EDUCATION | Emergency Medicine Residency

Interviews are held on Mondays and Thursday throughout November and December. Additional interview days in January are added if necessary. All interviews are virtual using a web based platform. Interviews are held twice each day. Slot 1 is 9:30AM-11:30AM, and Slot 2 is 12:15AM-2:15PM. A candidate will typically meet with the Department Chair, the Program Director, 2 core faculty, and 1 resident. There are 6 interview positions available per Slot giving each candidate a 15 minute break at some point in the interview process. After the interview, all candidates are invited by email to join a virtual social event with our residents free from any EM Faculty that is held in the following 2 weeks. All candidates are encouraged to join the social event to get first hand knowledge of our program from our current residents.

Yes! See the full instructions on how to apply. For international graduates, you must have a STEP 1 score of at least 225 in order to apply.

To find out more about this residency program, click HERE.

Showing a passion for emergency medicine is something we seek in all applicants. Rotating through our department introduces you to use but does not necessarily guarantee you an interview slot. We are seeking individuals who work well in a team, who can juggle both mental and physical tasks, and have the intangible quality that makes a great resident, as well as a great person.

CORD, EMRA (ACEP/ EM:RAP), Rosh Review, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, customized prescription pads, 3 white coats, 2 pairs of scrubs.

We also send our PGY-2 residents to an all-expenses paid conference, typically SAEM.

Per our GME policy, PGY-1 residents are not allowed to moonlight. PGY-2 EM residents can moonlight after taking their ITE in February of that year, provided they score accordingly and have the approval of the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC). See the full GME policy HERE.

We have a mixture of singles and married couples with families who run the gamut of age ranges and hometowns. As such, we all have different interests that take advantage of Shreveport's growing social scene including fishing, boating, gardening, hiking, volunteering, church, and spending time with our families. There are concerts, the Independence Bowl, and a wide variety of restaurants to suit every taste. Your intern year will be your busiest with surgical, trauma, and critical care rotations, however, you will have time during "lighter" rotations to get out and about. Most children are enrolled in the local school systems and day-care is abundant. Many families own their own homes, while others rent apartments or townhouses, all of which are very inexpensive. 

In this program you are never a number but a member of a team. Our staff is dedicated to your education while providing care for a needy and diverse population. you have the challenge of learning medical, surgical, trauma, and pediatric emergency skills in patients coming from three states who may have nowhere else to go. We have staff with expertise in ARDS, toxicology, envenomations, critical care, sepsis, EMS, and many other fields. We expect great achievements from each resident beyond the scope of the ED. If you welcome this challenge and embody our philosophy of "Honesty, Kindness, and Hard Work", you would do very well in our program.