8 wks
Year Three Curriculum
Lead and specialize.
Year 3 is the elective-heavy year. You take senior responsibility on the inpatient service and shape the rest of the schedule around the medicine you want to practice.
$71,000
Annual stipend
No SD state income tax
3 wks
Vacation
5 days
Paid meeting time
60 hrs/mo
Moonlighting cap
Required rotations
What Year 3 must include
Specifically in Year 3
8 wks
CFM Inpatient Team
Senior responsibility
Required before graduation (Y2 or Y3)
4 wks
Obstetrics
4 wks
Emergency Medicine
4 wks
Outpatient Pediatrics
Subspecialty + newborn nursery
4 wks
Inpatient Pediatrics
4 wks
Rural Family Medicine
4 wks
Inpatient Selective
OB · CFMIT · Night Float · ICU · ED · Hospitalist · Rural ED · Inpatient Peds · NICU
12 wks
Outpatient Selective
GYN · Geriatrics · Cardio/Pulm · MSK (all four before graduation)
Electives
The pieces you actually choose
The full menu of elective options, shaped with your faculty mentor. Any required rotation can be repeated, and you're welcome to design your own.
General
AddictionsAllergyAnesthesiologyAmbulatory Family MedicineDating UltrasoundsDermatologyEKGGeneral SurgeryHIV MedicineLactationLGBTQ HealthMedical EducationNeurologyObesity MedicineOccupational MedicineOrthopedicsPalliative MedicinePerinatal Mental HealthPM&RPOCUSPractice ManagementProceduresRadiologyRheumatologySports MedicineUrology
Subspecialty
EndocrinologyGastroenterologyHeme/OncInfectious DiseaseNephrologyPerinatologyUrogynecology
Inpatient
ICUHospitalist Night Float / Code TeamNICUNewborn NurseryAdditional CFMIT, ER, OB, Inpatient Peds, or Rural
Outpatient Pediatrics
Adolescent MedicineDevelopmental PedsGeneral PediatricsNewborn NurseryNICUPeds CardiologyPeds GastroenterologyPeds Heme/OncPeds Infectious DiseasePeds NeurologyPeds PulmonarySubspecialty Peds
Away
Global HealthNatural Family PlanningAcupunctureAudition + additional rural rotations
Independent
ResearchParentingCaregiving
If your desired elective is not listed, we are happy to consider your proposed elective idea, as long as it includes a clear learning experience and aligns with our goal of fostering skills that will benefit you in your future practice.
Sample 13-block schedule
A representative Year 3
- 01 CFM Inpatient Team
- 02 Global Health Elective
- 03 Core Family Medicine
- 04 Geriatrics Outpatient
- 05 CFM Inpatient Team
- 06 Procedures Elective
- 07 LGBTQ Health Elective
- 08 Pharmacy Elective
- 09 Core Family Medicine
- 10 Ambulatory FM Elective
- 11 Endocrinology Elective
- 12 Perinatology Elective
- 13 Cardiology Outpatient
Beyond rotations
What Year 3 looks like outside the schedule
OB-comprehensive pathway
Residents pursuing the OB-comprehensive designation lean their inpatient selective into Obstetrics. Graduates leave able to manage labor independently in a rural setting.
Senior team responsibility
On the inpatient family medicine service, third years run the team — interns and rotating students follow your lead, with faculty supervising.
Funded retreat, again
Third-year residents get one more funded three-day retreat at a resort of their choice. A program-paid send-off before graduation.
Compensation
Year 3 financial benefits
Year 3 stipend
$71,000
Plus continued moonlighting and team-physician shifts. South Dakota has no state income tax.
60 hrs
Moonlighting / month
Free
Work lunch
Noon conf M–Th + on-call
5 days
Paid meeting time
3 wks
Vacation
Match week is in March
Apply via ERAS — deadline September 30.
9 spots. ~100 applicants per year. Interviews run October through January, with hotel accommodations for out-of-town candidates.