Resident Wellness Matters to Us!
RESIDENT LIFE & WELLNESS | Surgery Residency
The Department of Surgery is dedicated to each resident’s well-being and committed to providing the resources needed to promote emotional, occupational, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual health.
Loading from Vimeo...
Physical, Nutritional & Social Well-Being
- Call Rooms
- On-site Employee Health
- Meal Plans at a Discounted Rate
- Healthy Snacks provided for those on-call in the Institutional Resident Lounge
- Extensive Meal Selection at both the Cafeteria and WOW Café
- Numerous Clubs and Organizations to Join, including the Resident Council Association
- Wellness Seminars: Conflict
- Fitness Zone
Mental, Spiritual & Emotional Well-Being
- Resident Lounge
- Meditation Spaces
- Library
- In-house Chaplain
- (C.O.P.E.) Connecting with Peers through Empathy
- Mentor / Mentee Program
- Intern Process Group
- Monthly Chief's Conference with Chairman and PD
Other on-campus conveniences to
assist in work/life balance:
Post Office • Bookstore • Secure parking • University Police escort • Print shop
Benefits for Categorical & Surgery Preliminary Residents
The Department of Surgery will provide the following benefits for categorical and Surgery preliminary residents:
- Travel for presentation of abstracts at local, regional, and national meetings if approved by the Department of Surgery.
-
PGY-3 residents may travel to a conference of their choosing or to one suggested by the Program Director and the Chairman of the Department of Surgery, with approval from the Department of Surgery.
Recognition and certificates will be presented at graduation.
- Most operative cases PGY 1 through PGY 4 for academic year
- Most cumulative operative cases PGY 5
- Best teaching junior resident (voted by students)
- Best teaching senior resident (voted by students)
- Outstanding ABSITE Score (75% correct or above)
- Surgical Olympics & Surgical Jeopardy
Follow us on Instagram: @lsuhs_shv_surgery
Why work and train in Shreveport, Louisiana?
Shreveport, and our sister city Bossier, have so much to offer that you have to experience it.
