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Resident’s Perspective
November 2011
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Exciting career
Fun workplace
Team environment
Room to take your interests farther
 Ultrasound
 Research
 Hyperbarics
 International
 EMS
 Academics
 Critical care
Scheduling flexibility
Ease in finding a job after graduation
Good compensation
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County vs Academic
Exposure to trauma, complex
medical histories, pediatrics
Funding
Research opportunities
Location
Do you want to stay on as
faculty after you graduate?
Moonlighting
3 vs 4 year programs
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Differe
Different buildings…
same challenges and rewards.
“Spirit of Charity” program
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Our patients:
 Trauma patients
 Those in the neighborhood who need emergency care
 Patients who have historically come to the Charity
system and feel that they get the best care there
 Those without insurance – no “wallet biopsy” at
University Hospital
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Our missions:
 Diversity within our residency to reflect the diversity
of our patients
 Cultural competence within the residency
 Delivery of the best possible care to our patients
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Applications
 Applications of medically underrepresented
minority backgrounds are encouraged
 Meet and greets are arranged for applicants to
meet other residents and faculty from varied
backgrounds
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Mentoring
 We are seeking out mentoring relationships with
historically African American medical schools such
as Meharry Medical College
 We are pursuing additional relationships with
summer programs and community colleges aimed
at increased exposure of future physicians in our
community to the field of Emergency Medicine
 We look forward to an increased mentoring role
with members of SNMA from both Tulane and
LSU
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Curriculum
 Conference presentations aimed at exploring
health care disparities and the history of racism in
the medical field
 Journal club articles examining health care
disparities
 Professionalism committee established to help
medical residents and faculty communicate
effectively with our patients
“Prepared for the worst…
providing the best”