The Medical Education Commission Report 2008-2009: Louisiana GME plan is tracking U.S. averages.

Graduate medical education (GME) in Louisiana has evolved into the present status, the sum of institutions providing medical education, as in each of the states and the country as a whole. Louisiana reflects the United States (U.S.

The medical education commission report 2007: GME is recovering from Katrina.

Before Hurricane Katrina, graduate medical education (GME) in Louisiana was growing slowly but steadily, similarly to the United States (US) average. Katrina's destructive force disrupted practically every aspect of GME, resulting in early quantitative rearrangement by geographic location and the heroic efforts to rescue programs across the state. This report provides evidence that the numbers have stabilized and are getting back on track.

The Medical Education Commission report 2005 and 2006: Katrina kinetics change Graduate Medical Education.

The destructive and disruptive force of Hurricane Katrina was an enormous challenge to Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Louisiana. Before Katrina hit, GME was successful, prospering, steady, and productive in the state professional workforce, provision of clinical care, and economic development. That GME survived as well as it did, especially in the hardest hit institutions in New Orleans, is indeed remarkable, and greatly assisted by all other GME institutions in LA and across the U.

The Medical Education Commission report 2004: the competition for physician recruitment is increasing.

The Louisiana annual match entry into graduate medical education (GME), the renewal of the practicing physician workforce, is consistent year to year and essentially parallel to the United States as a whole. The State of Louisiana Medical Education Commission offers reports compiling yearly and trend data and analysis which are published in the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. The 2004 result of the match follows the trend of successful completion over the last 6 years.

The Medical Education Commission Report 2003: GME production renews physician supply.

Louisiana data for the match entry into Graduate Medical Education, and the renewal of the practicing physician workforce, are essentially parallel to comparable data for the United States as a whole. The State of Louisiana Medical Education Commission offers reports and publications in the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society compiling yearly and trend data and analysis. The 2003 result of the match follows the trend of successful completion over the last five years.

The Medical Education Commission Report 2002: trends indicate a steady state supply of physicians.

This summary report for 2002 provides the detailed and updated data on all Graduate Medical Education (GME) residents and fellows in Louisiana for the last academic year. The 2002 match results and the trend in matching over the last 4 years depict the consistent successful match by Louisiana institutions. The totals and components of GME in Louisiana are steady.