CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2017

  • DEADLINE THIS WEEK - Call for UVMMC Lockers (Baird) & Pagers: May 01. The Office of Medical Student Education welcomed the Class of 2019 into the Clerkship year, and we will are providing them with pagers and UVMMC lockers. Read more...
  • APPROACHING RSVP DEADLINE - RSVP for Honor's Night: graduating members of co2017 and a guest are invited to Honor's Night on Monday, May 15. RSVP by May 5th. Read more...
  • Harvard Macy Institute's Health Care Education 2.0 - Transforming your teaching for the digital age: 10/15-10/20 course. This activity provides health care educators with the skills needed to make use of current technology and social medial tools to support teaching and learning. Application Deadline: August 2, 2017. Read more...
  • End of Year Banquet FunziesVOTE for your class Endies, like a Dundie or an Oscar, but different. To be distributed at the End of the Year Banquet. Please fill out both surveys, for a total of 10 nominations!  Survey 1: https://survey.uvm.edu/index.php/765797?lang=en AND survey 2: https://survey.uvm.edu/index.php/692222. Please contact com.student.council@med.uvm.edu with any questions.

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Class of 2018

  • DEADLINE THIS WEEK - University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Underrepresented in Medicine Visiting Clerkship Program: Application deadline is May 01. Read more...
  • DEADLINE THIS WEEK - Medical University of South Carolina - Underrepresented in Medicine Visiting Student Program: Our program includes a 4-week clinical rotation (elective or externship/sub-I) at MUSC. Applications will be reviewed beginning on May 1, 2017. Read more...
  • Student Financial Services update: 2017/2018 Financial aid packages will be available on myUVM around or by May 15th. Read more...
  • End of Year Banquet FunziesVOTE for your class Endies, like a Dundie or an Oscar, but different. To be distributed at the End of the Year Banquet. Please contact com.student.coucil@med.uvm.edu with any questions.
  • Residency Application Discussion (RAD) Meeting: Please sign up for your Residency Application Discussion meeting with Dr. Zehle at your earliest convenience and complete your sections of the MSPE! See the “New notices” link and the “Announcements” box at the top of your Advanced Integration schedule page in Oasis for more information. Please contact Emma Faustner, the Advanced Integration and Residency Placement Coordinator, with any questions.
  • Policy Highlight for Your Class: The Office of Medical Student Education asks students to be aware of the specific days/times that they can take the exam should they request for a delay. Please ensure you are familiar with the content of Policy 540.24 - Examination Delays in the Medical Student Handbook.
  • 2018 Schedule for Reporting Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) Results is Available: The 2018 schedule provides guidelines regarding when a result for a Step 2 CS exam date will be reported. Send questions or comments to medicalschoolservices@nbme.org.
  • UPDATE - Review of USMLE Step 2 CS Minimum Passing Performance: Because severe winter weather resulted in cancellation and rescheduling of one of the standard setting panels that review test content for the USMLE Step 2 CS examination, dates. View the updated announcement on the USMLE website for new dates. Send questions or comments to medicalschoolservices@nbme.org.
  • N95 Mask Fit Test Certificates: As members of the Class of 2018, the majority of your N95 Mask Fit Test Certificates expired in March 2017, and you will need to complete the N95 Mask Fit Test again. Read more...
  • University of Hawaii Pediatric MS 4 Elective: Aloha from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine. Read more...

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Class of 2019

  • Student Financial Services update: 2017/2018 Financial aid packages will be available on myUVM around or by May 15th. Read more...
  • End of Year Banquet FunziesVOTE for your class Endies, like a Dundie or an Oscar, but different. To be distributed at the End of the Year Banquet. Please contact com.student.coucil@med.uvm.edu with any questions.
  • PRISM Training: For rotation 2, clerkship students that will be completing their first rotation at UVMMC will need to complete their PRISM training by Thursday, May 4th by 5pm. The PRISM training will be emailed to students on Monday, May 1 (the subject line will be “PRISM Training”). Check your junk mail if you do not see the email. Contact Jacqueline Drouin if you have any questions.
  • Policy Highlight for Your Class: The Office of Medical Student Education asks students to be aware of the specific days/times that they can take the exam should they request for a delay. Please ensure you are familiar with the content of Policy 540.24 - Examination Delays in the Medical Student Handbook.
  • Changes to the NBME Subject Examination Program: For questions, please contact the NBME Subject Examinations team at subjectexams@nbme.org.
    • The timing and total number of items for the web-based Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE) will increase beginning May 10, 2017. Read more...
    • Effective July 1, 2017, the Pediatrics Advanced Clinical and Surgery Advanced Clinical Subject Examinations will be discontinued and no longer available for administration due to low utilization. The last possible date to order these exams is June 28, 2017.
    • Fees for subject examinations administered locally at your institution will increase by $1.00 per examination starting July 1, 2017. Fees for subject examinations administered at Prometric Test Centers will also increase. Examination fees for the 2017-2018 academic year are available on our website. Please note: fees are based on the test administration date.
    • Beginning in August 2017, the time allotted to complete each item (item pacing) for the Basic Science subject examinations will increase. Read more...

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Class of 2020

  • Student Financial Services update: 2017/2018 Financial aid packages will be available on myUVM around or by May 15th. Read more...
  • End of Year Banquet FunziesVOTE for your class Endies, like a Dundie or an Oscar, but different. To be distributed at the End of the Year Banquet. Please contact com.student.coucil@med.uvm.edu with any questions.
  • Summer 2017 Internship Opportunity in Physician Career Development: The University of Vermont Medical Group is seeking two highly creative, curious and motivated doers to join our team for ten weeks this summer to help us develop an innovative program to support physician professional development. Read more...

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LARNER COMcares Opportunities 

Girls Science Discovery Day - Seeking Volunteers: On Saturday, May 6th the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) will be hosting Girl's Science Discovery Day where we will be welcoming 100 middle school girls from all around the state of Vermont to get them excited about medicine. Read more/Sign up...

St. Baldrick's Fundraiser: Shave for the Brave Event @ Foam Brewers: May 28. To date, head-shaving events have raised a total of $200 million! So how can you get involved? Whether you decide to shave for the brave, donate, or volunteer, there is a place for you. Read more...

Gross Anatomy Lab Demonstration: Dr. McCarthy is looking for volunteers to help in the gross anatomy laboratory to demonstrate anatomical specimens to grade school students on May 20 between 10-11 am. Please email her directly (smccar12@uvm.edu) if you are available.

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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!

  • COM Technology Services Information Security: Note to Community - dangerous phishing emails circulating! Read more...
  • Brenda Barr is back (Surgery)! Find her, and give her a welcome back hug. She was out for the past three weeks and we all missed her a bunch.
  • Submitting to LCOM Community Monitors/E-Displays: Students are welcome to submit announcements and events for inclusion in the weekly slideshow that displays on the monitors. Send any info, including event name, date, time, location, contact information and any other details that would be helpful, to Carole Whitaker no later than 9am, Friday mornings for inclusion in the following week’s slideshow.

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES

Call for Nominations!  AAMC Excellence in Medical Student Career Advising Awards: Careers in Medicine is pleased to announce our fifth annual Excellence in Medical Student Career Advising Awards. Submit your nomination(s) to studentCOMservices@med.uvm.edu no later than Monday, May 22. Read more...

Biomedical Engineering Society Raffle: The Biomedical Engineering Society is selling calendar raffle tickets for $5 and t-shirts for $15. For the calendar raffle, everyday a ticket will be drawn and someone will win a prize from 4/10-5/5. Read more...

April AMA Discussion Forum: April 19 - May 01. What happens when a physician's deeply held personal belief conflicts with his or her professional obligations? That’s the topic of this month’s AMA Journal of Ethics discussion forum. Read more...

THIS WEEK - Community Medical School Presents "Conversations in Serious Illness: Improving Clinician-Patient-Family Communication": Tuesday, May 02. Encouraging highly effective communication between clinicians and seriously ill patients and their loved ones is at the core of the Vermont Palliative Care Communication Initiative. Read more...

THIS WEEK - designMED Design Hackathon: Come join our very first designMed Hackathon! From 12-2 pm on Wednesday May 3rd in Hills 20. Read more... 

THIS WEEK - Introduction to VT APHA Chapter and Health Policy: May 3, at noon. American Public Health Association SIG is hosting Dr. Burton Wilcke on Wednesday, May 3 for a talk about the Vermont APHA's recent initiatives. Read more...

THIS WEEK - Pharmacology presents "Mechanisms of uterine vascular remodeling during pregnancy": Thursday, May 04, 2017, at 8:30 AM, in HSRF 300. Read more... 

THIS WEEK - APHA SIG Initiative Development: American Public Health Association SIG is holding an event with Dr. Jan Carney on May 4 for UVMLCOM's APHA SIG Initiatives Development. Read more...

THIS WEEK - PIG Potluck & Mingle: 5/6/2017. The PIGs (Pathology Student Interest Group) would like to invite all LCOM students to join us at Dr. Pamela Gibson's home for a potluck and mingle session with the pathology attendings and residents. Read more...

EM Grand Rounds - “Not Dead Yet!  New Directions in Hypothermia Resuscitation”: Please join us for our next Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds taking place May 8th  12:00-1:00 in Davis Auditorium. Read more...

University Distinguished Professor of Medicine presents "The El Greco Lesson: 33 Years of Thinking Lupus": Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at 4:30 Sullivan Classroom. Reception to follow in the Hoehl Gallery (HSRF 100). Read more...

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Student Council presents "The Endies": Friday, May 19, 7:00 PM - 12:00 PM. Reserve your ticket, now by double-clicking this link! Every class has a reason to celebrate the end of the school year with the UVM Larner College of Medicine - a night filled with delicious food, drinks, dancing, “Endy” awards and nostalgia. Read more about the event...

RSVP to Attend the 2017 Alumni Celebration of Achievements Awards Ceremony: 6/2/2017. On behalf of the Larner College of Medicine and the UVM Medical Alumni Association, the 2017 UVM Medical Alumni Award recipients are announced. Please join us for the Awards Ceremony. Read more...

COMU 296/CLBI 295 Regenerative Medicine Course - Registration now open: 7/17 - 8/11. COMU 296/CLBI 395 Regenerative Medicine is an engaging, summer course that combines learning in the classroom and labs with the rare opportunity to attend a world-class stem-cell conference. Read more...

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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP

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LOST & FOUND

LOST:

Lost something? Email the Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) a description of the item, where and when it was last seen, and who to contact if someone finds the item, and we will happily post it here!

FOUND:

Please visit the Office of Medical Education, in Given Courtyard N100, if one of the following items is yours (items left unclaimed for more than three weeks will be left as freebies in the student lounge):

  • Mirror reflective round- and tortoise-framed sunglasses
  • Clear tervis travel cup with patterned elephants on it and a blue lid 
  • A copy of A Filosofia e seu Inverso & Outros Estudos by Olavo de Carvalho

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CLASSIFIEDS

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