LSU Health Shreveport receives continued accreditation for Graduate Medical Education

Makenzie Boucher, Shreveport Times
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LSU Health Shreveport announced Tuesday that are receiving the continued accreditation with no citations from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

The ACGME is an independent organization that sets and monitors professional education standards essential in preparing physicians to deliver safe, high-quality medical care and oversees the accreditation of residency and fellowship programs in the United States.

The ACGME requires institutions to comply with regulations such as providing residents and fellows with financial compensation, supportive training services and a collaborative work and education environment where residents and fellows engage with patient care, quality improvement, supervision, accountability and more.

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Institutions must meet these requirements annually and those that do not meet the provided standards may receive citations or lose accreditation.

“Thank you to our faculty who supervise and train residents and fellows for their unwavering dedication to ensure our residents and fellows receive the best training for their futures as physicians," said Leisa Oglesby, BSRN, MBA, and Designated Institutional Official at LSU Health Shreveport. "A special thank you for our program administrators and GME office staff for their ongoing commitment and hard work to ensure that LSU Health Shreveport maintains compliance with ACGME standards and receives continued accreditation.”

LSU Health Shreveport has 45 ACGME accredited programs and over 600 residents and fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year. There are also over 3,000 LSUHS resident and fellow alumni.

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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com.

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