earn an overall satisfactory evaluation in each core rotation in order to graduate. Rotations must be approved by the Program Director, the Clinical Competency Committee, and the resident's advisor. A curriculum and specific program for each resident must be on file in the department.
An academic assignment is required. These may include grand rounds presentations, preparation and publication of review articles, book chapters, manuals for teaching or clinical practice, or similar academic activities. A faculty supervisor must be in charge of each project.
Trans Esophageal Echocardiography (TEE), a rotation to the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans will be available as rotations for CA3 residents.
Education at the CA-3 level is divided into two distinct "Clinical Tracks".
Advanced Clinical Track (ACT)
The Advanced Clinical Track consists of 6 months of required rotations as stated above and six additional months in selected subspecialty rotations. The selected subspecialty rotations can be any of the subspecialty rotations for the CA-3 level as listed below. The following criteria are considered in selection of advanced subspecialty rotations for each resident: First, residents who are deficient in the number of cases required by the RRC and ABA will be assigned to rotations that will allow the resident to obtain the number of cases that they need. Second, residents whom the anesthesia faculty members feel need additional training in certain areas of anesthesia will be assigned to rotations that will allow them to gain that additional training. After these two criteria have been met, the resident can choose the rotation(s) that s/he wishes to take from the options below. No particular month(s) can be specified. The resident will list choices in order of importance (first choice is number one). No more than 6 months can be in the same subspecialty. All requests for specific rotations must be submitted in writing to the Residency Coordinator by May 1 of the CA-2 year.
The subspecialty rotations for the CA-3 level include:

Advanced and Complex Anesthesia
Neuroanesthesia
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Pediatric Anesthesia
Obstetric Anesthesia
Pain Medicine
Vascular Anesthesia
Regional Anesthesia
Critical Care Medicine

Research Track (CST)
The Research Track is designed for residents who are pursuing a career in academic medicine. This track allows the resident to spend time in a clinical research project or a basic science research project. There are both clinical and basic-science research faculty who can be mentors. The Research Track consists of 6 months of required rotations as stated above and six months in research assignments. All requests for the Research Clinical Track must be submitted in writing to the Program Director by January 31 of the CA-2 year, and all arrangements for research rotations must be finalized by May 1 of the CA-2 year. This track requires prior approval by the Chairman of the Clinical Competence Committee, the Program Director, and the Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology.

CONTACT US

Dept. of Anesthesiology
LSU Health Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway
PO Box 33932
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932

Residency Program
Ben Strickland
Phone: (318) 626-4041
Email: benjamin.strickland@lsuhs.edu

Program Director’s Message

Welcome to the Anesthesiology Residency program at LSU Health Shreveport

I am honored and privileged to be the Residency Program Director at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport. My keen interest is, residency education and caring for resident’s wellness while focusing on strong clinical anesthesia training. I take pride in being residents’ advocate. My goal is to make their training experience as worthy and enjoyable as it can be while fulfilling all the training requirements.

Our anesthesiology residency program is a mid-sized categorical program. We accept 8 residents per year and currently have a total of 32 residents. Our main affiliation Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport (OLHS) is a level 1 Trauma Center and Stroke center. This hospital provides us an opportunity to learn from a plethora of complex patients and a wide variety of cases. We focus on strong clinical care, education and research in a healthy environment as we prioritize our resident’s overall wellbeing. We have scheduled didactics and simulation training to foster strong residency education. Most of our resident’s rotations are at OLHS. Residents also rotate through Ochsner - St Mary’s Medical Center for Women and Children, VA Medical Center, Shriners Hospital and Willis Knighton Medical Center. Our interns/ PGY 1-year residents’ rotations mostly consist of rotations outside of anesthesiology service but they are constantly connected to our residents and faculty through scheduled didactics twice a week and social gatherings. The final year of PGY4 is more flexible with electives and didactics.

Our residents come from diverse background as is with our faculty. We have faculty subspecialized in various fields of anesthesiology and take pride in teaching our residents in and outside of the operating room. We have Directors for each rotation who help residents meet their rotation goals. Each resident has faculty advisor who guides them throughout the residency training to successfully complete residency as well as help them accomplish their future goals.

Our goal of residency education is to train our residents to be excellent clinical anesthesiologists, educators, researchers and leaders in the field of anesthesiology. Our program provides excellent opportunity for our residents to teach medical students as we are a part of LSU medical school.

Shreveport/ Bossier is a mid-sized city located in Northwest Louisiana in an area referred to as the Ark-La-Tex due to our proximity to both Texas & Arkansas. Shreveport-Bossier is filled with an abundance of culture and you don’t have to look far to find a good time. We celebrate many festivals such as, Mardi Gras, Red River Revel, & Mudbug Madness to name a few. We have great restaurants with great food and people. The weather is sunny most of the times. Click the link for more information about Shreveport-Bossier - https://www.shreveport-bossier.org/

I completed my residency at LSU Health Shreveport's Department of Anesthesiology. As a graduate of this program I feel happy and grateful to help and give back to this program and make this program a better place for training residents. In the process, I have learned a lot as well from my wonderful residents who make this combined journey more worthwhile.

Please look through our webpage and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We are looking for candidates who are hardworking, self-motivated, team players and resilient.

Hope you join us, and I look forward to working with you!!

Best Wishes!!!
Shilpadevi Patil, MD
Program Director/Clinical Associate Professor

Graduation Requirements

Case Requirements (Cumulative)

I. 40 vaginal deliveries
II. 20 C-sections
III. 100 pediatric cases (< 12 years of age, including 15 infants < 1 year of age, and 1 infants < 45 weeks gestational age)
IV. 20 cases involving cardiopulmonary bypass
V. 20 intrathoracic non-cardiac cases
VII. 20 intracranial cases (Including some intracerebral vascular cases)
VIII. 20 major vascular cases
IX. 10 Major Trauma cases
X. 50 subarachnoid blocks
XI. 50 epidural blocks
XII. 40 peripheral nerve blocks for surgical procedures
XIII. 25 nerve blocks for pain

Technique Requirements (Cumulative)

Board Eligibility as Deemed by the American Board of Anesthesiology

The ABA is transitioning to a new assessment program that will complement the movement of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) toward competency-based training and promotion. The American Board of Anesthesiology now requires candidates who will complete residency training on or after June 30, 2016 to be in the Staged Examination system. Rather than taking the Part 1 Examination at the conclusion of residency, ABA candidates will take a staged Part 1 Examination that will consist of two separate examinations. The first of these examinations, the BASIC Examination, will be taken in July of the CA2 year. It will be followed by the ADVANCED Examination after the conclusion of residency training. Once a candidate has successfully completed the ADVANCED Examination, he/she will then be eligible for APPLIED Examination.

Didactics

Core lectures are held every Tuesday morning from 6:15am-7:30am, with a delayed operating room start to allow for Faculty and Residents to attend. In addition break-out lectures by class are held from 7:30a-8:30am.

A Summary of the Core Lectures includes:
• Key Word Discussion
• Faculty Lectures
• Grand Rounds
• Morbidity & Mortality Conferences
• Journal Club
• QI Project Presentations
• In-Training Review

Intern lectures are every Tuesday & Thursday from 12:00pm-1:00pm.

Simulation Lab

The mission of the Simulation Lab is to support LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine's educational mission through the use of real-time interactive simulation systems. The lab works closely with departments, course directors, individual faculty and other health care organizations to develop education experiences which utilize simulation. A total of three simulation suites are available for use. Each suite contains state-of-the-art equipment including sophisticated computers and life-like mannequins. The specialized mannequins are anatomically accurate and demonstrate various clinical signs and scenarios, such as hemorrhage, respiratory and cardiac arrest. The computers are capable of a wide array of clinical scenarios and additional equipment is available to further enhance clinical training and skill development.
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