Much has been written about the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) School of Medicine in New Orleans
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and the importance of disaster planning for all medical schools. As we approach Katrina’s
third anniversary, it is useful to reflect on the storm’s longer term effects on the
school. This brief report summarizes the current status of our admissions process
and undergraduate medical education curriculum. Pre-Katrina (July 2005) and immediate
post-Katrina (July 2006) measures are used as benchmarks for comparison. The article
also examines outcomes for the students most seriously affected by Katrina: the medical
school classes of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. Outcomes on the United States Medical
Licensing Exams (USMLE) and in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP) remained
essentially unchanged. This suggests that we were able to minimize the storm’s overall
impact on medical student education. Additionally, we believe that new clinical rotations
have actually strengthened medical student education as a whole. The school is well
positioned to provide quality medical education in New Orleans’ changing demographic
and health care environment.KEY INDEXING TERMS
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
May 13,
2008
Received:
April 30,
2008
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© 2008 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
