Community Medical School
Designed to share the medical learning experience with our greater community, Community Medical School is a public lecture series featuring relevant topics presented by University of Vermont College of Medicine/University of Vermont Medical Center faculty experienced with delivering scientific information in an engaging, easy-to-understand manner.
Community Medical School is held on the first Tuesday of each month in Carpenter Auditorium in UVM's Given Building from 6:00-7:30 pm, including a Q+A Session.
Thank you for a successful Spring 2017 series of Community Medical School! To view videos, slides and resource information from our Spring 2017 series and prior sessions, visit the Community Medical School Archives page.
Mark your calendars! The Fall 2017 semester returns Tuesday, September 5th.
The Spring 2017 Community Medical School series included the following presentations:
March 7 - Happiness: Exploring the Science of Well-Being
Andrew Rosenfeld, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Watch the presentation (mp4)
Read the handout (PDF)
View the Frymoyer Community Health Resource Center resources list (PDF)
April 4 - Battle of the Bacteria: Antibiotic Resistance and the Evolution of Superbugs
W. Kemper Alston, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine and Division Chief, Infectious Disease
Watch the presentation (mp4)
Read the handout (PDF)
View the Frymoyer Community Health Resource Center resources list (PDF)
May 2 - Conversations in Serious Illness: Improving Clinician-Patient-Family Communication
Robert Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Holly & Bob Miller Chair in Palliative Medicine
Watch the presentation (mp4)
Read the handout (PDF)
View the Frymoyer Community Health Resource Center resources list (PDF)
June 6 - Facilitated Book Discussion: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Robert Macauley, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director, Clinical Ethics
Read the book summary (PDF)
View the Frymoyer Community Health Resource Center resources list (PDF)