Southeast Campus | Fargo

Senior Electives & Acting Internships | 2025-2026

Biomedical Sciences

Barry Milavetz, Ph.D., Interim Chair

• BIMD 9501-01 Advanced Human Anatomy - UND SMHS - Grand Forks, ND

• BIMD 9502-01 Research in Biomedical Sciences - UND SMHS - Grand Forks, ND

Emergency Medicine

Jacy O’Keefe, M.D., Chair 

• EMRG 9205-01 Introduction to Emergency Medicine, Essentia Health ER - Fargo, ND
• EMRG 9205-02 Introduction to Emergency Medicine - Sanford Hospital - Fargo, ND
• EMRG 9217-01 Emergency Medicine Acting Internship (AI), Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• EMRG 9210 Point of Care Ultrasound "POCUS" - Any SE Campus (Fargo) Emergency Department
• EMRG 9502 Wilderness Medicine/Medical Education - Southwest (Bismarck) Campus

Family And Community Medicine

David F. Schmitz, M.D., Chair

• FMED 9201-06 Family Medicine - Oakes, ND
• FMED 9201-08 Family Medicine - Sanford - West Fargo, ND
• FMED 9217-01 Sports Medicine – Essentia Health – Fargo, ND
• FMED 9221 Urban Family Medicine Practice Acting Internship (AI) - Plains Medical Clinic LLC - Fargo, ND NOT Available AY 2026-27
• FMED 9225-02 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Ortonville Area Health Services - Ortonville,MN
• FMED 9225-03 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Hillsboro, ND NOT Available 2025-26 AY & 2026-27
• FMED 9225-04 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Oakes, ND
• FMED 9225-05 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Jamestown, ND
• FMED 9225-06 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Moose Lake, MN
• FMED 9225-07 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Morris, MN
• FMED 9225-08 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Wahpeton, ND
• FMED 9225-09 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health-Canby, MN
• FMED 9225-10 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health - Perham, MN
• FMED 9225-11 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Mayo Clinic - Fairmont, MN
• FMED 9225-12 Rural Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Centracare - Benson, MN
• FMED 9226-01 Family Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health Family Medicine Residency - Fargo ND
• FMED 9508-02 Family Medicine – Detroit Lakes, MN
• FMED 9510-01 Hyperbaric Medicine - Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• FMED 9510-02 Hyperbaric Medicine - Swanson Hyperbarics - Fargo, ND
• FMED 9511 Social Determinants of Health in Medicine - UND SMHS, Grand Forks & Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
• FMED 9515 Going Rural Across North Dakota "GRAND" - See list within course for possible location options or contact department

Interdisciplinary

• MED 9508* Medical Education - UND SMHS - Grand Forks, ND
• MED 9510 Basic, Clinical and Applied Senior Research Elective – All Campuses
  • Med 9510 Project Approval Form
• MED 9520* Military Training - Virtual
• MED 9555-02 International Elective Experience
  • MED 9555 Procedures (prior to elective)
• MED 9555-03 Global Health & Underserved Populations - Dominican Republic, Fargo, Grand Forks
  • MED 9555 Procedures (prior to elective)
• MED 9610-03 Medical Bioethics I*

* May only take one time in MD curriculum, course is offered in other phases.

Internal Medicine

Dinesh Bande, M.D., Chair

• IMED 9201 Hospitalist - Sanford Health System - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9203-01 Internal Medicine - Sanford Health System - Valley City, ND
• IMED 9205 Pulmonary Medicine - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9207 Infectious Diseases - Sanford Health System & Veterans Affairs Healthcare System - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9208 Nephrology - Sanford Health System - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9210 Hospice and Palliative Medicine - HIA - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9211-01 Oncology and Hematology - Sanford Health System - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9211-02 Oncology and Hematology - Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9214 Endocrinology and Metabolism - Sanford Health System & VA Regional Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9216 Clinical Oncology/Hematology - VA Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9218 Internal Medicine - VA Clinic - Jamestown, ND
• IMED 9220-01 Cardiology - Essentia Health – Fargo, ND
• IMED 9220-03 Cardiology - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9220-04 Cardiology - Essentia Health St. Josephs's - Brainerd, MN
• IMED 9221-01 Critical Care Medicine - Sanford Health System - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9221-02 Critical Care Medicine, Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9222 Internal Medicine - CHI Hospital and Clinic - Oakes, ND
• IMED 9224-01 Introduction to PM&R - Sanford Health Care System - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9224-02 Introduction to PM&R - Essentia Health Care System-Fargo, ND
• IMED 9224-03 Introduction to PM&R - PAM Rehabilitation Hospital - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9227-01 Hospital Medicine/Night Float Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9229-01 Rheumatology – Sanford Health System - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9229-02 Rheumatology - Essentia Health & VA Regional Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9230-01 Dermatology - Sanford Health System - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9230-03 Dermatology - Carris Health - Willmar, MN
• IMED 9230-04 Dermatology - Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9231 Internal Medicine - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9232 Gastroenterology - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9240-01 Quality Improvement - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9240-02 Quality Improvement - Allina Commons - Minneapolis, MN
• IMED 9240-03 Quality Improvement - Virtual by Alinna Commons
• IMED 9291-01 Hospital Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9291-02 Hospital Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Essentia Health, Fargo - ND
• IMED 9291-03 Hospital Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Vibra Hospital & Sanford Health - Fargo, ND NOT Available 2025-26 AY & 2026-27
• IMED 9291-04 Hospital Medicine Acting Internship (AI) - Fargo VA Health System - Fargo, ND NOT Available 2025-26 AY & 2026-27
• IMED 9502 POCUS in General Internal Medicine - Lake Region Healthcare - Fergus Falls, MN NOT Available AY 2024-25 & 2025-26
• IMED 9503 Telehealth in Internal Medicine - Sanford Health -  Fargo, ND NOT Available AY 2024-25 & 2025-26
• IMED 9504 Cardiology Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9505 Neurocritical Care Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9510-03* Geriatric Medicine - Fargo, ND
• IMED 9515 Leadership and Value in Healthcare - Optum - Minneapolis, MN & Virtual

Neurology

Lou Jau-Shin, M.D. Chair

• NEUR 9233-01 Pediatric Neurology- Essentia – Fargo, ND
• NEUR 9501 Neurology Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Dennis J. Lutz, M.D., Chair

• OBGY 9201-01 Advanced Clinical Ob/Gyn - Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• OBGY 9201-02 Advanced Clinical Ob/Gyn – Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• OBGY 9203 Reproductive Medicine - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• OBGY 9206 Maternal Fetal Medicine - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• OBGY 9501 Ob/Gyn Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford 11th & Gate Clinic - Williston, ND
• OBGY 9503 Gynecologic Oncology - Minnesota Oncology - Edina, MN
• OBGY 9504 Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery - Essentia Health - Fargo, ND

Pathology

Selly Strauch, M.D., Interim Chair

• PATH 9203 Pathology - Sanford Hospital - Fargo, ND NOT Available AY 2024-25 & 2025-26
• PATH 9504-03* Death Investigation in North Dakota - Virtual
• PATH 9505 Pathology Independent Study - Virtual NOT Available AY 2024-25 & 2025-26
• PATH 9210 Pathology Acting Internship (AI) - Fargo VA HCS - Fargo, ND - (Available 2026-27 AY; NOT Available 2025-26 AY)

Pediatrics

Christopher Tiongson, M.D., Chair

• PED 9203 Pediatrics – Neonatology - Sanford Children’s’ Hospital - Fargo, ND
• PED 9204-01 Pediatric Cardiology - Sanford-Children’s Hospital and Medical Group - Fargo, ND
• PED 9207 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Sanford Children's Hospital, PICU - Fargo, ND
• PED 9208 Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Sanford Children's Hospital and Medical Group– Fargo, ND
• PED 9211 Lactation Science & Breastfeeding - Sanford & Essentia - Fargo, ND
• PED 9233 Pediatric Primary Care Clinical and Medical Home - Sanford Health - Fargo Area, ND
• PED 9291 Pediatrics Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Children’s Hospital - Fargo, ND
• PED 9501 Pediatrics/Internal Medicine - Essentia Health - Park Rapids, MN
• PED 9502 Pediatrics Public Health - Virtual
• PED 9503 Research Project Practicum and Presentation - UND SMHS - Grand Forks, ND NOT Available AY 2024-25 & 2025-26
• PED 9504 Children with Special Health Care Needs - Anne Carlson Center for Children, Jamestown, ND
• PED 9506 Pediatric Allergy/Immunology/Asthma – Sanford Children’s - Fargo, ND
• PED 9507-01 Pediatric Subspecialty – Sanford Health/Sanford Children’s & Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• PED 9512-01 Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Sanford Children’s Hospital and Medical Group-Fargo, ND
• PED 9512-02 Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Essentia Hospital - Fargo, ND NOT Available AY 2024-25
• PED 9514 General Pediatrics - White Earth, MN  NOT Available for AY24-25
  

Population Health

• PH 9501 Online Health Management & Policy - Virtual (Not Currently Available)
• PH 9502 Online Environmental Health - Virtual (Not Currently Available)
• PH 9503 Public Health - Bismarck, ND (Not Currently Available)

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Andrew J. McLean, M.D., M.P.H., Chair

• PSYB 9202-01 Inpatient Psychiatry Acting Internship (AI)-Sanford Hospital-Fargo, ND
• PSYB 9202-02 Inpatient Psychiatry Acting Internship (AI) - Virtual (Special Circumstances ONLY)
• PSYB 9203 Pediatric/Adolescent Psychiatry - Prairie St. John's - Fargo, ND NOT Available for AY24-25
• PSYB 9210 North Dakota State Hospital Acting Internship (AI) - Jamestown, ND
• PSYB 9211 Inpatient Eating Disorder Acting Internship (AI)-Sanford Health-Fargo, ND

Radiology

Erica Martin-Macintosh, M.D., Chair

• RAD 9202 Diagnostic Radiology - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• RAD 9203 Interventional Radiology – Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• RAD 9501 Radiology Acting Internship (AI) - Fargo VA HCS - Fargo, ND NOT Available 2025-26 AY & 2026-27

Surgery

Cornelius "Mac" Dyke, M.D., Chair

• SURG 9201-01 General Surgery - Sanford Medical Group/Sanford Hospital - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9201-02 General Surgery - Essentia Hospital - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9202-01 Otolaryngology - Sanford Medical Group/Sanford Hospital - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9202-02 Otorhinolaryngology - Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9202-03 Otorhinolaryngology - Catalyst Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9204 Urology - Sanford Medical Group/Sanford Hospital - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9206 Orthopedic Surgery-Sports Medicine – Sanford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9208-01 Orthopedic Surgery - Sanford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine – Fargo, ND
• SURG 9212-01 Anesthesiology - Sanford Hospital and Same Day Surgery - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9212-02 Anesthesiology - Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9214-01 Plastic Surgery - Lamb Plastic Surgery - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9218-01 General Ophthalmology - Bergstrom Eye and Laser Clinic - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9218-02 Ophthalmology - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9228 Cardiothoracic Surgery- Sanford - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9232 General Surgery – Essentia Health Park Rapids Clinic - Park Rapids, MN
• SURG 9233 Pediatric Surgery - Sanford Children's Hospital - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9235 Neurosurgery - Sanford Health System - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9296-01 Surgical Acting Internship: Cardiothoracic (AI) - Sanford Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9296-02 Surgical Acting Internship: Trauma/Critical Care (AI)- Sanford Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9296-03 Surgical Acting Internship: Rural General (AI) - Jamestown Regional Medical Center - Jamestown, ND
• SURG 9296-04 Surgical Acting Internship: Oncology (AI) - Sanford Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9296-05 Surgical Acting Internship: Plastic Surgery (AI) - Sanford Plastic Surgery - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9296-06 Surgical Acting Internship (Urology) - Sanford on Broadway - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9298 General Surgery Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9299 Anesthesia Acting Internship (AI) - Essentia Health - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9501 Surgery Resident Readiness Curriculum - UND Medical Education Center & Sanford Health - Fargo, ND (Southeast Campus)
• SURG 9502 Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9503 Orthopedics Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Health - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9504 Otolaryngology Acting Internship (AI) - Sanford Medical Center - Fargo, ND
• SURG 9510 Surgery Ophthalmology Acting Internship (AI) - Dakota Eye Institute - Bismarck, ND

* May only take one time in MD curriculum, course is offered in other phases.