Susan
Anderson,
MD, FAAFP
Dean of Rural Medicine, Professor and Chair Dept. of Family Medicine
USD Sanford School of Medicine
Dr. Anderson is a graduate of USD SSOM and the Sioux Falls Family Medicine Program. She has been with USD SSOM since 2000, Department Chair since 2014 and became Dean of Rural Medicine in 2019. She serves as Director of the Frontier And Rural Medicine Program and Program Director of the SD Area Health Education Center. She is an active member of statewide and university Interprofessional Education working groups.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The Farm Show, an event that highlights agricultural equipment and products, provided an opportunity for interprofessional education and collaboration with a rural healthcare focus on serving the farming community. The Farm Show experience was comprised of three learning opportunities. A pre-event meeting allowed students and faculty from medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and communication disorders to learn with, from, and about one another through exploration of their roles in caring for this population and developing mentorship skills through interprofessional…