Transitional Year

Offering a well-balanced, broad-based medical education that allows each resident to satisfy his or her specific needs and interests.

Mission

To train passionate physicians to deliver high quality compassionate care, while developing personal habits to foster curiosity and lifelong learning.

Aims

To provide a solid foundation of general medicine training for various specialties.
To foster opportunity for scholarly activity & research.
To build an environment of personal excellence that promotes personal and professional growth and wellness.

Program Curriculum

Transitional Year is divided into 13 four-week rotations. This provides flexibility to customize your education program to fit your needs. Rotations will be completed at Avera and Sanford as well as a variety of private practices.

Year One
PGY-1

Course Length 13 Four-Week Rotations

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Training Sites

Our program is an integrated program with rotations at Sanford USD Medical Center and Avera Health as well as a variety of private practices in the Sioux Falls, SD area.

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Life in Sioux Falls

Get to know the city of Sioux Falls, SD. Sioux Falls is the largest city in South Dakota. It has everything you want out of a big city but with a low cost of living and low crime rates. We hope you'll call it home as you continue your medical education (and who knows, maybe even longer!)

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Why Choose this Program

The elective time allowed by the Transitional Year program at the University of South Dakota helped to provide a robust skill set and fund of knowledge for my advanced training program. As a result, I felt well equipped to meet the expectations of my advanced program from day one.

Adam Bleeker, MD Transitional Year Resident, Class of 2022
USD's TY program was 100% the right choice for me. The program offers a great balance of medicine and elective rotations. I can't imagine I would be happier or have a better experience at any other program.

Chandler Jansen, MD Transitional Year Resident, Class of 2021 Meet Resident
The USD Transitional Year program is an excellent program in which to train. The faculty are all very supportive of their residents, the workload is manageable and enjoyable, and the medical training is superior.

Eric Roach, MD Transitional Year Resident, Class of 2021 Meet Resident
USD felt like the right choice from day one. I can’t imagine a better place to complete my TY year!

Alexandra Streifel, MD Transitional Year Resident, Class of 2021 Meet Resident
This is the best TY program in the country. It offers numerous electives tailored to your future specialty, passionate faculty, and a great work-life balance while still providing the required intern year training. You will feel extremely confident and energized to enter your advanced program.

Colby Felts, MD Transitional Year Resident, Class of 2023 Meet Resident
Engaging with Transitional Year residents is always interesting because they are on course to specialize in a variety of competitive fields and usually have educational backgrounds from different areas of the country. When I teach these accomplished residents, they can often reciprocate and educate me in other areas of medicine or offer insight to future innovations or challenges.

Megan Albertson, MD Avera Medical Group Neuroradiologists Meet Faculty Member

Virtual Visits

Our residents have guided our efforts to present our philosophy of education to you. We have always been told that the in-person visit “seals the deal” and we are hopeful that the “virtual visit” will accomplish the same goal this year.

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What's next?

We invite you to continue learning more about our Transitional Year Residency Program!