8 wks
Year Two Curriculum
Grow your skills. Find your stride.
Build relationships with patients at two continuity clinic sites, begin rural rotations, and take on greater independence in inpatient care. Moonlighting opportunities also open up, offering extra income and experience—and most residents choose to participate.
$72,000
Annual stipend
No SD state income tax
3 weeks
Vacation
5 days
Flexible Medical Education Time
60 hrs/mo
Moonlighting cap
Required rotations
What Year 2 actually looks like
Specifically in Year 2
8–12 wks
CFM Inpatient Team
Night Float must total 16 wks combined
4–8 wks
Night Float
Required before graduation (Y2 or Y3)
4 wks
Obstetrics
4 wks
Emergency Medicine
4 wks
Outpatient Pediatrics
Includes subspecialty + nursery
4 wks
Inpatient Pediatrics
4 wks
Rural Family Medicine
Approved sites across the rural Midwest
12 wks
Outpatient Selective
GYN · Geriatrics · Cardio/Pulm · MSK (all four before graduation)
Sample 13-block schedule
One way Year 2 can sequence
- 01 CFM Inpatient Team
- 02 Night Float
- 03 Core Family Medicine
- 04 Emergency Medicine
- 05 Pediatric Outpatient
- 06 CFM Inpatient Team
- 07 Pediatric Inpatient
- 08 Night Float
- 09 CFM Inpatient Team
- 10 Core Family Medicine
- 11 GYN Outpatient
- 12 Rural Family Med — Parkston
- 13 NICU Inpatient
Beyond rotations
Broader experience. Deeper community connections.
Two clinics. More people to care for.
Spend two half-days each week at the Center for Family Medicine, plus time at Falls Community Health Center, a federally qualified health center caring for underserved members of our community.
Get to know rural medicine firsthand.
Choose where you’ll complete your required four-week rural rotation, with options such as Parkston, Milbank, Mobridge, or Madison. Work alongside local physicians and experience the everyday rewards and responsibilities of caring for a rural community.
Compensation
Year 2 financial benefits
Year 2 stipend
$72,000
Plus moonlighting up to 60 hours per month. South Dakota has no state income tax.
60 hrs
Moonlighting / month
Free
Work lunch
Noon conf M–Th + on-call
5 days
Flexible Medical Education Time
3 weeks
Vacation
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.
Explore year three—or come learn alongside us
Follow your interests. Shape your future.
With more time for electives, year three lets you tailor your training to your goals. Explore global health, perinatology, LGBTQ health, and endocrinology as you grow into the physician you want to become.