CURRICULUM | Internal Medicine / Pediatrics Residency

Pediatric Rotations:

• Pediatric Wards
  • Location: St. Mary Medical Center
  • There are 2 ward teams that each consist of 1 attending, 1 upper level resident, and at least 2 interns.
  • The teams share call. During call, there will be 1 upper level resident and 1 “late” intern.
  • Checkout is at 7 AM and 7 PM.
  • Night Float System
    • There will be 1 upper level Peds or Med-Peds resident that will care for the admitted pediatric patients and admit new patients overnight Sunday through Friday.
    • Med-Peds residents will complete their pediatric night float month during their 3^rd year.
    • Interns do have overnight call on this rotation, usually 4-5 consecutive weeknights and 1 Saturday.
    • The upper level residents will divide Saturday call, which is a 24-hour call. The upper level residents are never on call on Sunday as there is cross-coverage. 
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Location: Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
• Pediatric Clinic
  • Location: Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Women & Children's Clinic
• Newborn Nursery
  • Location: St. Mary Medical Center
• NICU
  • Location: St. Mary Medical Center
• PICU
  • Location: St. Mary Medical Center and Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport

Ambulatory Med-Peds

This is a 1-month long required elective that is only offered to our upper-level Med-Peds residents. During this rotation, residents rotate at our Provenance Primary Care Clinic located in South Shreveport. This clinic houses the faculty clinics of Dr. Adams, Dr. Beal, Dr. Bass, Dr. Callegan-Poché, and Dr. Mahadevan. Our residents are able to work one-on-one with our Med-Peds attendings in their own Med-Peds clinics. This is a wonderful opportunity for our residents to see another side of outpatient medicine and to learn about the workings of a private practice. Residents are also exposed to healthcare for LGTBQ+ patients on this rotation. 

Internal Medicine Rotations:

• Medicine Wards:
  • Location: Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport or Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
  • At Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, there are 5 general medicine ward teams. There is also 1 subspecialty ward team (Cardiology). Teams are on call every 5^th day.
  • At the VA, there are 3 general medicine ward teams. Teams are on call every 3^rd day. 
  • Each team consists of an attending, 1-2 residents, and 1-2 interns.
  • Night Float System
    • Med-Peds residents have 1 month of night float during their 2^nd year. 
    • There are 2 residents and 2 interns that make up the night float team at the main hospital and 1 resident and 1 intern that make up the night float team at the VA.
    • Both hospitals employ nocturnists. 
• MICU
  • Location: Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport 
• Admits & Consults
  • Location: Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
  • This rotation takes place during the 4^th year of residency. For 2 weeks, the resident will hold and answer the admit pager, triage patients that are being admitted, and coordinate care/transfer to the accepting team. During the other 2 weeks, they will act as a consulting physician for services that request an internal medicine consult for their patients.   
• Geriatrics