8 wks
Year Three Curriculum
Lead and specialize
The program was designed so residents can individually tailor training to meet professional needs and interests. Outpatient experience increases as you develop a continuity practice — with a patient population spanning all age groups and socioeconomic levels.
$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 requires in Pierre
4 wks
Emergency Department
4 wks
Rural Rotation
4 wks
Outpatient Pediatrics
4 wks
Musculoskeletal
4 wks
CORE Family Medicine
4 wks
Internal Medicine
Longitudinal curriculum
Quality Improvement/SafetyHealth Systems ManagementGeriatricsBehavioral HealthCommunity MedicineChronic PainAddiction Medicine
Electives
DermatologyInternal MedicineWound CareSurgeryENTRadiologyAmbulatoryEmergency DepartmentPodiatryLGBTQ+ParentingHIVCaregivingPractice ManagementGlobal HealthLifestyle MedicineResearchUrology
Sample 13-block schedule
A representative Year 3
- 01 Emergency Department
- 02 Surgery Elective
- 03 Outpatient Pediatrics
- 04 Rural Rotation
- 05 Derm Elective
- 06 Inpatient Medicine
- 07 Musculoskeletal
- 08 Geriatrics Elective
- 09 CORE FM
- 10 Internal Medicine
- 11 Emergency Elective
- 12 Inpatient Medicine
- 13 Ambulatory Elective
Beyond rotations
What Year 3 looks like outside the schedule
Moonlighting opportunities
Moonlighting up to 60 hours per month is allowed during your second and third years — extra income and real independent practice experience.
Indian Health Service rotation
Block rotations in IHS communities across South Dakota, building the skills to serve Native communities and rural populations.
Funded retreat
Third-year residents join first- and second-year residents for another program-funded three-day weekend at a resort the group selects together.
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
Provided
Work lunch
Noon conf M–F at Avera
5 days
Paid meeting time
3 wks
Vacation
Match week is in March
Apply via ERAS deadline September 30
2 spots per year. Interviews run October through January, with hotel accommodations for out-of-town candidates.