Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency is co-sponsored by Avera Health and Sanford Health — two of the region's largest health systems. Your training spans both hospitals, two continuity clinics, and required rural rotations across South Dakota.
Why dual sponsorship matters
That's clinically broader — and professionally broader. You graduate with two systems on your resume and a regional network most programs can't build.
Sponsoring institutions
Co-Sponsoring Institution
Avera McKennan is one of the program's inpatient sites. A faith-based health network deeply tied to communities across the Upper Midwest, with one of the region's busiest emergency and trauma departments.
Co-Sponsoring Institution
The largest rural health system in the nation, headquartered in Sioux Falls. Sanford USD Medical Center anchors the city's pediatric and tertiary care, with research and fellowship pathways for residents who want them.
Both hospitals operate 24-hour emergency/trauma departments with helicopter transport.
Continuity clinics
Model Continuity Clinic
Your home base. The residency's model clinic, located on the Avera McKennan campus at 1115 East 20th Street. Every resident builds their continuity panel here, supported by faculty preceptors in real-time. Residents will see a high volume of continuity patients in obstetrics and pediatrics.
Visit Center for Family Medicine
FQHC · Underserved Care
A federally qualified health center where residents share the patient load with full-time faculty. The Falls Community panel is heavily refugee and uninsured.
Visit Falls Community Health CenterRural rotation sites
Several rural teaching sites have been carefully selected and prepared for resident participation. One designated site sits within 30 miles of Sioux Falls — for residents whose personal situations need a rural rotation within commuting distance. Housing is provided at the rural teaching sites.
Milbank, SD
Northeast SD · Whetstone Valley
Mobridge, SD
North-central SD · Missouri River
Madison, SD
50 mi west of Sioux Falls · commuting-friendly
Parkston, SD
Southeast SD · Avera affiliate
Orange City, IA
Northwest Iowa
Want to see the buildings
A 1-week visit or 4-week rotation puts you inside the Center for Family Medicine, Avera, Sanford, and Falls Community Health — the actual spaces, the actual teams.
