16 wks
Core Family Medicine
Continuity clinic + faculty-led teaching
Year One Curriculum
Build the foundation.
Your first year is heavy on inpatient time at Avera McKennan and Sanford Health, with a weekly continuity clinic at the Center for Family Medicine and a half-day OB clinic every week — so you're managing your own panel of patients from day one.
53 wks
Contract length
Includes orientation + 1 wk 'time back'
13 blocks
Rotation blocks
$67,500
Annual stipend
No SD state income tax
3 wks
Vacation
Required rotations
What you'll spend Year 1 doing
8 wks
CFM Inpatient Team (CFMIT)
Adult and Pediatric inpatient service
4 wks
Night Float
Includes hospital medicine and counts toward Obstetrics
4 wks
Inpatient Pediatrics
Sanford USD Medical Center
4 wks
Outpatient Pediatrics
4 wks
Emergency Medicine
Avera & Sanford EDs
4 wks
Obstetrics
Avera or Sanford Labor and Delivery
4 wks
Outpatient Selective
GYN · Geriatrics · Cardio/Pulm · MSK
4 wks
Orientation
Onboarding + Team Building
Sample 13-block schedule
How a typical block schedule looks like for a 1st year resident
Block order is illustrative — your actual schedule is built with the program manager.
- 01 Orientation
- 02 CFM Inpatient Team
- 03 Core Family Medicine
- 04 Pediatrics Inpatient
- 05 Core Family Medicine
- 06 Outpatient Pediatrics
- 07 Night Float
- 08 Core Family Medicine
- 09 MSK Outpatient Selective
- 10 Core Family Medicine
- 11 Emergency Medicine
- 12 Obstetrics — Avera
- 13 Core Family Medicine
Beyond rotations
The parts most schedules don't show
Continuity OB Clinic
A weekly half-day caring for uninsured and low-income mothers across prenatal, delivery, and postpartum. Residents average 8 deliveries in their first year, 45 in their second, and 54 in their third.
Daily Noon Conference
Monday through Thursday at noon, with lunch provided.
Funded resident retreat
A paid three-day weekend at an area resort, retreat, or activity. Residents pick the destination!
Compensation
Year 1 financial benefits
Year 1 stipend
$67,500
Plus $1,000 relocation. South Dakota has no state income tax.
$3,000
Education allowance
Total across 3 years; rolls over
Free
Work lunch
Noon conf M–Th + on-call
3 wks
Vacation
$1,000
Relocation
Curious how Year 2 builds on this?
Or skip ahead — rotate with us.
A 4-week elective rotation is the fastest way to see how Year 1 actually feels. We host 52+ rotating students a year.