Program Curriculum

(Vacation eligible)

(2 weeks each)

(Vacation eligible)

(Vacation eligible)

(36 sessions of 1/2 day, 26 weeks minimum)

• 4 Blocks

  General Pediatrics Inpatient Service

• 1 Block

  Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• 1 Block

  Term Newborn

• 1 Block

  Acute Illness

• 1 Block

  General Pediatrics Outpatient Service

• 1 Block

  Endocrinology

• 1 Block

  Community Experience ?

• 1 Block

  Pulmonology/Neurology ?

• 1 Block

  Subspecialty elective ?

• 1 Block

  Elective ?

• Weekly

  Continuity Clinic ?

(Vacation eligible)

(Vacation Eligible)

(36 sessions of 1/2 day, 26 weeks minimum)

• 3 Blocks

  Mandatory Subspecialties (Cardiology, GI, Heme/Onc)

• 2 Blocks

  General Pediatric Inpatient Service

• 1 Block

  Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• 1 Block

  Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• 1 Block

  Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics

• 1 Block

  Infectious Disease ?

• 1 Block

  Emergency Medicine

• 1 Block

  Adolescent Medicine

• 2 Blocks

  Electives ?

• Weekly

  Continuity Clinic ?

(as Supervising Resident)

(Vacation eligible)

(Vacation eligible)

(36 sessions of 1/2 day, 26 weeks minimum)

• 2 Blocks

  General Pediatric Inpatient Service

• 1 Block

  Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ?

• 1 Block

  Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• 1 Block

  Emergency Medicine

• 1 Block

  General Pediatrics Outpatient Service

• 1 Block

  Adolescent Medicine

• 1 Block

  Community Medicine

• 1 Block

  Required Subspecialty

• 1 Block

  Mental Health ?

• 3 Blocks

  Electives ?

• Weekly

  Continuity Clinic ?

Residents are exposed to research opportunities, both basic and translational in nature, at the Sanford Health’s Center for Pediatric Research in Sioux Falls.

The Sanford Children’s Health Research Center actively uses interdisciplinary approaches to understand the underlying basis of a wide array of congenital defects and childhood diseases, including:

• Neurodegenerative disorders
• Pediatric brain cancers
• Cystic kidney disease
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia

The center also includes expertise in a wide range of disciplines, including molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, biochemistry, and genetics.

Residents can also participate in clinical and education based research projects happening in the Sanford Children’s Hospital,  generally in the PICU and NICU (Neonatal Research Network). Residents are made aware of opportunities for patients and many are actively involved in trials.