Year One Curriculum
Transitional Year
The first year of residency is almost exclusively at Sanford Health Medical Center in Fargo, N.D.
Sample Rotation Schedule
ACGME Neurology program requirements (IV.C.4.) states, in programs offering a 48-month format, the first year of the program must provide broad clinical experiences in general medicine and include at least one of the following:
IV.C.4.a) - Eight months in internal medicine with primary responsibility in patient care, or
IV.C.4.b) - Six months in internal medicine with primary responsibility in patient care, and a period of at least two months comprising one or more months of pediatrics, emergency medicine, internal medicine, or family medicine.
- Month 1: Team Based Internal Medicine
- Month 2: Team Based Internal Medicine
- Month 3: Elective
- Month 4: Team Based Internal Medicine
- Month 5: Team Based Internal Medicine
- Month 6: Elective
- Month 7: Emergency Medicine
- Month 8: Night Medicine/Research & Scholarly Activity (PBLI)
- Month 9: Internal Medicine Ambulatory
- Month 10: Critical Care Medicine (ICU)
- Month 11: Team Based Internal Medicine
- Month 12: Elective
Available Electives
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Endocrinology
- Infectious Disease
- Pain Clinic
- Palliative Care
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R)
- Procedures – Point of Care Ultrasound Training
- Research
- Rheumatology