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The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine is the 
medical school
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of the University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota, USD is the flagship uni ...
. It offers the Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a professional degree. ...
, master's and PhD degrees in biomedical sciences
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, and an MD–PhD
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. The dean of the school is Dr. Tim Ridgway.
The school has four campuses ( Vermillion, Sioux Falls, Rapid City
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, and Yankton) and several additional farm- and rural-focused sites through its ''Frontier And Rural Medicine'' (FARM) program. The FARM sites are in Milbank
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...
, Mobridge, Parkston, Platte, Winner, Pierre
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, Spearfish
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Places
*Spearfish, South Dakota, United States
* North Spearfish, South Dakota, United States
* Spearfish Formation, a geologic formation in the United States
Biology
* ''Tetrapturus'', a genus of marlin containing spe ...
, and Vermillion.
In 2016, 71 students were accepted of 859 applicants. More than most medical schools, Sanford School of Medicine recruits students from and trains doctors for rural locations.
References
External links
* Medical schools in South Dakota Public universities and colleges in South Dakota Universities and colleges established in 1907 1907 establishments in South Dakota University of South Dakota {{SouthDakota-university-stub