Welcome to the Geriatrics Program
As Program Director, I welcome you to the University of South Dakota Geriatric Fellowship, where we pride ourselves in mentoring fellows with a tailored, one-on-one education that meets your needs. I have been with the USD Geriatric fellowship since we were accredited in 2010. Fellows rotate with me where I practice at the Sioux Falls VA hospital in the outpatient Geriatric Evaluation clinic and the nursing home.
The USD Geriatric Fellowship is small and innovative, striving to provide the best possible education on an individual basis to fellows in this changing climate in medical education. Our part-time geriatric fellowship was one of the first of its kind, graduating our first part-time fellow in 2016. We offer one four-week rotation as elective, and are proud to offer curriculum and scheduling tailored to the needs of individual learners. With two large health care organizations, a Veterans Administration hospital, and numerous Skilled Nursing Facilities as partners, the options are quite varied. We believe that physicians should be part of a larger community of geriatricians, so we send our fellows to the annual meetings of the American Geriatric Society and The Society for Long Term and Post-acute Care.
We implemented virtual interviews in 2018, well before the COVID pandemic shut down travel. To ensure parity, we continue to offer virtual interviews to all prospective fellows in the MATCH. But if you are in the area, please arrange a time to stop by and we will give you the tour. What we have to offer here in Sioux Falls will surprise you. Of that, we have no doubt.
Sincerely,
Dan Rath, MD