About the Program| About the Program |
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The Podiatry Residency Program welcomed its first resident in 1989. From inception, 100% of the residents have successfully graduated from the program and successfully passed board-qualifying exams. The Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) has approved the program as a PM&S 36. For the first two years of the three-year program, much of the training is hospital based. While the emphasis is surgery, currently the first year resident rotates through:
Second year training includes:
Third year training includes more of the above with the addition of:
Residents spend time in private podiatry practices where patient care management and office management experience is obtained. The residents are exposed to many podiatric and non-podiatric teaching faculties to draw on a wide variety of clinical and surgical experiences. General Information:The Podiatric Medicine Residency along with Family Medicine Residency are the only residency programs at East Jefferson General Hospital and are non-competing. The EJGH Emergency Department is one of the busiest in Louisiana. One resident position for each post-graduate year. Pay Scale:
In-House On Call:Rotating in-house call schedule Paid Time Off:3 weeks annually for PGY-I, 4 weeks annually for PGY-II and PGY-III. Residents follow holiday schedule of EJGH team members. Other Benefits:
Health and Dental Insurance available; hospital pays major portion, resident pays minor portion, Dependant coverage also available.
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