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Louisiana State University Shreveport School of Medicine
Louisiana State University Shreveport School of Medicine
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  • Year founded: 1969
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Louisiana State University Shreveport School of Medicine
Allopathic Medical School
Shreveport, LA
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  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 3 67 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS N/A 0 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $29,342
  • Non - Resident Tuition $61,165
  • Application Fee $50
  • AVG MCAT 506
  • AVG GPA 3.8
  • LIZZYM Score 67.1
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Admissions Information

  • Student Admissions
  • 1501 Kings Highway
  • Shreveport, LA 71130
  • United States

School Overview

Louisiana State University Shreveport School of Medicine Fast Facts

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School Info

It is a great time to be considering a career in medicine, and the School of Medicine in Shreveport is a great place to pursue your goal. A mature institution, our health sciences center comprises a School of Medicine, a School of Graduate Studies and a School of Allied Health Professions.

Curriculum

Years 1 and 2. Five full integrated core and basic knowledge courses occur in the first four months. Eleven system-based courses in the second half of year one and throughout year two follow. All are run by multi-departmental, multi-disciplinary teams of both clinical and basic science faculty. Each course combines the system-based knowledge for the particular system, (cardiovascular, pulmonary, neuroscience, etc.) and include introductory medicine course material, physical diagnosis skills, standardized patient and clinical patient exposures, plus the usual traditional knowledge based materials (anatomy, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, etc.). Most weeks have a thematic focus, which is triggered at the onset of the unit, and anchored at the end of the week, by clinical cases. Small groups, independent learning, computers/technology-assisted learning and problem solving are stressed. Years 3 and 4. The traditional newly integrated medicine-pediatrics-family medicine component involves both in- and out-patient experiences. A series of team-taught, core content, multi-disciplinary, acute and chronic illnesses are included. Departments have cooperatively developed core content, team teaching, small group discussions to include problem-solving components and optimized assessment strategies. The acute disorders include asthma and otitis (pediatrics and family medicine) and diabetes mellitus and hypertension (family medicine and medicine). Once the concepts are taught and utilized in this course, students follow patients and have recurrent exposure to these concepts in the Comprehensive Care longitudinal clinic to assure competence and retention of material, with preceptor assessments of their knowledge at patient visits.

Facilities

The permanent buildings of the school were complete in 1975 and are immediately adjacent and connected to the Louisiana State University Hospital Shreveport, licensed for 650 beds. School facilities include a Comprehensive Care teaching facility, designed to provide an environment where students may learn by active participation in the care of ambulatory patients and basic and clinical science buildings, which also house the Library. The cost of Construction was approximately $30.5 million. The University Hospital is the School's principal teaching hospital, but teaching and research are also conducted at the affiliated 450 bed Veterans Administration Medical Center and other regional affiliated hospitals. In 1995, researchers from the LSU Medical School in Shreveport occupied research laboratories on six floors of the new Biomedical Research Institute, constructed adjacent to the School of Medicine in Shreveport and leased by the medical center from the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

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Positively 56
Negatively 6
No change 4

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.63 65

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How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.32 50

0 = low, 10 = high

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Get a new Dean- he is creepy + interviewers are discriminatory" More from this Member | Report Response

"Revise the official correspondence and make it less informal. It came off as very unprofessional. Also, correct the typos and mistakes." More from this Member | Report Response

"Get rid of the interview with Kennedy." More from this Member | Report Response

"Wonderful job! Very responsive to applicants!" More from this Member | Report Response

"None, I thought everyone was extremely friendly and accomodating." More from this Member | Report Response

"I would like packets of information about the school please." More from this Member | Report Response

"absolutely nothing. The entire staff is amazing! If you get invited to interview here do it because" More from this Member | Report Response

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

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