University of South Dakota (Sanford School of Medicine)

Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota provides to its students and to the people of South Dakota excellence in education, research, and service. To these ends, the School is to provide educational pathways leading to both the Doctor of Medicine and the Doctor of Philosophy Degrees; along with the other degrees offered through the School of Medicine.

The University of South Dakota School of Medicine will be a leader in educating students who with knowledge, skill, and compassion dedicate their lives to the well being of their patients, their community, and their profession.

The mission of the University of South Dakota School of Medicine is to provide the opportunity for South Dakota residents to receive a quality, broad-based medical education with an emphasis on family practice. The curriculum is to be established to encourage graduates to serve people living in the medically underserved areas of South Dakota, and is to require excellence in the basic sciences and in all clinical disciplines.

The University of South Dakota School of Medicine is to provide to its students and to the people of South Dakota excellence in education, research and service. To these ends, the School is to provide educational pathways leading to both the Doctor of Medicine and the Doctor of Philosophy Degrees.

Quality health care for the people of South Dakota is addressed by undergraduate, graduate and continuing educational programs as well as by basic and applied medical research. The School of Medicine should serve as a technical resource in the development of health care policy in the state and provide extension and research initiatives to improve the health care of the citizens of the state.

he education of a physician encompasses the following components: a preparatory phase in college: a rigorous professional education leading to the M.D. degree; post-graduate or residency training; and lifelong continuing education after the conclusion of formal training. Unlike most other professions, medicine awards its degree partway through the educational process and the degree certifies that the individual has acquired a broad base of knowledge and skills requisite for the practice of medicine.

Medical education requires that the accumulation of scientific knowledge be accompanied by the simultaneous acquisition of skills and professional attitudes and behavior. It is in the care of patients that the physician learns the application of scientific knowledge and skills. It is impossible to consider medical education without considering the impact on patients who are an integral part of the educational process.

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Sanford School of Medicine Medical School Location

Sanford School of Medicine Courses

FIRST YEAR COURSES :

* Gross Anatomy
* Neurosciences
* Biological Chemistry
* Medical Physiology and Histology
* Intro Clinical Med I
* Intro Clinical Med II

SECOND YEAR COURSES :

* Medical Microbiology
* Gen/Special Pathology
* Medical Pharmacology
* Intro Clinical Med III
* Intro Clinical Med IV
* Adv Behavioral Science
* Preceptorship
* Radiology

THIRD YEAR COURSES :

* Family Medicine
* Internal Medicine
* Pediatrics
* Surgery
* Obstetrics/Gynecology
* Neurology
* Psychiatry
* Radiology
* Ambulatory Programs
* Clinical Colloquium

FOURTH YEAR COURSES :

* Rural Family Medicine
* Emergency Medicine
* Surgical Specialties
* Other Electives

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