Career Planning - School of Medicine at LSU Health Shreveport

GETTING READY FOR RESIDENCY

The road to residency for a medical student is a 4 year journey of self-exploration, investigating career options, choosing a specialty and preparing for the Match. At LSU Health Shreveport, we work to assist our medical students along this journey. We have compiled a number of resources here to help you achieve the goal of a successful match. If you have questions, please contact our Office for Student Affairs.

Resources

AAMC Careers in Medicine
https://www.aamc.org/cim/
Your introduction to exploring your physician career options, choosing your medical specialty, and applying smart to residency.

AAMC Roadmap to Residency
https://store.aamc.org/roadmap-to-residency-understanding-the-process-of-getting-into-residency.html
Roadmap to Residency is an important publication for anyone pursuing a career in medicine. In a single report, future doctors can obtain a comprehensive overview of the process of preparing for and applying to residency.

American Medical Association Interviewing for Residency
https://www.ama-assn.org/residents-students/career-planning-resource/interviewing-residency
A career planning resource with tips for residency interviews and possible questions to ask.

Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®)
https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-residencies-eras/applying-residencies-eras
ERAS is the centralized online application service you’ll use to deliver your application, along with supporting documents, to residency programs.

FREIDA
https://freida.ama-assn.org/
FREIDA™ Allows you to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 12,000 programs - all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Match PRISM App
(The NRMP Program Rating and Interview Scheduling Manager)
https://www.nrmp.org/prism-interview-scheduling-tool/
A free mobile app that enables applicants in the Match to track programs during the interview process and create program ratings which can be used to generate a rank order list.

National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
Link for registration for USMLE examinations.

National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
https://www.nrmp.org/ - Register for the NRMP Match.
https://www.nrmp.org/main-residency-match-data/
Provides access to match data and reports.

Navigate your Journey from Pre-Med Through Residency
https://students-residents.aamc.org/
Explore medical career options, ways to get experience, inspiring stories, expert advice, and more, to help you choose your path to medicine. You might find options that you didn’t know existed.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

First Aid for the Match, 5th Ed. (purchase online)
Addresses common match mistakes, planning, choosing an adviser, application, interviewing and other important Match information.
Iserson's Getting Into a Residency (purchase online)
A step-by-step guide through the process of selecting a medical specialty and obtaining a residency position.
The Residency Interview: How To Make the Best Possible Impression, 1st Ed. (purchase online)
This MedEdits guide provides applicants with insight about the residency interview process.

Medical Interest Groups

For a complete list of organizations on the LSU Health Shreveport campus and contacts for the faculty coordinators go to:

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

Anesthesia Interest Group

Dermatology Interest Group

Emergency Medicine Interest Group

ENT Interest Group

Family Medicine Interest Group

Gastroenterology Interest Group

Internal Medicine Interest Group

Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group

Medicine-Pediatrics Interest Group

Neurosurgery Interest Group

OBGYN Interest Group

Co-Presidents: Katelyn Parker and Bailey Turbeville
Vice President: Naadia West
Secretary: Taylor Gatson
Treasurer: Raegan Abadie
Community Service Chair: Rachel Cline
Historian: Alie Shiell
Mentorship Chair: Claire Robichaux
MSIV Class Reps: Tyler Chauncy and Maggie Ross
MSIII Class Reps: Elizabeth Armstrong and Margaret Bourg
MSII Class Reps: Kyle Maher and Katie Self

Ophthalmology Interest Group

Orthopedic Interest Group

Pediatric Interest Group

Plastic Surgery Interest Group

Psychiatry Student Interest Group Network

Radiology Interest Group

Sleep Medicine Interest Group

Sports Medicine Interest Group

Students Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)

President: Sarah Kate Roblow
Vice President: Weldon Furr
Secretary: Alexis Angelette
Community Service Chair: Grace Kennedy
MS4 Representative: Marko Nikolic
MS3 Representative: Brooke Devillier
MS2 Representative: Holly Dicharry