EDUCATION | Internal Medicine Residency

Sample Rotation Schedule

AMBULATORY CARE

Our Internal Medicine residency program follows a 4+1 week block schedule, designed to provide a balanced experience between inpatient and outpatient care. Every fifth week, residents dedicate their time exclusively to the continuity clinic, ensuring consistent patient care and progressive outpatient experience. Continuity clinic sessions are held at the Ochsner LSU Health - Ambulatory Care Center, conveniently located across the street from the main hospital building. Each resident is responsible for a panel of patients which is expected to grow and evolve throughout their residency.

During the ambulatory clinic week, they participate in two didactic lectures focused on key topics in outpatient medicine, helping to reinforce and expand their clinical knowledge. Additionally, the program provides sponsored access to the Johns Hopkins PEAC (Physician Education and Assessment Center) modules, a series of evidence-based learning tools specifically designed to enhance the outpatient learning experience. This well-rounded ambulatory experience ensures that residents are well-prepared to manage varied clinical situations and develop expertise in outpatient care by the completion of their training.

RESEARCH

MENTORSHIP

CLINICAL EDUCATOR TRACK

DIDACTIC CURRICULUM

Our program offers a comprehensive didactic curriculum designed to enhance resident education. Morning Reports are held Monday through Wednesday from 8-9 AM, featuring traditional case-style presentations by residents under faculty supervision, focusing on clinical reasoning, management, and high-value care. Fridays from 8-9 AM are dedicated to Journal Club / Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/ Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conference or Society Guideline reviews, all led by residents with faculty guidance.

Academic Half Day, held every Thursday from 12-3 PM, is a protected time for residents with no clinical duties. During this time, residents participate in interactive lectures led by general medicine and subspecialty faculty, covering ABIM-specific curriculum, the business of medicine, board review, and sometimes wellness activities. Institutional Ground Rounds are held on Tuesday afternoons, offering additional learning opportunities.

POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND (POCUS)

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is immensely helpful in addressing specific clinical questions using ultrasound at bedside. It is quick, safe and cost effective. POCUS is considered as the future stethoscope and is being widely used as an extension of physical examination. Several Internal Medicine organizations (ACP, SHM, AAIM, SGIM, CIMUS) have supported the use of ultrasound at bedside. We are pleased to introduce the “POCUS elective” to our residents and students and the primary goal of this rotation will be to provide didactic and hands-on training experience that will enable the trainees to attain proficiency in routine ultrasound applications in Internal Medicine and common bedside procedures. Please visit us for more information (LSUHS intranet access only).

Internal Medicine Fellowships at LSU Health Shreveport