Ochsner Clinic Foundation Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a newly launched, community-based Family Medicine residency at St. Tammany Health System (Ochsner-affiliated) in Covington, LA, built around unopposed inpatient training and a purpose-built ambulatory clinic emphasizing continuity of care and longitudinal physician-patient relationships. Its explicit mission is workforce-driven: increasing primary care physicians for St. Tammany Parish, with curriculum structured around escalating continuity clinic exposure (2 to 4 half-days/week across PGY1-3) rather than subspecialty depth. Scholarly activity is required but framed as a competency (practice-based learning/QI projects) rather than a research pipeline, and faculty backgrounds emphasize full-spectrum outpatient practice, rural experience, obesity/lifestyle medicine, and legislative advocacy over academic research output. The program values pioneering spirit, comprehensive/whole-person care, community commitment, and adaptability given its inaugural status.