Our Commitment
The Department of Surgery is committed to the education and training of talented surgical clinicians, incorporating skills, knowledge, and competencies that are essential to providing the highest standard of care. We train surgical residents to become the future leaders of academic surgery.
Conference Schedules:
Attendance at each of these conferences is mandatory. All residents will be free of their routine clinical duties each Tuesday between the hours of 6:45 - 9:30 a.m. to allow time for attendance at these conferences. Residents with simulation activities will be free of clinical duty between 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Not all residents will have a simulation activity every week.
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6:45 - 7:30 AM |
7:30 – 8:30 |
8:30 – 9:30 |
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Week I |
SCORE Review |
M&M: |
Surgical Simulation Lab, Standardized Patients, SCORE Quiz, Mock Orals (alternated weekly) |
Week II |
SCORE Review |
M&M: |
Surgical Simulation Lab, Standardized Patients, SCORE Quiz, Mock Orals (alternated weekly) |
Week III |
SCORE Review |
Great Case Conference |
Surgical Simulation Lab, Standardized Patients, SCORE Quiz, Mock Orals (alternated weekly) |
Week IV |
SCORE Review |
M&M: |
Surgical Simulation Lab, Standardized Patients, SCORE Quiz, Mock Orals (alternated weekly) |
Week V |
SCORE Review |
M&M: |
Surgical Simulation Lab, Standardized Patients, SCORE Quiz, Mock Orals (alternated weekly) |
- SCORE Review: Faculty-led session to improve the education of residents through the curriculum "TWIS"
- Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Session for learning from medical errors, complications, and unanticipated outcomes
- Great Case Conference: Discussion to identify and analyze factors associated with surgical cases
- Surgical Skills Laboratory: A one-hour course in which surgical technical skills, patient care, and communication are taught and tested
OUR TEAM
Navdeep Samra, MD
Program Director
Kathryn Richardson, MD
Associate Program Director
Ginny Hammock
Residency Coordinator
318-675-6111
Requirements
The ACGME RRC requires that residents maintain a minimum of 75% attendance at the departmental mandatory didactic conferences. Residents are required to sign the attendance sheet(s). Absence from these conferences will be excused only in those instances in which the resident is on annual or sick leave or is attending an approved surgical conference.
All conferences are held weekly unless indicated otherwise.
Department Conferences
- Schedule
- General Surgery Student Conference
- Tumor Board
- Surgical Oncology Journal Club
- Vascular Conference
- Trauma/Critical Care Journal Club
- SICU Multi-Disciplinary Conference
- Trauma/Critical Care & PICU Grand Rounds
- Trauma M&M Conference
- Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery Grand Rounds
- Research Meetings
Schedule
General Surgery Student Conference
Tumor Board
Surgical Oncology Journal Club
Vascular Conference
Trauma/Critical Care Journal Club
SICU Multi-Disciplinary Conference
Trauma/Critical Care & PICU Grand Rounds
Trauma M&M Conference
Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery Grand Rounds
Research Meetings
Teaching Facilities
- Academic Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
- Monroe Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
- Willis-Knighton Medical Center
- Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Christus Highland Medical Center
- Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, St. Mary Medical Center
Academic Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Monroe Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Willis-Knighton Medical Center
Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Christus Highland Medical Center
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, St. Mary Medical Center
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