Office of Medical Education

February 20 - 26, 2023

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 WeeklyWire to help support manageable email inboxes for our students; it's a one-stop-shop for all med school happenings outside of the classroom!

Please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Medical Education with any questions.

Weekly Wire Archives

IN THIS ISSUE:

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

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CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2023

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Match Day Accommodations: 02/20, request services for Match Day no later than Monday. Please contact Liz Dohrman (802-656-3401) about guests who need ASL Interpreters and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services for the event. 
• THIS WEEK - AAMC FIRST - Home Financing for Graduating Medical Students and Residents: 02/22 @3pm, Webinar (free; registration required). Will explain the “ins and outs” of obtaining the best home financing for graduating medical students and residents…
• AAMC Graduation Questionnaire – Complete Your Survey and Enter to Win Prizes! Survey opened 02/14 and runs until 06/09. Let’s hit 100% participation and see what kind of class celebration we can unlock (and you can win cool prizes between now and that wicked discovery)…
• Funded Ophthalmology Research Opportunities BPEI Research Fellowship*: 03/01 application deadline. Designed for students following completion of their second, third, or fourth year of medical school.
• AAMC SOAP 101 Webinar for Applicants: 03/07 @1pm EST, via free AAMC webinar (registration required). Join the ERAS program team and NRMP® representatives for an overview of the SOAP process and information...
• Class of 2023, the recording link and passcode for the last R3 meeting:  are located on the LearningCommons Residency Application Resources site (LCOM credentials required). The session slides are also available under the resource site.
• Match-week Peer Assistance for SOAPing Students: 03/13 - 03/17, week of Match. Your Medical School Student Council and Wellness Committee have partnered to create a peer-assistance program for students in the SOAP during the match week.
• WE WANT YOU! - Commencement Student Keynote Speaker: 03/26 submission deadline. If you are interested in being considered for this role...

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Class of 2024

• Immunization forms for Extramural: Urgent attention is needed now. Important updates to the immunization form process for Extramural rotations. 
  
• BPEI Research Fellowship - DR. LARRY J. SINGERMAN AND DR. STEPHEN G. SCHWARTZ RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP*: 03/01, Application deadline. Enables medical students to become immersed in a high-impact research experience at a critical time during their professional education.$35,000 annual stipend, and  $5,000 to support travel expenses to present research work at a national meeting.
• Entering Advanced Integration Checklist: Completion of the checklist is due 03/17. We have deployed a requirement checklist for your class to complete prior to entering Advanced Integration. Co2024 please attend to these items by 03/17.

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Class of 2025

• THIS MONTH - Co2025 Step-1 study Reserved rooms: The Office of Medical Education has reserved some quiet study space for our M2s, during the dedicated Step 1 Study Period (Jan 28-March 12): Please reference the recently sent email with the reserved Step-1 study Rooms Schedule...
• Dana Library After Hours Study: When the library is closed, After Hours Study is available to LCOM & CNHS students!...
• BPEI Research Fellowship - DR. LARRY J. SINGERMAN AND DR. STEPHEN G. SCHWARTZ RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP*: 03/01, Application deadline. Enables medical students to become immersed in a high-impact research experience at a critical time during their professional education.$35,000 annual stipend, and  $5,000 to support travel expenses to present research work at a national meeting.

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Class of 2026

• THIS WEEK - Doctoring in Vermont Q&A: 02/21, 12 - 1 pm; MEdEd 300. Get your Doctoring in Vermont questions answered by former DIV students and physicians! The Family Medicine SIG is hosting a lunchtime informal Q&A so bring your lunch and your questions.
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - CMS Careers 2023 Summer Internship Opportunities*: Applications are open from 02/15 - 02/21. CMS's Internship Program is designed to provide students enrolled in a wide variety of educational institutions, from high school to graduate level, with paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school.
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Mandatories - Complete annual mandatory training through the UVMMC Cornerstone platform: 02/22, Deadline for completing the checklist. Prior to the launch of DIV, we must verify that each student has completed these mandatories.
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - AHEC Funded IPE Summer Project - Prevention of Firearm Injury: 02/22, Application deadline. Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) will sponsor 2 medical students with a stipend of $1500 to perform summer work on interprofessional projects related to the prevention of firearm injury.
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - AHEC Summer Projects 2023: 02/22, application deadline. Summer Projects in 2 tracks - Research/QI and Education -Mentoring - $1,500 Stipend AHEC Scholars eligible activity.
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Mentorship Opportunity for URiM M1 Students*: 02/24, Application Deadline. This program is specifically designed to provide Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) first-year medical students the opportunity to participate in an in-person, all-expenses-paid, two-week mentorship program at the ABEM headquarters (East Lansing, Michigan) June 5-16, 2023.
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Apply to be an SJC Rep Co2026 (CT and VT Campus): 02/25 submission deadline. We have a lovely group of upperclassmen that help us with everything, and we just need another passionate student to help us make LCOM a socially just place.

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WEEKLY UVM Larner Med FYIs

• THIS WEEK - UVM Offices Closed on Monday 02/20: UVM Offices, including the Office of Medical Student Education, are closed in observance of President's Day.
• SIGN-UP - FREE PIZZA - Fridge and Student Lounge Clean-up: 02/28, @5 pm; LCOM Student Lounge. PLEASE ensure your remove any items from the Med/Grad Student Lounge before 6pm 2/28, or they will be thrown out. Free Pizza to those who help clean the fridge and student lounge.
• Dana Library After Hours Study: When the library is closed, After Hours Study is available to LCOM & CNHS students!...
• Join LMSA (Latino Medical Student Association): Join LMSA and get membership perks! Interested in joining please fill out our membership form and follow us on Instagram (@lmsa.uvmlcom) for exciting events.
• UVM Parenting and Family Resources: Are you a UVM Med Parent? We wanted to share some UVM Parenting and Family Resources, which are posted on the UVM Human Resources site…
• UVM SAFETY RESOURCE - LiveSafe App: Please download the LiveSafe app to access UVM emergency resources from your mobile device! The LiveSafe app allows you to report incidents, call emergency services such as 911 or security, access safety resources (AED maps, shuttle pickups, procedures etc), and employs a SafeWalk function for safety oversight while walking all from your mobile device. Learn more about LiveSafe…
• Food Insecurity Resources for UVM Graduate Students:
  • Burlington, VT Map to Access Free Food Resources: This map provides locations for free food across the Burlington Area…
  • Rally Cat’s Cupboard: 1st Floor Davis Center (across from FeelGood). ** NEW HOURS ** Mondays and Thursdays 2:00 – 4:00 PM
  • JUMP Vermont – Apply with JUMP Flex Assistance Support (FAS): for assistance with purchasing groceries or transportation gas. If you qualify, you may receive a $30 City Market card, $30 Hannaford card or $25 Shell gas card.
  • The City of Burlington Food Assistance.
  • Feeding Chittenden
  • 3 Squares Vermont
  • Vermont Food Bank
  • Hunger Free Vermont

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COMMUNITY WELLNESS

Be sure to review this section for any announcements regarding student wellness! If you ever have any questions about this section, it's postings, or any wellness topics, please do not hesitate to contact our Director of Student Well-being, Dr. Lee Rosen or reach out to one of your Larner College of Medicine Wellness Committee representatives.

THIS WEEK:

• Science on Tap - "Getting a taste for Craft Brewing Waste": 02/21 @6pm, Burlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT.
• Healthcare Burnout Symposium: Feb 23 - 25, in Los Angeles, CA.  Learn how to productively & proactively discuss the factors that impact wellness.
• FLYNN Collaborating Public Safety*: 02/23, 7 pm, at the Flynn (free event). Flynn is hosting an important conversation on public safety. This topic with respect to law enforcement is clearly something the whole country is focused on and The Flynn is hoping to provide an opportunity for some meaningful dialogue at this special free event.
• New Year, More YOU 9-week online Group Yoga Therapy series*: Starting February 26, 2023. Participants will unlearn and unwind negative and harmful ideas and tendencies around self-change and learn how to connect to self and inner knowing with kindness and compassion.
• RECURRING:
  • Kaiut Yoga for Chronic Conditions: Thursdays 9-10 a.m. on Zoom, offered through UVM Medical Center. For more information or to register, email Julia Oshea.

UPCOMING:

• Mindfulness Tools for Health and Wellbeing for ALL Cancer Patients, Caregivers, Providers. 03/01. Virtual meetings 5:00-6:30pm 1st Wednesday of each month. All offerings Mindfulness Tools offerings are free. For more information or to sign up, contact Donna Smith.
• LCOM Ski and Ride Night: 03/14, 7 - 10 pm; Bolton Valley. Sign-ups are open for LCOM Ski and Ride Night!! Join us for a night of shredding at Bolton Valley on Tuesday, March 14th. No experience is needed! It will be a fun night for all from first timers to experienced skiers. RSVP by March 1st for subsidized tickets and rentals.
• Help Plan Student Performance Night: TBD. Are you musically inclined and interested in helping plan a coffeehouse/student performance night this February? Please contact Chellie Nayar and James Fanning with a Short email indicating your interest.
• LGBQTIA+ Health Summit*: Presented by the Vermont Pride Center, Outright Vermont, & Out in the Open on April 22, 2023. 

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LCOMcares - WAYS TO HELP/VOLUNTEER

We are sharing opportunities and needs in the State of Vermont. The University of Vermont has not vetted or researched these opportunities and cannot warrant or recommend one opportunity over another. It is your sole responsibility to thoroughly evaluate any volunteer organization or opportunity before engaging. Please practice physical distancing and follow the established guidelines to keep yourself and your community safe. Consider the following opportunities independently and carefully after looking into the organization and their safety practices.

THIS WEEK:

• FLYNN Collaborating Public Safety*: 02/23, 7 pm, at the Flynn (free event). Flynn is hosting an important conversation on public safety. This topic with respect to law enforcement is clearly something the whole country is focused on and The Flynn is hoping to provide an opportunity for some meaningful dialogue at this special free event. 

UPCOMING:

• SIGNUP - FREE PIZZA - Fridge and Student Lounge Clean-up: 02/28, @5 pm; LCOM Student Lounge. PLEASE ensure your remove any items from the Med/Grad Student Lounge before 6pm 2/28, or they will be thrown out. Free Pizza to those who help clean the fridge and student lounge.
• Join LCOM at Rallython! 03/04 @noon, UVM Davis Center (VT). Sign up to join an LCOM team for RALLYTHON and support the UVM Children’s hospital! Please email Surya at if you’re interested!
  • Rallython - Miracle Network Dance Marathon: 03/04, 12pm - 12am, UVM Davis Center (VT). A Dance Marathon for our local Children’s Hospital Miracle Network, which provides children in the area with life-saving care and services...
• VCM Med Tent Volunteering - Come be a medical volunteer for the Vermont City Marathon: 0n 5/28, Vermont City Marathon. Vermont’s premiere sporting event is expecting approximately 4200 runners and will need lab personnel, EMTs, Paramedics, ATs, PTs, RNs, PA/NPs, and MD/DOs as well as non-credentialed volunteers for our medical team.

ADDITIONAL WAYS TO LCOMcare:

• Girls on the Run is gearing up for the spring season, which means they’re looking for enthusiastic students to mentor and inspire young girls. GOTR centers on building confidence, kindness, and decision-making at a young age. They’re looking for UVM students to volunteer as coaches or team helpers. You can go to the Instagram (@GOTRVT) or this online form to sign up...

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

UVM always has a TON of event opportunities flying around. The list below was hand-picked/designed for our medical student community (also check out the Larner Medical Student Activities Calendar anytime for the latest and greatest list of events). Students may also explore the UVM Bored? Calendar for even more opportunities open to all UVM students...

THIS WEEK:

• MON, Feb 20:
  • UVM Offices Closed on Monday 02/20: UVM Offices, including the Office of Medical Student Education, are closed in observance of President's Day.
• TUE, Feb 21:
  • Ob/gyn Grand Rounds - “So, What Does The Ovary Do?” 02/21, 7:30-8:30am, via Zoom.
  • Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Seminar - "Human Heart Tissue as a Translational Research Platform": 02/21  @9am, MedEd200.
  • Finding a good model – model selection, model assumptions, the goodness of fit: 02/21, 9 - 10 am, in Howe Library meeting room (Howe 001B). For a conversation about methodologies to select an appropriate model, to verify the assumptions and to assess the fit.
  • CMB Seminar - "Chasing the target of lead anticryptosporidial MMV665917: A multiomics approach”: 02/21, 11:30 - 12:30 pm; in person, MEdEd 200 and via zoom.
  • Medical Curriculum Committee Meetings - Open Meetings: 02/21, 5-7 (via Zoom). The Medical Curriculum Committee holds their meetings, which are open to all LCOM stakeholders (faculty, staff, students), on the third Tuesday of every month, 5-7 pm.
  • Science on Tap - "Getting a taste for Craft Brewing Waste": 02/21 @6pm, Burlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT.
• WED, Feb 22:
  • Pediatrics Grand Rounds - "Pollution, Climate Change and Children's Health": 02/22, 8 - 9 am, in Davis Auditorium and via zoom.
  • Green Mountain Molecular Modeling Workshop - "Molecular Modeling 101 Protein Structure Prediction": 02/22, 9 - 12 pm, HSRF 300. We are excited to invite you to the Green Mountain Molecular Modeling Workshop. Molecular modeling has become a contemporary affordable tool to study the structure-mechanism-function relationship of biomolecules, as well as to design new molecules and materials.
• THU, Feb 23:
  • Surgical Grand Rounds -  "TBD": 02/23, 7:30-8:30am, Davis Auditorium (UVMMMC).
• FRI, Feb 24:
  • WeeklyWire Submission Deadline: Fridays, no later than 7am unless noted otherwise. Want to submit to the Wire? Submit your posting using our WeeklyWire Online Submission Form.
  • February Monthly MSST Meet - Lunch Sandwiches: 02/24, 11:30 - 12:30 pm - Outside OME (Given Courtyard N100). Join us for Lunch Sandwiches We will be on hand to meet you and answer any questions you have; however, you are also always welcome to smile, wave, and grab a sandwich. 
  • Thank a Resident Day: 02/24, all day. Residency is a key component of graduate medical training, offering an in-depth exposure to medical practice. It can often lead to long working hours matched with many responsibilities.
• SAT, Feb 25,  Sun, Feb 26: No UVM/UVM Larner Med community events posted for this day.

UPCOMING:

• SIGNUP - FREE PIZZA - Fridge and Student Lounge Clean-up: 02/28, @5 pm; LCOM Student Lounge. PLEASE ensure your remove any items from the Med/Grad Student Lounge before 6pm 2/28, or they will be thrown out. Free Pizza to those who help clean the fridge and student lounge.
• Monthly Medical Student Council Meeting: 03/01, 5-7pm, MedEd203 / via Zoom. All are welcome to attend (open meetings).
• 4th Annual Celebration of Gender Equity in Medicine and Science: 03/02, 12-1:30 pm; MedEd Center 200, Sullivan Classroom. Please join us in honoring our colleagues at the  Celebration of Gender Equity in Medicine & Science.
• Indigenous Relationships and Colonial Constraints Lecture by UVM’s Critical Race & Ethnic Studies (CRES) Guest Daniella Lucero: 03/02, 4-5:30pm, John F. Dewey Lounge (32 Old Mill Hall), UVM Main Campus (VT). 
• Laura Mann Integrative Healthcare Lecture Series - "Building Integrative Oncology for the Future": 03/07, 8-9am, Via Zoom (registration required).
• Random Chats About Data - Data Organization - data cleaning, formatting, management, missing values: 03/09, 11 - 12 pm, in Dana Medical Library Classroom.
• Join LCOM at Rallython! 03/04 @noon, UVM Davis Center (VT). Sign up to join an LCOM team for RALLYTHON and support the UVM Children’s hospital! Please email Surya at if you’re interested!
  • Rallython - Miracle Network Dance Marathon: 03/04, 12pm - 12am, UVM Davis Center (VT). A Dance Marathon for our local Children’s Hospital Miracle Network, which provides children in the area with life-saving care and services...
• Laura Mann Integrative Healthcare Lecture Series - "Updates in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Improving patient experiences and outcomes with integrative and collaborative care": 03/13, 8-9am, Via Zoom (registration required).
• LCOM Ski and Ride Night: 03/14, 7 - 10 pm; Bolton Valley. Sign-ups are open for LCOM Ski and Ride Night!! Join us for a night of shredding at Bolton Valley on Tuesday, March 14th. No experience is needed! It will be a fun night for all from first-timers to experienced skiers. RSVP by March 1st for subsidized tickets and rentals.
• CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - Dean's Awards for Professionalism: 03/17 nomination deadline. Please submit the names of staff, faculty, medical students and graduate students who demonstrate the tenets of our Professionalism Statement in their daily work and personal lives...
• Green Mountain Molecular Modeling Workshop - "Molecular Docking": 3/29, 9 - 12 pm, HSRF 300. We are excited to invite you to the Green Mountain Molecular Modeling Workshop. Molecular modeling has become a contemporary affordable tool to study the structure-mechanism-function relationship of biomolecules, as well as to design new molecules and materials.
• Call for Applications: Early Career Advisory Committee: 03/31, application deadline. If you are an Early Career scientist (PhD and medical students, postdocs, residents, clinical fellows, and faculty within 4 years of their first appointment) interested or involved in cardiovascular-related research, please consider applying for a position on this committee.
• 2023 proposals for the Lucey Prize: 04/04, Application Deadline. The prize awarded includes $1500 to each level awardee or their team (to be shared per lead investigator) and will be distributed at a Pediatric Grand Rounds May 31, 2023.
• Green Mountain Molecular Modeling Workshop - "Molecular Dynamics Simulations": 04/26, 9 - 12 pm, HSRF 300. Molecular modeling has become a contemporary affordable tool to study the structure-mechanism-function relationship of biomolecules, as well as to design new molecules and materials.
• SAVE THE DATE - Fourth Annual Professionalism Week: 05/01 - 05/05. The Larner College of Medicine will again be celebrating Professionalism Week May 1-5 in recognition of the fourth-year anniversary of the launch of our Professionalism initiative.
• UVM Osher Center for Integrative Health Integrative Pain Management Conference:05/05, in the Davis Center, Burlington, VT. Early bird registration ends April 01 (students $100). Participants will learn about integrative therapies, and share best practices, current research, and policy, along with innovations in integrative approaches for chronic pain management.

DROP-IN MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE:

• Dean for Medical Education
• Deans for Students (preclinical, clinical, CT Campus)
• Director of Student Well-being/Well-being Advisor
• Director of Academic Achievement
• Director of Learning Environment
• Student Financial Services
• Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Drop-ins

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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES (Scholarships, Awards, & Finance FYIs)

Our Medical Student Financial Services begin with prospective students and continue through the curriculum to commencement. We advise students on various aspects such as financing their medical education, loan debt management matters, and financial wellness. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Assistant Director of Medical Student Financial Services, Ryan Gates, with any questions.

THIS WEEK:

• "Financial Fellowship" Interview Series: 02/22, at 5 pm Via online registration. Interested in participating in a Spotify series discussing financial literacy topics and learning from your peers about how money management has influenced their medical school experience?
• DEADLINE - John Van Sicklen Maeck, MD’39 Scholarship: 02/24, submission deadline. The amount of the scholarship is $6,200. Mrs. Maeck asked that the scholarship be used to promote the entry into the medical profession of students whose primary preparation has been in the liberal arts rather than the sciences.

UPCOMING:

• The Jinhee Wilde Attorney Grant*: 02/28 application deadline. $1000 grant for students who Possess an excellent academic record and demonstrate the ability to lead...
• CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - Dean's Awards for Professionalism: 03/17 nomination deadline. Please submit the names of staff, faculty, medical students and graduate students who demonstrate the tenets of our Professionalism Statement in their daily work and personal lives...
• 2023 proposals for the Lucey Prize: 04/04, Application Deadline. The prize awarded includes $1500 to each level awardee or their team (to be shared per lead investigator) and will be distributed at a Pediatric Grand Rounds May 31, 2023.
  

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Non-LARNER CAREER EXPLORATION, RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & FELLOWSHIP

THIS WEEK:

• DEADLINE - CMS Careers 2023 Summer Internship Opportunities*: Applications are open from 02/15 - 02/21. CMS's Internship Program is designed to provide students enrolled in a wide variety of educational institutions, from high school to graduate level, with paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school.

UPCOMING:

• American Medical Association’s Medical Student Advocacy Conference*: March 2-3, in Washington, D.C. Registration is open.
• National SKMC Buprenorphine Waiver Training*: 03/04, 8 - 4:30 pm - via Zoom free, registration required. The chapter has chosen to focus its efforts this year on discussing topics that are not always given a great deal of attention in the medical school curriculum, but that greatly impact the ability to provide humanistic care.
• ChangeMedEd 2023 Abstract Submissions: 03/06, Submissions deadline. You’re invited to showcase your transformative ideas and approaches to medical education at ChangeMedEd 2023, a national conference bringing together innovative leaders across the medical education continuum to reimagine the way future physicians are trained. 
• FREE! GHHS Northeast Regional Conference: Compassion and Emotional Competency in Today’s Medical Climate: 03/11. 8:30am-4pm, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (4170 City Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131). Join fellow advocates of humanism in exploring such topics as compassionate care, wellness, mindfulness, imposter syndrome, and more at this free event...
• Save the date and call for abstracts - ChangeMedEd 2023*: 09/27 - 09/29, in Swissotel Chicago. We are pleased to announce that ChangeMedEd 2023 will be hosted in-person this year and feature workshops, panel discussions, a poster session, exhibit hall and a variety of ways to network and reconnect with your colleagues and fellow medical education innovators from across the country.

ADDITIONAL CAREER/RESEARCH/LEADERSHIP/FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION:

• Medical Science Educator Article Review by Inaya Hajj Hussein*: This month, the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled “Scoping Review: Research Training During Medical School"...
• Have a question about designing, conducting, or writing up your research? Ask the Academic Medicine editors*: Send us your questions about qualitative and quantitative research methods, and the editors will answer some of them in an upcoming episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast. Instructions for submitting your questions via social media or email are available on AM Rounds.
• Recording of AAMC FRAHME webinar on medicine during the Holocaust now available: A recording of a recent webinar hosted by the AAMC, “Legacy of Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance,” is now available. The webinar was presented as part of the AAMC’s Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education (FRAHME) initiative and featured presentations by Hedy Wald, PhD, of Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Sabine Hildebrandt, MD, of Harvard Medical School, followed by a panel discussion with health professions learners from four countries. View the Recording... 
• Four revised modules updated to the AMA Health Systems Science Learning Series: The AMA Health Systems Science Learning Series, a popular set of educational modules that prepare future physicians and healthcare professionals to successfully work within health systems, has four revised modules:• What are Social Determinants of Health • How Systems Thinking Applies to Healthcare • Essentials of Quality Improvement • Recognizing a Physician’s Role in Patient Safety.

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ARTS & PUBLICATION

UPCOMING:

• MEMMYS video contest submission*: 03/15, Submission deadline. In each contest, three schools selected by a panel of judges receive a Memmys award for display and their health sciences library receives a monetary prize (1st place $1,500, 2nd place $1,000, and 3rd place $500). All health professions schools are eligible to participate.
• Academic Medicine to accept cover art submissions*: Beginning April 3. In April, the AAMC peer-reviewed journal Academic Medicine will accept submissions to its popular cover art feature. The journal’s cover design prominently features original artwork, and artists will have an opportunity to submit their work for consideration by an expert panel of reviewers. The submission period will be open from April 3-28.
• 2023 proposals for the Lucey Prize: 04/04, Application Deadline.  The prize awarded includes $1500 to each level awardee or their team (to be shared per lead investigator) and will be distributed at a Pediatric Grand Rounds May 31, 2023.
• Now open - 2023 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest: 03/13 submission deadline. And essay contest for medical and nursing students with cash prizes ($1k for 1st place, 500 for 2nd, & 250 for 3rd).  This year’s essay prompt is an excerpt from "How Far Away We Are," a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón…

ADDITIONAL ARTS & PUBLICATION:

• UVM/Larner:
  
  • Larner Medicine: The Larner Medicine | February 08, 2023, | Volume V, Issue 3 recently "hit the shelves. Check Out...
  • News ODEI: News from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion February 2023. Check out... 
  • The Forerunners: Larner's First African American Graduates: "In the halls of the College, old framed class photos show row upon row of white faces—so many that, for most people who walk by, the few graduates of color barely register." Ed Neuert's "The Forerunners," tells the stories of African American students who broke the color line at UVM's College of Medicine in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Read More...
  • In the News:
    • AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE: Dr. Mary Cushman: Has an "awakening of consciousness" improved certain treatment disparities?
• Medical Science Educator Article Review by Inaya Hajj Hussein*: This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled “Scoping Review: Research Training During Medical School."
• ACADEMIC MEDICINE PODCASTS:
  • Seeing Color: Sara B. Police, assistant professor and director of nutritional sciences education in the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky, reflects on her meaningful journey from awareness to education to involvement in diversity, equity, and inclusion. This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available. 
  • The Sound of My Voice: Umer Farooq, a resident physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at Loyola Medicine/MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois, reflects on the unexpected, yet gratifying relationships formed between physicians and patients’ family members during the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available. 
  • Medicine Where it Matters: Rebecca Bromley-Dulfano reflects on street medicine and learning to care for patients who may be without basic resources outside the clinic setting. This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available.
• The Nocturnist - "Shame in Medicine"*:
  • Conversations - Playwright Jake Broder*: This latest episode features a live panel discussion that I moderated at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center with playwright Jake Broder, actor Lucy Davenport, and neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller...
    
  • The Nocturnists Conversations - Iain McGilchris MD*: In this episode, Emily speaks with psychiatrist-philosopher Iain McGilchrist about his book The Master and His Emissary, which explores the relationship between our brain’s right and left hemispheres and how they structure our understanding of the world. Listen here...
  • The Nocturnists is Nominated for an Ambie Award*: proud to announce that our work has been nominated for an Ambie Award for "Best Indie Podcast." The winners will be announced on March 7th in Las Vegas, so please cross your fingers and wish us luck!
• AAMC News:
  • Entries now accepted for Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest: Medical and nursing students are invited to enter the Gold Foundation’s annual Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest to engage in a reflective writing exercise around an experience of humanistic care. Six winners will receive a monetary award and their essays will be published in Academic Medicine and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Journal of Professional Nursing.
  • From community college to medical school: Students attending community colleges face barriers to becoming doctors. Medical schools hope new programs will help.
  • February 2023 Academic Medicine Issue: The February 2023 issue is now available online, including a new editorial, Easing the Transition From Undergraduate to Graduate Medical Education, by Laura Weiss Roberts, MD, MA.
  • Medical schools and veterans hospitals: Old friends make new discoveries: Since joining forces to serve wounded WWII soldiers, researchers at academic medical centers and veterans hospitals have partnered to produce innovations in health care and knowledge, from smoking cessation and prosthetics to substance abuse and dementia. Read More...

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