16 wks
Core Family Medicine
Continuity clinic + faculty-led teaching
Year One Curriculum
A strong start for the road ahead.
Build your clinical skills through extensive inpatient training at Avera Medical Group and Sanford Health. Weekly continuity clinic at the Center for Family Medicine and a weekly half-day OB clinic help you build relationships with your own panel of patients from the start.
53 weeks
Contract length
Includes orientation + 1 wk 'time back'
13 blocks
Rotation blocks
$70,500
Annual stipend
No SD state income tax
3 weeks
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
Time to learn, connect, and recharge.
Continuity OB Clinic
Spend a half-day each week caring for uninsured and low-income mothers, building relationships through prenatal care, delivery, and postpartum care. Residents average 8 deliveries in year one, 45 in year two, and 54 in year three.
Noon Conferences
Gather to learn over lunch, provided Monday through Thursday at noon.
Funded Resident Retreat
Enjoy a program-funded three-day weekend at an area resort, retreat, or activity. Residents choose the destination—a chance to unwind and enjoy time together.
Compensation
Year 1 financial benefits
Year 1 stipend
$70,500
Plus $1,000 relocation. South Dakota has no state income tax.
$3,000
Education allowance
Combined over 3 years; rolls over
Free
Work lunch
Noon conf M–Th + on-call
3 weeks
Vacation
$1,000
Relocation
Included every year
Insurance & coverage, on us
- Health insurance (Wellmark BCBS, single + family, $0 cost)
- Dental insurance (Delta Dental, single coverage)
- Vision insurance (single coverage, employer-paid)
- Professional liability coverage
- $50,000 term life insurance
- Long-term disability ($2,500/mo benefit, premiums paid)
- 403(b) tax-advantaged retirement plan
- Two white coats
- Wellness memberships at reduced rate
- Employee Assistance Program (both health systems)
Full details on the Benefits page.
Ready for what’s next?
Explore year two—or come learn alongside us.
Join the 52+ students who rotate with us each year for a four-week elective and get a firsthand feel for life as a resident.