Note: This page reflects data from 2005 to 2006
Director's Name: Michael Bieller Harper, MD
Phone Number: (318)675-5815
Fax Number: (318)675-7950
Web Site: http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/fammed/residncy/reqs
Email: nbrice@lsuhsc.edu
Program Code: 161240001
Program Structure:4AResidency Location: Inner City Urban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: Louisiana State Univ Health Sciences Ctr
Total Beds: 478Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 1
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 2
Year of Initial Approval: 1974
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB - GYN, Surgery, E.R., Psychiatry
Total Number of Graduates: 169
- Offered Positions 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 8
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 8
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 8
- Filled Positions 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 6
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 6
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 7
- Resident Females 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 3
- Under-represented minorities 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 0
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 0
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 1
- Resident Salaries 2005- 2006:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:$38,598
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$39,733
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$41,183
- Weeks Paid Vacation 2005- 2006
- Post-Graduate Year 1:3
- Post-Graduate Year 2:4
- Post-Graduate Year 3:4
- Other Benefits:
Liability Insurance: Yes Housing Allowance: No Time Off for Conferences: Yes Health Insurance: Yes Meals: Yes Funds for Conferences: Yes Life Insurance: Yes Laundry: Yes Sick/Personal Time: Yes Disability Insurance: No Parking: Yes
- Average Annual In-Hospital Night Call Frequency:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: Every 4th day
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Every 15-28 days
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Every 15-28 days
- Night Float Rotation or Coverage yes or no:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: No
- Post-Graduate Year 2: No
- Post-Graduate Year 3: No
- Average Annual Frequency of Other Trips to Hospital as Result of Night Calls Taken at Home:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: None
- Post-Graduate Year 2: None
- Post-Graduate Year 3: None
- Faculty to Residents Ratio During Patient Care Hours:
- 1 Faculty : 4 Residents
- Full-Time Equivalent Staff and Faculty at the Residency Program:
FP-MD/DO : 14 Other-MD/DO : 1 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 0 Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners : 4
- Average No. of Half Days per Week Spent by FP Residents in the Primary FP Center:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 3
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Two months General Surgery (in Hospital): Two months Pediatrics (in Hospital): Five months CCU/ICU: Two months
- Documentation:
- Computerized System for Each Resident's Experience Does Exist
- Resident Research:Encouraged, but optional
- Resident Organization in Hospital: Yes
- Fellowship:
Not Offered
- Clerkships/Preceptorships:
- Offered
Part-time or Shared Residencies: Not Offered On Site Child Care Services: Not offered International Rotation: Not Available
This residency offers excellent training in all areas of family medicine and unsurpassed training in procedures including colonoscopy, EGD, colposcopy and office skin surgery. All of these procedures are taught by full-time family physicians on our staff. We have four faculty members who are nationally recognized experts and teach for prestigious medical organizations including AAFP, NPI and ASCCP.