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March 11 - 17, 2019

The WeeklyWire is an official communication tool of the Larner College of Medicine. Student feedback led to its development and continues to inform iterative improvements. All non-curriculum-related email communications are directed through the Wire to help support manageable email inboxes for our students; it's your one-stop-shop for all med school happenings outside of the classroom! Please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Medical Student Education with any questions.

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 * = All postings flagged with an asterisk are not UVM-sponsored/endorsed 

CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2019

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Class of 2020

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Class of 2021

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Class of 2022

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WEEKLY FYIs - WE ARE ALL HERE TO HELP!

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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Here to Help: 3/22 and 3/23. Please sign up to volunteer for the upcoming Here to Help event. Our aim is to share a meal people from the homeless community and to connect them with services, showers, toiletries, haircuts, and more! Sign-up to help out...

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

THIS WEEK - Office of Primary Care & AHEC - Primary Care Series "Why I Chose Family Medicine": 03/13 @ noon, in Med Ed 200. Speakers to include a panel of M4s. Lunch will be provided, please bring a beverage! Read more about this PC & AHEC opportunity...

THIS WEEK - LCOM Yoga: 03/13 @ 6pm, in HSRF 400. Contact the organizer and/or add this yoga session to your calendar...

THIS WEEK - Good Morning with Dr. Zehle: 03/15 @ 7am, outside the student lounge. Add this engagement opportunity to your calendar...

THIS WEEK - Larner College of Medicine Match Day Celebration: 03/15 @ 11:45am, in the Hoehl Gallery (HSRF 100). Celebrate Match Day with the Class of 2019. For more info. and/or to add the event to your personal calendar, visit the Match Day Event on the COM Student Activities Calendar. Participating in Match Day? Please make sure you review this important guide to the Match Day Event.

THIS WEEK - LCOM Spring Masquerade: 3/15 @ Trader Dukes. Doors open at 8pm. $10 pre-purchased and $12 at the door (free for all 4th year students). Get your masks, grab a date, and dress to impress...

APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - LCOM Interim Assistant Dean for Students Student Search Committee: 8:00 a.m. ET, 03/18 application deadline. Submit brief paragraph of interest to studentCOMservices@med.uvm.edu.

March Dining with the Deans: 03/20 @ noon, in Given E105. This month’s special guest is Margaret Tandoh, M.D., Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, Assistant Professor of Surgery. First 15 students to sign-up are in! If you've attended before, please wait until the week-of to sign-up to allow new folks to sign-up.

The Family Medicine Student Interest Group's "Potluck with the Fam": 03/23 @ 6pm, at Dr. Tracy's home. An opportunity to connect with faculty and students and learn more about family medicine over warm, delicious food...

Get Paid to Provide the NBME with Your Feedback Regarding the Newly-Designed Score Reports*: 03/28. Seeking at least 30 participants that have previously taken a Comprehensive Basic or Clinical Science NBME Self-Assessment. Receive a $50.00 honorarium for your participation. Read more about this NBME focus group opportunity...

RITUAL: Walk of Remembrance & Resilience: 03/28 @ 12:10pm, UVM Interfaith Center. Honoring those who have died of AIDS and those living with HIV...

Annual LCOM-DCOM Specimen Cup Hockey Game - Home this year! 04/06 @ 2pm. Admission is free and the competition is sure to be spirited! Come cheer on your fellow classmates and faculty members in this year’s edition...

LCOM Research Laureate - “A Physicist’s Approach to the Lung" with Jason Bates, PhD: 04/08 @ noon, in MedEd200.

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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP

THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - USAPM Scholarship to attend ACPM Conference 2019*: 03/15 app. deadline. A unique scholarship; hoping to reach students interested in Preventive Medicine and Public Health and who may be interested in public service (i.e. US Public Health Service, USCG, National Guard, or Active Duty). Read more about the USAPM scholarship...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND NOMINATIONS - 2019 LCOM Global Health Day: 3/25 deadline. Submit photos, reflections, and posters for an annual contest; Nominate faculty, staff and students for awards; Suggest workshops, sessions, or topics...

Women in Medicine LGBTQ Leadership Scholarships: 04/01 app. deadline. Four $5k LGBTQ Leadership Scholarships available...

Dying Well: Multi-Religious End-of-Life Conversations: 04/02 @ 9:30am, in MA. A daylong conference on religion and its role in end of life care...

NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS - UVM Prism Center's Annual Rainbow Graduation: 04/05 nomination deadline. Nominate someone today for an award at Rainbow Awards & Graduation (occurs 5/2 @ 4pm), an annual awards and graduation ceremony complete with music, food, and fun, to celebrate UVM’s LGBTQA community! Read more about Rainbow graduation/nominate someone/RSVP...

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ARTS & PUBLICATION

THIS WEEK - SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Gold Foundation Essay Contest - Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest*: 03/15 submission deadline. Describe an experience where humanism was at the core of patient care. Three winners will receive an award of up to $1,000, and winning essays will be published in Academic Medicine, a journal of the AAMC. Read more about the Gold Foundation essay contest...

THIS WEEK - SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Memmy Award Competition*: 03/15 submission deadline. National student-produced music video contest. Top entries receiving a monetary award for their school’s health sciences library.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND NOMINATIONS - 2019 LCOM Global Health Day: 3/25 deadline. Submit photos, reflections, and posters for an annual contest; Nominate faculty, staff and students for awards; Suggest workshops, sessions, or topics...

Fair Housing Month Art Contest: 04/01 submission deadline. The theme is “WHAT DOES A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE TO YOU?” and the contest is open to all Vermonters...

Lasker Essay Contest*: 4/11 submission deadline. Calls for entrants to outline an educational strategy that will increase interest in the biomedical sciences among younger students. Three prizes up to $10,000 will be awarded. Read more about the Lasker contest...

Seventh Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition (Medical Humanities Writing Opportunity)*: 04/15 submission deadline. Accepting well-researched articles and personal narratives that relate to medicine, healthcare, and the humanities. Two prizes will be awarded: $3000 for the winner and $800 for the runner up. Read more about this Hektoen writing competition...

in-Training Online Publication*: Run entirely by medical students and serves as an outlet for budding physician-journalists and writers at all medical schools around the globe; looking for medical students of all class years to submit articles and essays about their experiences in medicine for peer-edited online publication. Read more about this student-led initiative and resource...

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Deadline for submissions is 
7:00 AM EST, on Fridays,
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PLEASE NOTE: In light of Match Day and associated preparations, submissions for the 03/18/2019 issue of the WeeklyWire are due no later than 7am EST, Wednesday, 03/13/2019.

Lost & Found

Lost something? Email the Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) a description of the item. OMSE and the Dana Medical Library recently joined the UVM campus-wide lost & found system and search not only the College of Medicine, but campus as a whole to see if it's been turned in. If it hasn't, the office can file a claim for the item should someone turn it in soon!

Found something? Please turn it into either the Office of Medical Student Education (Given Courtyard n100) or the Dana Medical Library (First floor of the Medical Education Center) and we will be sure to log it into the Campus-Wide Lost & Found Database.

Found items are kept up to 30 days, and then are donated to various local organizations depending on the item.

Housing Opportunities

Graduate students are highly sought tenants in the Burlington area and property owners often advertise specifically to them with special rates (less than would be offered to undergraduate students); thus, the Office of Medical Student Education pulls together a list of housing opportunities posted specifically for this group, so you don't miss out on a good deal. Moreover, medical students also try to keep good spaces "in the family" and are known to post to this list. Please contact the Office of Medical Education if you have any questions.

Don't hesitate to ask the contact if they would consider lowering the advertised rate to secure a graduate student; it never hurts to ask!